Pitfalls of artificial grouping and stratification of scientific journals based on their Impact Factor: a case study in Brazilian Zoology

The present contribution explores the impact of the QUALIS metric system for academic evaluation implemented by CAPES (Coordination for the Development of Personnel in Higher Education) upon Brazilian Zoological research. The QUALIS system is based on the grouping and ranking of scientific journals...

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Main Authors: Fábio A. Machado, Hussam Zaher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010-08-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
IF
JIF
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000400002