Qualis (CAPES)


Qualis is a Brazilian official system with the purpose of classifying scientific production. It is maintained by the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
Qualis has the task to classify and evaluate the academic means used on the production of scientific publications of post-graduate programs. The classification itself occurs by a system of grades, per field of evaluation, and depends on the level of circulation and on the quality of the journal.
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Grades

The classification is updated every four years and follows a series of criteria defined by CAPES, such as: number of issues, indexation, number of publishing institutions, impact factor based on JCR, etc. The grades occur in a 1–8 scale.