LEVEL OF JOURNALS AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IN BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.22411/rede2019.1302.09Abstract
Ranking journals of science has been a common way of evaluating graduate programs and scholars. A feeling that journals of Humanities and Social sciences have a lower probability than others in attaining top levels is also quite recurring. Analysis of journals` ranking where papers are published sheds light on this issue. Data taken from 4,422 journals of Environmental Sciences, which covers most areas of knowledge, available at the Qualis system of the Sucupira Platform of the Ministry of Education in Brazil, from 2013 to 2016, show that there is an unequal ranking of journals in the scale of Qualis system, and that chances for Humanities and of Applied Social Sciences journals being at the three highest levels are lower than for other main areas. A way of reducing disparities and improving meritocratic criteria in research evaluation is discussed.
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