Bibliometric Evaluation of Brazilian Journals: Contrasting Evaluative Methodology Qualis CAPES with the Model Krzyzanowski and Ferreira (1998)

Abstract

DOI: 10.5902/198346595488 This paper aims at analyzing and contrasting the bibliometric forms of five renowned national journals. The theoretical discourses on the use of valuation models, with emphasis on the Krzyzanowski and Ferreira (1998) and the methodology used in the assessment of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES, in portuguese) (2007-2009). The period considered was the triennium 2007 to 2009, intentionally coinciding with the evaluation period of Qualis-CAPES. The results suggest that external validation of the classifications of journals made by Qualis CAPES for another "metric" consecrated - Krzyzanowski and Ferreira (1998), and an apparent improvement of the journals studied in the question form for the period surveyed. Another finding on this question it is found that some characteristics of the periodic recurrence, the journals “Revista Contabilidade & Finanças” (Faculty of Economics, Business, and Accounting-University of São Paulo), “Revista de Administração Pública” (Getúlio Vargas Foundation) and “Revista de Contabilidade Vista & Revista” (Federal University of Minas Gerais), as the apparent inbreeding, the result of a substantial concentration of researchers working at universities south-southeast of Brazil.