Classification of journals in the QUALIS System of CAPES URGENT need of changing the criteria

Due to its concern about the future of Brazilian scientific journals after new criteria were adopted by the QUALIS system of CAPES (Brazilian Federal Agency for the Improvement of Higher Education), the Brazilian Medical Association (Associacao Medica Brasileira – AMB) has held several meetings at its headquarters in Sao Paulo to discuss this matter. Editors of the main Brazilian medical journals, directors of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (Associacao Brasileira de Editores Cientificos – ABEC), and coordinators of the [...]