Going parochial in the assessment of the Brazilian economics research output

Sergio Da Silva

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 4, 2832-2852

Abstract: I evaluate the just launched official criterion for assessing the economics research output in Brazil, called “Qualis”. I compare it with the simple journal impact factors released by RePEc. Four biases are identified: (1) left-wing journals have been favored, (2) mainstream British journals have been downgraded, (3) cross disciplinary research output has been neglected, and (4) domestic journals have been favored.

Keywords: economics research output; journal rankings; Brazilian economics publication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 A2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-11-10
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