New Qualis: Impact in the Assessment of the Intellectual Production of Management Researchers

Abstract

In this study we analyze the assessment of intellectual production - articles published in scientific journals - by management researchers using quantitative indicators. In 2015 CAPES defined the criteria for a new Qualis for the quadrennium 2013-2016 with retroactive effects to 2013, that were highly contested. With data collected from the curriculum Lattes of a sample of 97 management researchers and 325 articles, we examined the impact of the new Qualis on the researchers’ evaluation. Results show that the application of the new Qualis led to a significant loss in the researchers’ scientific scores, with possible reflections on the evaluation of the doctoral programs. This study contributes to the debate on the evaluation of scholars indexed to systems that rank journals, the specific impact of Qualis, and the change in the Qualis criteria in the Brazilian academy of Management.