A avaliação de periódicos científicos qualis e a produção brasileira de artigos da área de enfermagem

This study aimed to identify nursing journals edited in Brazil indexed in the main bibliographic databases in the areas of health and nursing. It also aimed to classify the production of nursing graduate programs in 2007 according to the QUALIS/CAPES criteria used to classify scientific periodicals that disseminate the intellectual production of graduate programs in Brazil. This exploratory study used data from reports and documents available from CAPES to map scientific production and from searching the main international and national indexing databases. The findings from this research can help students, professors and coordinators of graduate programs in several ways: to understand the criteria of classifying periodicals; to be aware of the current production of graduate programs in the area of nursing; and to provide information that authors can use to select periodicals in which to publish their articles.Univ Fed Santa Catarina, BR-88040900 Florianopolis, SC, BrazilUniv Sao Paulo, Escola Enfermagem Ribeirao Preto, WHO, Collaborating Ctr Nursing Res Dev, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Fed Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilUniv Fed Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, BrazilUniv Fed Bahia, BR-41170290 Salvador, BA, BrazilUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc