title: [Scientific publication triad].
abstract: Considerations are made about the competitiveness, impactedness and internationality as characters required for the scientific publications evaluation in Brazil. The relative merits of this judgement system is appraised in the face of the Third World realities.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. opforat@usp.br
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Forattini
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012586:Science