title: [Scientific periodicals: quality criteria].
abstract: This paper presents a historical literature review on the evaluation of periodicals and the methodology employed for their evaluation. It emphasizes the attention that should be given to the contents of the periodicals and their format based on technical standards in order to reach a global quality of the publications. This paper includes a summary of the most important aspects of the technical standards for periodicals and scientific articles.
authors.affiliation: Programa Biblioteca Eletrônica, ProBE/ FAPESP, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Cecilia Gonzaga
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Rosaly Favero
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Krzyzanowski
mesh_terms: D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control