title: QUALIS PERIODIC EVALUATION: ANALYSIS OF QUALIS UPGRADE IN MEDICINE III.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the preliminary results related to journals up-grade that was used by Medicine III, through opportunity offered by Capes to all agency areas programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Were used area document of Medicine I, II and III, besides other relevant topics available online at Capes site, between 2009 and 2013. The research was focused to answer two questions: 1) the stratification of Qualis is similar in the three areas of medicine? and 2) the evolution of Qualis in Medicine III was higher?
  
  
  RESULTS
  Medicine III showed an increase in its Qualis classification and is publishing in journals with higher impact factors, virtually the same as the Medicine I and II.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The area showed the strongest growth in recent three-year periods.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Avaliar os resultados preliminares sobre a Medicina III do up-grade oportunizado pela Capes para todas as áreas.
  Foram utilizados os documentos de áreas e os relevantes ao tema disponíveis online no site da Capes entre 2009 e 2013. Procurou-se focar a pesquisa em dois aspectos para responder duas perguntas: 1) a estratificação do Qualis é semelhante nas três áreas da medicina? e 2) a evolução do Qualis da Medicina III foi maior?
  
  
  RESULTS
  A Medicina III apresentou evolução em sua classificação Qualis e está publicando em revistas com maior fator de impacto e é praticamente igual ao da Medicina I e II.
  A área foi a que apresentou maior evolução nestes últimos triênios.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Digestive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jukemura
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcio Augusto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Diniz
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing