Challenges for qualification of postgraduate digital scientific journals at UNEB: the experience with bibliometric indicators in an Education journal in the 2018-2021 Quadriennium

Abstract

Introduction: The digital scientific journals of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program are considered of fundamental importance for the dissemination of knowledge produced by researchers in different areas. Objective: This article aims to describe the monitoring of a journal as a digital scientific journal linked to a Stricto Sensu postgraduate Program, in search of improving its qualification during the quadrennium 2018-2021. Method:  The Quali-Quantitative perspective is adopted, considering the actions developed by the Editorial Team aiming at the improvement of bibliometric indicators that currently stand out in the context of journal evaluation, such as Access Volume, Total Indexing and Google's h Citation Index. Results/Conclusion: The results presented show a possible path that new digital journals in the field of Education can follow for a higher qualification based on bibliometrics.