Classification of “Scientific” and “Class A” journals
The rating of scientific journals is carried out by ANVUR for the purpose of calculating the indicators used for the National Scientific Habilitation, starting from 2012, and for the purpose of accreditation of PhD programmes (requirement A4.3), starting from the 32th cycle (academic year 2017-18).
The relevant legislation introduced journal ratings only for the scientific fields identified as “not bibliometric” (that is, where citation analysis is not appropriate), namely:
For the remaining scientific fields no journal rating is provided by ANVUR.