This article revisits a research undertaken in 2002 by the Program of Studies on Brazilian Administration (Abras), about the classics of the Revista de Administração Pública (RAP). Originally published in a CD-ROM as part of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of that publication, the text discusses the method of the research and reveals 10 articles that can be considered RAP’s classics. The database generated by the research analyzed around 4,500 articles in 13 academic journals, registering 887 citations of articles published in RAP (in a total of 1,440) during the first 35 years of its existence.
Revista de Administração Pública - RAP; Brazilian literature on administration; title
