Basic information
The Brazilian Journal of Public Administration (RAP), was launched in 1967 and has been published continuously since then by the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE). The journal is published in three languages (English, Portuguese and Spanish) and it is the leading journal of public administration and public policies studies in Brazil. In recent years, RAP has attracted international academic contributions, especially from Ibero-American countries. RAP's mission is to publish high quality contributions in the field of public administration and public policies, exploring their intersections with organizational theories, political science, economics, urban studies and international relations. RAP's empirical locus is mainly Brazilian and Ibero-American context, but contributions from other countries are welcome. RAP counts on a broad academic and practitioner readership, and privileges contributions that bridge theory and practice. RAP is on its path toward internationalization, and counts on an outstanding Brazilian and international editorial board, well-known for the relevance of the academic contribution in the field of public administration. The periodicity of the journal is every two months, it’s published in Jan-Feb; Mar-Apr; May-June; July-Aug; Sep-Oct; Nov-Dec. |
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Intellectual property
The editorial process of RAP, from manuscript submission to publication decision, involves several parties: author(s), editor, associate editors, editorial board, reviewers, and editorial staff – thus, complying with the ethical standards applied by the journal at all stages of the editorial process is mandatory. RAP, as a journal with national and international reach, is grounded in the ethical practices provided for by the regulations of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) – Criteria, policy, and procedures for admission and permanence of scientific journals in the SciELO Brazil Collection – and the National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Administration (ANPAD) – Good practices of scientific publication – a manual for authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members, which set parameters for good editorial practices. The Brazilian Journal of Public Administration editorial policies commit to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and the Code of Ethics and Conduct of the FGV.
Each member of the journal’s Editorial Structure, while pursuing her/his duties, takes responsibilities based on ethical practices in relation to gender relations, religion, and politics, ensuring her/his neutrality throughout the editorial process. ACTIONS APPLIED BY THE JOURNAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ETHICAL STANDARDS
Ethical guidelines mandatory for authors:
Ethical guidelines mandatory for the editorial board and reviewers:
Ethical guidelines mandatory for the editorial staff (Editor, Associate Editors, Editorial Department):
The contents of the signed articles are the sole responsibility of the authors. When submitting the article, the author(s) guarantee(s) that it does not contain any infringement of any copyright or other third party right. The journal follows the Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). This allows others to remix, adapt and build on from the originals for any purpose, even commercially, but they must acknowledge the source. New works must contain mention of the author(s) in the credits.
Safeguarding the editorial ethics of the studies submitted and published, RAP uses the software for checking content similarity/plagiarism (Crossref Similarity Check). Also, it resorts to the collaboration of expert reviewers, who, during double blind review, notify the editorial staff about any significant similarity between the manuscript submitted and articles already published or simultaneously submitted to other journals, as well as other information deemed relevant.
Every stage of the editorial process, estimated deadlines, etc. are informed in the flowchart, available on the journal webpage for the internal and external audiences (editorial board, authors, readers). The annual statistical data may also be accessed by the journal’s regulation and classification agencies and the academic community as a whole.
Articles submitted must be unpublished, either in Brazil or abroad. Also, they must not be under a publication process of any kind (for journals, magazines and other vehicles of knowledge dissemination), except when the research portrayed in the article was presented in scientific congresses and is part of the event’s Annals. The articles’ content is the author’s exclusive responsibility. When submitting an article, authors declare that the manuscript does not violate copyrights or third parties’ rights of any kind. Citing other articles without previous authorization are allowed, as long as the source is duly identified.
Before the official publication of the article on the journal webpage and indexers, the journal is responsible for sending the final version of the manuscript for approval of publication by the author(s), along with the nominal Statement of Responsibility and Copyright (institutional internal model), for signing and validation.
The procedures adopted by RAP for filing and publishing errata, retractions, and expressions of concern are based on the standards provided by the indexer and publisher SciELO, which follow the guidelines of the main committees of scientific ethics, indexing, and publication. The main source within the journal field consists in the COPE’s retraction guidelines. |
Funding support
The journal receives grants from the:
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Director and editor-in-chief
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Associate editors
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Editorial assistant
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Administrative assistant
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Editorial support
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Editorial board
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Editorial production
Revision of the language and guidelines
Spanish Reviewer and Translator
English Reviewer and Translator
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Scope and policy
RAP accepts contributions of quality and academic rigor in the field of public administration and public policies, exploring their intersections with organizational theories, political science, economics, urban studies and international relations. RAP's empirical locus is mainly Brazilian and Ibero-American context, but contributions from other countries are welcome. The editorial line follows the mission of the Getulio Vargas Foundation to extend the boundaries of knowledge in social sciences and related fields through the production and dissemination of ideas, data and information, as well as their systematic organization and preservation; to contribute to the country's social and economic development, to the improvement of the nation's ethical standards, the promotion of responsible and shared government, and effective participation on the international stage. Its formal bibliographical abbreviation for use also in footnotes and other references is Rev. Adm. Pública. Double Blind Review Evaluation All articles submitted to the journal must be unpublished (national and international) and not currently under consideration for publishing elsewhere. The journal follows the policy directives of the National Research Council's Commission for Research Integrity (CNPq 07/10/2011). All the articles submitted are initially read by the editor and associate editors in a desk review, which will consider its relevance to the interest and scope of the journal. At this stage they will reject - without providing details - those articles that are not close to the theoretical and empirical frontiers of the broad public agenda or that do not respect the principles and basic orientations of responsible academic communication. At the next stage, two evaluations will be carried under double blind review and comments made on the articles suitability and possibilities for improvement. This stage could involve a number of re-evaluations with the objective of strengthening the arguments and contributions of the text. In cases where there is no consensus between evaluators, a third evaluation will be made. After approval by the scientific team, the article will go through a process of copy editing, including verification of bibliography, language and other norms. This may involve further clarification by the author(s). Following this the final version will be sent to the author(s) for formal approval after which no further modification will be accepted. The articles will be published both in printed form by the FGV Press and in electronic form by the SciELO. |
Flowchart of the editorial process
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Manuscripts' form and presentation
The published papers are the sole responsibility of their authors. The opinions stated therein don’t necessarily express the viewpoint of the Getulio Vargas Foundation. Articles must be original, except for works published in proceedings of conferences. The journal will not accept papers sent by other means. All papers must be submitted through the ScholarOne platform system of submission and must register the ORCID code.
APCs RATE RAP do not charge any publishing fee (Article Processing Charges - APC), submission or publication rate of papers to the authors. Plagiarism Policy The Journal uses the similarity verification software of content - Plagiarism (Crossref Similarity Check) in all papers submitted to the journal. Open Access Policy (Open Journal Systems - OJS) This site uses Open Journal Systems, which is open source journal management and publishing software developed, supported, and freely distributed by the Public Knowledge Project under the GNU - General Public License. Double Blind Review / Peer Review Papers approved in Desk Review stage will be submitted to blind peer review evaluation being analyzed by at least two external referees blindly (without identification of authorship and reviewers). RAP editorial flowchart is available on the link: http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/fluxograma. The sections published in RAP
1. National or international papers (written in English, Portuguese or Spanish) and with an empirical-theoretical balance.
Manuscripts' form and presentation Since November 2018, RAP adopted the APA Style (American Psychological Association) for citation and references. The manuscripts must be submitted as follows in annex (view the file) and bellow:
Their identification should be on top, preceded by the term designated (figure, table, box, graph, map, image, and others), followed by the number of occurrence in the text, in Arabic numerals and the respective title. At the illustration bottom, indicate the source consulted (mandatory element, even if it's by the author himself), legend, notes, and other information needed for its understanding (if any). The illustration should be cited in the text. The high quality of the illustration should be in high definition for viewing and reading as well as the font size used. |