Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Revista de Administracao Publica
ISSN 0034-7612 · eISSN 1982-3134 · Fundação Getúlio Vargas · Brazil
Revista de Administracao Publica: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Administracao Publica is published by Fundação Getúlio Vargas and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Business and Management Studies, Education and Public Policy and Social and Economic Solidarity, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RAP’s mission is to publish high-quality academic studies in the fields of Public Administration and Public Policy, exploring their interfaces with Organizational Theory, Political Science, Economics, Urban Studies, or International Relations. While its main empirical locus is the Brazilian and, more broadly, the Ibero-American context, contributions from other contexts are also welcome. RAP reaches a wide audience of both scholars and practitioners and prioritizes articles that bridge the gap between theory and practice. In pursuit of increasing internationalization, RAP relies on a select international and national editorial team, recognized for its prominence in the fields of Public Administration and Public Policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences16.3%
- Education and Public PolicySocial Sciences13.8%
- Social and Economic SolidaritySocial Sciences7.6%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences7.3%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Social and Political IssuesSocial Sciences3.8%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Latindex
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 521OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,806 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 88 | 5 |
| 2025 | 80 | 80 | 25 |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | 115 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 121 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 280 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 817 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. They may occur when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that could influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. Upon submitting a manuscript, authors are responsible for acknowledging and disclosing any financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If a conflict of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
The procedures adopted by RAP for recording and publishing erratum, retractions, and addendum are based on the standards presented by SciELO, which follow the guidelines of the leading ethics, indexing, and scientific publishing committees. The primary source for the journal's field of study is the COPE Retraction Guidelines. Additionally, RAP is guided by the Best Practices for Strengthening Ethi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published by RAP retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 license. This allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
RAP follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access without restrictions (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. There are no fees charged to users or their institutions for reading, downloading, or subscribing. The journal follows the Creative Commons (CC BY) standard, which allows remixing, adapting, and building upon the original work, even fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted for RAP’s consideration must be original (nationally and internationally) and must not be under consideration for publication and/or published in any other journal, with the exception of works presented at scientific conferences, theses, dissertations, and preprints. The journal follows the basic guidelines of the Scientific Integrity Commission of the National Council fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
RAP accepts the submission of manuscripts already made available on reliable preprint servers (e.g., SciELO Preprints, SSRN, OSF Preprints, Zenodo, arXiv, PeerJ Preprints, SOC ARXIV) and encourages authors to expedite the dissemination of preliminary versions of their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Fundação Getúlio Vargas
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0034-7612
- Electronic ISSN
- 1982-3134
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Administracao Publica
What CAS zone is Revista de Administracao Publica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Administracao Publica is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Revista de Administracao Publica?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Revista de Administracao Publica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Administracao Publica is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista de Administracao Publica open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Administracao Publica is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .