Brazilian Administration Review

What Brazilian Administration Review does

Brazilian Administration Review (BAR) is an open-access scholarly journal founded in 2004 and owned by ANPAD (Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração / Brazilian Academy of Management), headquartered in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. The journal publishes quarterly peer-reviewed research in business and public administration — covering theoretical, empirical, methodological, and conceptual work — under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license with no article processing charges or reader paywalls. Its target audience is the global scholarly community in management and organizational studies, and submissions are filtered through a selective review process yielding a roughly 10% acceptance rate with average first-round peer review of 74 days and full review cycle of 200 days.

BAR's technology stack consists of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform for manuscript management, peer review workflows, and online publication, supplemented by LOCKSS archival integration via SciELO's CARINIANA Network for permanent preservation. The journal's distribution and discoverability are anchored by indexing in Scopus, SciELO, Web of Science (Clarivate), and DOAJ, with metrics including an H-Index of 23 and a 2024 CiteScore of 2.1 as reported by SCImago and Scopus. Editorial governance is led by Chief Editor Clóvis L. Machado-da-Silva, Executive Editor Andréa Paula Segatto-Mendes, and Principal Contact Ricardo Limongi, affiliated with CEPPAD/UFPR, UnicenP, and Universidade Federal de Goiás respectively.

The business model is nonprofit and non-transactional: BAR does not generate disclosed revenue from authors or readers and is sustained institutionally by ANPAD. Marketing and audience development occur through academic indexing databases, ANPAD's institutional network, special-issue calls for papers, and the journal's website. Operational footprint is small at 8 employees, consistent with a lean editorial office rather than a commercial publishing enterprise, and current activity is confirmed by the publication of Vol. 23 No. 3 in 2026.

Name

Brazilian Administration Review

Legal name

Brazilian Administration Review (BAR)

Website

https://bar.anpad.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brazilian Administration Review (BAR) is an open-access, peer-reviewed quarterly scholarly journal in business and public administration, published since 2004 by ANPAD and indexed in Scopus, SciELO, and Web of Science for a global academic readership.

Ownership category

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Product category

Academic and Scholarly Publishing

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Quality Reviews (Program & Department) (EDADAGAC)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Open access publishing
• Peer review management
• Scholarly research dissemination
• Business administration research

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Brazilian Administration Review (BAR) is a fully open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal on business and public administration, published quarterly since 2004 by ANPAD (Brazilian Academy of Management). It disseminates conceptual and empirical research on management and organizational theories globally through its OJS platform, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, with content indexed in Scopus, SciELO, and Web of Science. The journal serves the global scholarly community and operates with a 10% acceptance rate and an H-Index of 23 (2024).

Product overview

The Brazilian Administration Review (BAR) is a single scholarly journal product — a fully open-access online academic publication that serves as a platform for peer-reviewed research in business and public administration. Published quarterly since 2004 by ANPAD, it operates as a COPE member journal providing global visibility through indexing in major databases including Scopus, Web of Science, and SciELO.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brazilian Administration Review (BAR) journal A fully open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published quarterly since 2004 by ANPAD, covering conceptual and empirical studies in business and public administration. Targets the global scholarly community; published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0; indexed in Scopus, SciELO, Web of Science, DOAJ, ABEC, and DORA; uses LOCKSS for archival preservation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10% acceptance rate demonstrating rigorous quality standards
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ANPAD (Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization that owns and operates the journal. ANPAD is the Brazilian Academy of Management providing institutional support, editorial governance, and sponsorship. The editorial office is maintained within ANPAD's publishing operations.
• COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe journal is a member of COPE and adheres to its principles for scholarly publication ethics. This membership ensures the journal follows international ethical standards for peer review and publication practices.
• SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)coreTechnology or IntegrationSciELO indexes the journal's complete collection. SciELO's digital preservation systems are part of the CARINIANA Network of IBICT for preservation and are members of the LOCKSS Network.
• LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)coreTechnology or IntegrationLOCKSS is used as an archiving system to create permanent archives for preservation and restoration purposes, ensuring the permanency of all publications.
• ScopuscoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor international abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Indexed in Scopus for discoverability and impact tracking.
• Web of SciencecoreTechnology or IntegrationOne of the most prestigious scientific databases worldwide. Indexed in Web of Science, providing greater international visibility for published articles.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• American Review of Public Administration (ARPA): SAGE peer-reviewed journal publishing public administration scholarship. Comparable to BAR in scope (public administration), peer-review rigor, and international scholarly readership.
• Public Administration Review (PAR): Wiley's flagship peer-reviewed journal in public administration research. Direct peer to BAR in subject matter (public administration), peer-review model, and global scholarly audience, though PAR is much larger and US-rooted.
• Administration & Society: SAGE-published peer-reviewed journal focused on public administration and administrative theory. Directly comparable to BAR in subject area and scholarly journal format.
• Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART): Oxford-published peer-reviewed journal on public administration theory and research. Direct peer to BAR in scope (public administration research), peer-review model, and open/global academic positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Journal of Business Research: Elsevier-published peer-reviewed business research journal with global reach. Broad incumbent peer to BAR covering overlapping business and management research domains.
• Organization Science: INFORMS-published peer-reviewed journal on organizational research. Broad incumbent peer to BAR in management and organizational theory scholarship, with much higher impact and broader author base.
• Academy of Management Journal (AMJ): Top-tier general management journal from the Academy of Management. Broad incumbent peer to BAR operating in overlapping management scholarship space with significantly higher impact factor and international reach.

Regional players

• RAUSP Management Journal: Brazilian management journal (formerly RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas), published by FGV/USP. Direct regional peer to BAR, sharing Brazilian academic context, SciELO indexing, and Portuguese/English bilingual audience.
• Cadernos EBAPE.BR: Brazilian public administration journal published by EBAPE/FGV. Direct regional peer to BAR, sharing Brazilian origin, SciELO indexing, and management/administration editorial scope.

Emerging players

• Management and Organization Review: Cambridge-published journal from the International Association for Chinese Management Research with emerging international profile. Comparable to BAR as a regionally-rooted management journal expanding global reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bar-anpad

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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