The Brazilian Journal of Public Administration (RAP) has open and free access to read and download of the papers.

All the printed volumes of RAP (ISSN 0034-7612), from 1967 to 2016, can be found in the FGV library. Since 2017, RAP no longer has printed versions of the journal.

The journal follows the Creative Commons (CC BY). This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator.

All articles submitted to the journal must be original (except for works presented at scientific conferences, theses, dissertations, and preprints) and will be analyzed using anti-plagiarism software (Crossref Similarity Check) to check similarity during the editorial stages.

The copyright of articles published in RAP (eISSN 1982-3134) is the responsibility of the journal. All published articles have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number, which is made available by the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO).

Open Access - Open Journal Systems (OJS)

The journal offers free and immediate access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge.

The portal uses Open Journal Systems (OJS), a free open-source system for journal management and publishing software developed with support and distribution by the Public Knowledge Project under the GNU General Public License.

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)

The PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) provides free preservation services for any OJS journal that meets a basic set of criteria. The CLOCKSS system is permitted to receive, preserve and serve this Archive Unit.

SciELO Program Digital Preservation

RAP is part of the SciELO Network collections, where all SciELO journals use the LOCKSS preservation methodology. Furthermore, SciELO is a member of the IBICT CARINIANA preservation Network and guarantees that all documents subject to research communication from the natively digital SciELO Network collections are preserved in all their format instantiations and versions. SciELO will ensure that the “chain of custody” of records held in its custody is maintained through the capture and preservation of appropriate descriptive metadata. For more information, access the SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy.