Na pesquisa relatada neste artigo, teve-se como objetivo analisar a gestão editorial de periódicos científicos da área de Administração no contexto brasileiro e propor uma tipologia de seus modelos de gestão. Adotou-se uma abordagem qualitativa e utilizou-se o método de estudo de casos múltiplos dos seguintes periódicos: RAE, RAC, RAUSP, O&S e BAR. Identificou-se que o modelo de gestão dos periódicos está fortemente vinculado a seu tipo de instituição mantenedora (associação científica, instituição de ensino superior [IES] pública, IES privada), a qual influencia nas questões financeiras, administrativas e científicas das revistas.

This research aimed to examine the editorial management of Brazilian scientific journals in the administration field and propose a typology of their management models. We adopted a qualitative approach and used the multiple case study method with the following journals: RAE, RAC, RAUSP, O&S and BAR. It was identified that the management model of the journals is strongly linked to the type of supporting entity (scientific association, public/private higher education institution), which influences the financial, administrative and scientific issues of the journals.

El objetivo en este estudio es analizar la gestión editorial de revistas científicas del área de Administración en el contexto brasileño y proponer una tipología de sus modelos de gestión. Se adoptó un enfoque cualitativo y se utilizó el método de estudio de casos múltiples de las siguientes revistas: RAE, RAC, RAUSP, O&S y BAR. Se comprobó que el modelo de gestión de las publicaciones está fuertemente relacionado con el tipo de entidad que las apoya (asociación científica, institución de educación superior pública o privada), lo que influye en las cuestiones financieras, administrativas y científicas de las revistas.

This study aims to assess the quality of Brazilian journals that use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) in order to be published. For this purpose, the main criteria used to assess quality were sought in the available literature, and a selection was made of those considered to be of great relevance. The universe of the research was comprised of journals that were correctly registered under their respective subject heading in the system website by June 2010, a total of 236. The sample's nature is intentional and, according to the established criteria, 78 journals were selected for the study. The quality aspects evaluated were: editorial board, authors, rules for article submission, peer review, age, format, language of publication and the journal impact. The criteria were assessed by indicating the presence/absence of the quality indicator or by attributing a poor/reasonable/good, quality scale, according to the criterion assessed. The results indicate that the criteria established for authors, rules for article submission, and format were positively evaluated. The editorial board was also positively assessed, although 38% of the journals analysed did not present the composition of this group on their websites. The peer review criterion was negatively assessed, since only 17% of the journals correctly inform how the article evaluation process occurs and what criteria are used in the assessment of the submitted articles. Furthermore, it was identified the existence of a moderate positive relation between the H-index of the journals and their ages, and that there is no correlation between the language of article publication and the H-index of the journals.