Benchmark between scientific journals of the management area

The purpose of this research was to present the main distinguishing features among the 100 journals in the area of management available at the Scientific Journals Electronic Library (SPELL). The research has a quantitative and qualitative approach, having collected the data through a survey on the journals site, followed by a filtering in about 200 parameters, and the analysis of each periodical, based on Qualis/Capes 2013-2016 classification and with discriminant analyses. The results allowed to identify 25 distinctive characteristics that characterize each stratum Qualis/Capes and also provided a "map of steps" to follow to achieve each of the A2, B1, B2 and B3 classifications in the scientific editorial setting of the Management, Accounting and Tourism Areas. It should be emphasized that the journals of the different strata differ as to the aspects aimed at stimulating quality, techniques for attracting impact research and indexing mechanisms, elements that contribute to the development of the actors involved in the editorial process. To enrich the findings, it is suggested as future researches, besides applying the model presented here in the next classification Qualis/Capes 2017-2020, verifying the assertiveness of the discriminant analysis, and also applying the 25 variables presented in this study in a new research with international journals classified as A1 to identify the characteristics of this group, considering the lack of this stratum in national journals in the Management, Accounting and Tourism Areas.