Pesquisas qualitativas que contribuem para o controle da administração pública

The objective of this research is to describe qualitative studies in high-impact publications that contribute to control in public administration. To achieve this, a contextualization of the journals is performed, followed by the presentation of research contributions through the grouping of articles and analysis of the adopted methodologies. The methodology is descriptive, based on the analysis of articles published between 2017 and 2022, with an average H-Index of 73. The articles are grouped according to their areas of contribution. A higher number of applied, exploratory, and cross-sectional studies are observed, with few significant changes in research procedures. The importance of triangulation with government data is emphasized. This work aims to analyze qualitative research with high impact in the field of control in public administration, with the goal of contributing to the advancement of control in this context, emphasizing its scientific contributions and methodologies.