Author Guidelines

The authors are invited to submit their original manuscripts that have not been published before and it is not currently under consideration in other journals. Authors are encouraged to provide their ORCID ID in the manuscript.

Article structure

Then length of the articles should be max 10.000 words. Every article should follow the suggested structure in below:

Abstract:

The manuscript should start with an Abstract up to 150 words in length and should be informative for non-specialists. It should briefly contain the aim of the paper, the principal results, and major conclusions. Please do not put reference citations in the abstract.

Keywords

Please include three to six keywords that describe your paper for a better web search.

JEL classification

This is only for economic papers. The economic papers are encouraged to include the JEL classification of their paper using this link:

https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel

Body of the paper

Introduction: should clearly state the objective of the paper and the context of the research.
Literature review: should highlight the most recent studies that have a direct bearing on the topic. The theoretical papers may devote a separate section on the motivation and development of the conceptual framework.
Methodology: this section should indicate the techniques which have been used for data analysis.
Results: this section presents the empirical/statistical results and should provide appropriate citation to the literature.
Conclusion: should summarize the key findings and the relevance to the field. Authors are also encouraged to provide practical implications of their research.
Figure captions: ensure that each figure has a caption that comprises of a brief title for the figure.
Tables: Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Place the tables next to the relevant text in the article.
Funding sources: if you receive any funding for your research, please use the below standard format:

“This work was supported by the [name of institution here] under the grant number [state the grant number].

If you receive no funding, please include the following sentence:

“This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”

Declaration of Conflicting Interests:

Please use the following statement in the article:

“The author declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.”

References

IJABS follows APA style. The reference list should be in alphabetical order. Make sure that the reference for each citation is given and the DOI is provided.

Example of journal article:

Hills, G. E., & LaForge, R. W. (1992). Research at the marketing interface to advance entrepreneurship theory. Entrepreneurship theory and practice, 16(3), 33-60.

Example of book:

Kotler, P. (2012). Kotler on marketing. Simon and Schuster.

Online documents:

The Investment Company Institute. 2004. Worldwide mutual fund assets and flows, third quarter 2003. http://www.ici.org. Accessed 4 February 2004.

Appendices (if any): If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc.

Style of article

Article should be in Word file A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Margins should be one inch (2.5cm) at the top, bottom, and sides of the page.
Font type should be 11-point Optima throughout the document.
Number all pages in your manuscript, starting with the Abstract Page.
Manuscript text should be left-aligned.
When citing a list of references in the text, put the list in alphabetical order and separate authors by semicolons; for example and in the case of several authors (Bailey & Cesar, 1977; Dong, 1993; Ryan & Vector, 2013).”

Readability

Since IJABS readers have varied backgrounds, therefore, the following guidelines are given and authors are encouraged to follow:
Write short sentences so that the reader does not get lost before end of the sentence. Do not write long paragraphs.
Define all the technical terms so that it will be easy for the readers to understand the text.
Check the spelling and punctuation before submitting your manuscript.

Plagiarism

The editors of IJABS will check the similarity index of every submitted article (via iThenticate) to ensure the academic integrity of the submitted article. At IJABS the editors will spend all their efforts to ensure that only original and high-quality papers are published. If the similarity score of an article is found to be high, it will be returned to the author/s to rectify the issue/s. Here are the similarity policy for IJABS: less than 25% is accepted; 26%-40% will be returned for editing; 41% and more is rejected.

Disclaimer and Author Responsibility

The accuracy, integrity, and originality of the contents published in this journal are the sole responsibility of the author(s). IJABS and its editorial team do not assume liability for the views, data, or conclusions expressed in the articles. Authors are required to ensure that their manuscripts are thoroughly proofread and free of grammatical, spelling, and typographical errors before submission. Submissions that do not meet these standards will be returned for revision before being sent for peer review. We appreciate authors’ cooperation in maintaining the quality and integrity of our publication.

Article Processing Charges

IJABS offsets publication expenses such as cost of peer-review, journal production, and online hosting and archiving by charging an Article Processing Charge (APC). Therefore, authors are required to pay a fee of 100 EURO for each article accepted for publication. The fee is reduced for low-income countries as well as for the PhD and Postgraduate scholars (up to 50%). The above fee should be paid only after the manuscript has been reviewed and accepted for publication.

Refund Policy:

Here is the refund policy based on the publishing status:

– Half refund: online version is unpublished.

– No refund: when article is published online.

Copyright: at IJABS authors retain the copyright of their works, therefore authors are allowed for unlimited use, re-distribution, and archive of their work after publication. IJABS is not responsible for subsequent uses of authors’ work. Authors grant their permission to apply for DOI for their articles and also for archiving in various databases and indexes such as DOAJ, etc. without restrictions.

Open-access Policy:

IJABS follows open-access policy. This means that IJABS provides immediate open access for readers for all articles on the publisher’s website. The readers are allowed to download, copy, print, and distribute or use them for any other lawful purpose. All articles published in the IJABS are open access under the Terms & Conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Submission Policy:

Submission an article at IJABS implies that the works has not been previously published (except in the form of abstract or part of a thesis) or is currently under consideration by other journals . However IJABS accepts pre-prints and also the papers that have been presented in conferences (in the case of conference papers, there should be at least 50% changes).

Data protection:

Data protection becomes necessary due to many reasons. One of the reasons why authors are worried about publishing their work online is that the personal information (name, e-mail, and institution name/address) can be traced and used for malicious purposes. The law requires that all information about the authors be kept confidential until and unless the author gives permission for publication of the article. IJABS ensures that the data is confidential until the paper is published. Upon publication of the paper, the author details will be visible in the article.