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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

1. Manuscript Submission Checklist

To pass the journal’s initial desktop review without immediate rejection, ensure your submission contains two separate files:

  1. Title Page (Separate File): Must include the full paper title, complete author names, accurate academic/institutional affiliations, active email addresses, and a clear declaration of the corresponding author.

  2. Anonymized Manuscript (Main File): To preserve the integrity of the journal's double-blind peer-review policy, this main document must not contain author names, visible metadata, or institutional identifiers anywhere in the text or file properties.

2. Core Structure of the Manuscript

Your main text file must follow a traditional, logically segmented empirical structure:

  • Title: Concise, descriptive, and free of abbreviations.

  • Abstract: A single, unbroken paragraph of 150 to 250 words. It must clearly outline the research objective, the specific methodology/econometric approach used, key empirical findings, and overall practical implications.

  • Keywords: Provide 4 to 6 specific keywords separated by semicolons (e.g., FinTech; Behavioral Finance; Media Branding; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems).

Standard Section Hierarchy:

  • 1. Introduction: State the problem, primary objectives, research questions, and the specific theoretical gap your study bridges.

  • 2. Literature Review & Hypothesis Development: Ground the research in existing economic, managerial, or media theories and explicitly build your testable hypotheses.

  • 3. Methodology & Research Design: Comprehensively detail the data sources, statistical frameworks, econometric sample sizes, variables, and regression models used.

  • 4. Results & Discussion: Present clear empirical data and explicitly discuss how your outcomes align with or challenge previously published work.

  • 5. Conclusion & Recommendations: Deliver clear takeaways, corporate/policy implications, study limitations, and recommendations for future academic exploration.

3. Formatting, Layout & Style Rules

  • File Layout: Only Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) is accepted.

  • Typography: Set the text to 12pt Times New Roman or Arial, double-spaced, using 1-inch (2.54 cm) margins on all sides.

  • Tables and Figures: Insert all visual data directly within the body text precisely where they are discussed (do not bundle them at the end of the manuscript). They must be high-resolution, sequentially numbered (e.g., Table 1, Figure 1), and feature a descriptive caption above or below.

  • Equations: Standard mathematical equations (common in the finance and accounting tracks) must be rendered clearly using Microsoft Equation Editor or LaTeX, with all variables clearly cross-referenced and defined right below the equation line.

4. Citation and Reference Formatting

IJBMFAME strictly utilizes the APA (American Psychological Association) Style Manual for all citations.

 

 

  • In-Text Citations: Follow the parenthetical format: (Ogirala et al., 2025) or According to Ogirala (2025)...

  • Reference Entries: The reference list must be arranged alphabetically at the end of the text.

    Example: Ogirala, N., Ramella, S., & Appidi, A. R. (2025). A critical evaluation of working capital management strategies and profitability. Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 10(3), 50–59.

  • DOIs: Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) must be appended to the end of every reference where an active CrossRef link exists.

5. Publication Ethics & Policies

  • Plagiarism & Duplication: The journal enforces a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy. All submissions are screened using automated anti-plagiarism networks (such as iThenticate). Text recycling or failure to attribute ideas will result in a permanent desk-rejection.

  • Competing Interests: Authors must declare all potential professional, financial, or institutional conflicts of interest directly on the submission platform.

  • Processing Fee Note: Since this journal functions under an open-access model, check the OJS dashboard during submission to verify the current Article Processing Charges (APC) required for publishing and open hosting if your paper is accepted.

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Copyright Notice

Copyright Notice & Submission Agreement

As part of the submission process, authors are strictly required to check their agreement to the following copyright terms. Failure to comply with or accept these terms will halt the submission process.

1. License and Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Business Management Finance Accounting Media & Entrepreneurship (IJBMFAME) operates as a fully Open Access journal.

  • Creative Commons: Upon publication, all articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

  • User Rights: This license allows third parties to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) for any purpose, even commercially, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are clearly indicated.

2. Retention of Copyright

  • Author Ownership: Authors submitting to IJBMFAME retain the copyright to their work.

  • Grant of Rights: Authors grant IJBMFAME (and its publisher, the Edwin Group of Journals) a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to publish, host, index, archive, and electronically distribute the article in all current and future formats.

3. Self-Archiving Policy (Green Open Access)

Authors are permitted and highly encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories, funder repositories, or on their personal website) to foster scholarly discussion and increase citation metrics:

  • Pre-print: Authors can archive the non-peer-reviewed version of the manuscript at any time prior to publication.

  • Post-print (Accepted Manuscript): Authors can archive the peer-reviewed, accepted version immediately upon acceptance.

  • Version of Record (Published PDF): Authors are encouraged to archive the final, publisher-formatted PDF immediately upon publication, provided they include an acknowledgment of its publication in IJBMFAME and provide a link to the active CrossRef DOI.

4. Author Warranties and Representations

By checking the agreement box during submission, the corresponding author warrants on behalf of all co-authors that:

  1. Originality: The manuscript is an original piece of research. It has not been previously published in any peer-reviewed journal or book chapter and is not currently under consideration elsewhere.

  2. Consent: All listed co-authors have seen, read, approved the final version of the manuscript, and explicitly consented to its submission and publication in IJBMFAME.

  3. Third-Party Rights: The manuscript does not infringe upon any existing copyright, trademark, privacy, or proprietary rights of third parties. If any third-party data, figures, or extensive text chunks are used, the authors have secured written permission from the copyright owner.

  4. Ethical Compliance: The study adheres to international ethical standards of research. Any potential conflicts or competing interests (financial or personal) have been fully and transparently declared in the submission metadata.

OJS Setup Guide (How to add this)

To embed this notice so that authors must actively click a checkbox to agree before submitting:

  1. Log in to your OJS dashboard as a Journal Manager.

  2. Go to Settings > Workflow > Submission.

  3. Scroll down to the Copyright Notice field.

  4. Paste the text above into the text editor box.

  5. Crucial Step: Check the box that says "Require authors to agree to the copyright notice as part of the submission process." 6. Click Save.

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