Preparation of Manuscript
Submission Guidelines
We welcome submissions from scholars and practitioners in the field of management sciences. Manuscripts should be original, unpublished works that contribute significantly to the field. Authors are encouraged to review our detailed submission guidelines and ethical policies available on our website.
Terms of Submission
Papers must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not currently under consideration by another journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other co-authors. In case of more than one author of a paper for every additional author, his/her contribution for the paper need to be defined. There is no page limit. Authors who want to submit us, they should need to check our Publication Ethics before submission. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to editor
Submission Checklist/Desk Review
All manuscripts are reviewed first by an editor called (Desk Review). All authors need to follow the following checklist before submission. In Desk Review the paper is checked for the following five points.
1) Plagiarism Reports should not be more than 18% (Turnitin).
2) Does paper fall under Journal Scope. (Insert Link)
3) Does Paper have followed Journal Template.
4) Journal only consider MS word file submission, pdf files are not acceptable.
5) Paper is submitted with condition that it has not been published earlier or not under-consideration in any other journal.
In case of failure of above checklist, paper is desk rejected and does not process further. If a paper pass above check list, it will be further forward for the following review process.
Review Process
In case a paper pass the Desk Review, it is further processed for double blind review to qualified reviewers. The Paper will be reviewed by two reviewers blindly. For acceptance, it is important to have at Least two positive reviews for the paper. Decisions will be made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return reviewers’ comments to authors within one month. The editorial board will re-review manuscripts that are accepted pending revision.
Style of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English (with 10 font size and Times New Roman font style) so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in any particular field. Manuscripts that do not conform to these requirements and the following manuscript format may be returned to the author prior to review for correction. The entire manuscript, including references, should be typed single spaced on one side of the paper. All pages should be numbered consecutively starting from the title page. The manuscript should be presented in the following order.
Title and Authorship Information
Title should be a brief phrase (capitalize first letter of each word in the title) describing the contents of the paper. Title Page should include the authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding author along with phone, fax and E-mail information.
Abstract
All manuscripts should not exceed 150-250 words and should describe the scope, hypothesis or rationale for the work and the main findings. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the abstract should be written in the past tense. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited.
Keywords
Key words (5-7 words) should be provided below the Abstract to assist with indexing of the article. These should not duplicate key words from the title.
Introduction
This section should include sufficient background information, provide a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, and the proposed approach or solution and the knowledge gap. The aims of the manuscript should be clearly stated. The introduction should not contain either findings or conclusions. It should be understandable to colleagues from a broad range of scientific disciplines.
Materials and Methods
This should be complete enough to provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be repeated by others. However, only truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly. Capitalize trade names and include the manufacturer's name and address. Subheadings should be used. Methods in general use need not be described in detail.
Results
Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and figures; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms should be avoided. The results should not contain material appropriate to the Discussion. It should be written in the past tense when describing findings in the authors' experiments. Results should be explained, but largely without referring to the literature.
Discussion
The discussion should consider the results in relation to any hypothesis advanced in the Introduction and place the study in the context of other work. Results and Discussion sections can be combined.
Conclusions
If an optional conclusion section is used, its content should not substantially duplicate the abstract.
Acknowledgment
The acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc should be brief.
References
Authors are guided to follow APA (American Psychological Association) References style while submitting paper to Newport’s Journal (NICE):
Figures / Illustrations / Photographs
Graphics should be supplied as high resolution (at least 300-600 dp.i.) electronic files. Digital images supplied only as low-resolution print-outs cannot be used. Graphs, diagrams, chromatograms, photos, etc. should be prepared as clear, original positives, suitable for reproduction. All figures should be embedded within the manuscript, and must be captioned and numbered sequentially.
Tables and Equations
Tables and equations should not be submitted in a format exceeding the A4 page size (in portrait form). All tables should be embedded within the manuscript, and must be captioned and numbered sequentially. Each table should be on a separate page, numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and supplied with a heading and a legend. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference to the text.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF file (e-mail attachment) and should be returned within 3 days of receipt. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript. With the exception of typographical or minor clerical errors, no changes will be made in the manuscript at the proof stage.
Check List
We recommend that you ask a colleague to read over your paper prior to submission to ensure it is of a high standard and conforms to a high level of scientific writing.
Before submission of your manuscript, please check that:
- All references cited in the text are included in the reference section.
- All figures and tables are cited in the text.
- Figures are at least 300 d.p.i.
- The pages are numbered