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Instructions to Authors
The instructions to authors are divided into three sections
1. Pre Submission Information
Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management is an open-access journal. It follows guidelines defined by:
We suggest authors make themselves aware of policies on ethical publishing practices defined by the above-mentioned organizations.
Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management advises the authors to read carefully following policies:
a. Article Processing Charges
Article Processing Charges |
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India |
Rs. 4000/- |
Foreign |
$200 |
b. Licensing / Copyright Policy:
As an open-access Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management follows the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
c. Statement of Informed Consent
Individual participants in studies have, the right to decide what happens to the (identifiable) personal data gathered, to what they have said during a study or an interview, as well as to any photograph that was taken.
The manuscripts that include details, images, or videos relating to individual participants, written informed consent for the publication of these must be obtained from the participants (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 16) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript.
If the participant has died, then consent for publication must be sought from the next of kin of the participant.
Documentation showing consent for publication must be made available to the Editor on request.
In cases where images are entirely unidentifiable and there are no details on individuals reported within the manuscript, consent for publication of images may not be required. The final decision on whether consent to publish is required lies with the Editor.
d. Ethics in Publishing
Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management's Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please see http://jbsfm.org/page/policies/publication-ethics-and-malpractice-statement/
e. Conflict of Interest
All authors are requested to disclose any conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations that can influence their work.
If there is no conflict of interest then following statement should be mentioned:
“The author(s) declares no conflict of interest.”
The conflict of interest is also filled in a section in the Copyright Form and also mentioned in the manuscript.
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f. Declaration of Funding Sources
This section will include any funding sources along with the grant number (if any) provided to facilitate the research work. If there are no funding sources then following statement should be mentioned:
“The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.”
g. Plagiarism
By submitting articles to the Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management the author attests the following:
Strong action will be taken against cases of plagiarism. The journal is a member of 'Crossref' and uses 'iThenticate' plagiarism detection tool for each article.
Read the Journal’s Plagiarism policy by clicking here.
h. Correction and Retraction Policy
1. Corrections
Corrections are published if the publication record is seriously affected with regard to the accuracy of published information. Corrections are published in the subsequent issue under Corrections and addendum.
2. Retractions
Retractions are done when the main conclusion of the paper is seriously undermined.
I. Authorship Policy
Before publishing: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Editor from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include:
A declaration of contributions from individual co-authors in the preparation of the article should be submitted
j. Withdrawal Policy
Manuscripts may be withdrawn by submitting a letter to the editorial office stating the reasons for manuscript withdrawal and submitting the signed manuscript withdrawal form.
If an author requests a withdrawal within 10 days of submission, the author is allowed to withdraw the manuscript without paying any withdrawal fee, however, if authors withdraw manuscripts any time after review and acceptance, a withdrawal fee will have to be paid.
For India Rs. 1000/-
For Other countries $50/-
2. How to Prepare Manuscript
a. General Instructions
Use MS word to prepare the manuscript. Other open-source word-processing software can also be used. Keep the format as per the following instructions:
1. The manuscript fits the Aims & Scope of the journal.The title is important as it shows what your work is all about. The title should be:
c. Authors' Names and affiliations
The authors' name should follow the Title. The name should be as:
Example for title, names, and affiliation
Guidelines to authors for preparing the manuscript
Marsha Clark Mellow1, Minnie Van Ryder2* and Ivana Ben Withew3
1Department of Management, Name of University1, City1, Country1, Pin code1
2Dept. of Human Resource, Name of University2, City2, Country2, Pin code2
3Dept. of Finance, Name of University3, City3, Country3, Pin code3
Example for multiple affiliations
Marsha Clark Mellow1, Minnie Van Ryder2* and Ivana Ben Withew1,2
1Department of Management, Name of University1, City1, Country1, Pin code1
2Dept. of Human Resource, Name of University2, City2, Country2, Pin code2
3Dept. of Finance, Name of University3, City3, Country3, Pin code3
Corresponding Author Email: ______________________
Corresponding Author Address: ______________________________________________
d. Abstract
Abstracts should briefly reflect all aspects of the study, as most indexing databases list mainly abstracts. Short Communications, as well as Review Articles, should have an Abstract.
e. Keywords
f. Introduction
Start immediately after the keywords, as the next paragraph.
g. Materials and Methods
Start as a continuation to the introduction on the same page.
h. Results
All findings presented in tabular or graphical form shall be described in this section.
i. Discussion
This section should follow results, deal with the interpretation of results and convey how they help increase current understanding of the problem.
j. Conclusion
Proper conclusion is required in all the articles.
k. Acknowledgment
Acknowledgement will include the acknowledgement to the research team or any entity which has provided help during the work.
l. Funding Sources
This section will include any funding sources along with the grant number (if any) provided to facilitate the research work.
If there are no funding sources then following statement should be mentioned:
“The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.”
m. Conflict of Interest
All authors are requested to disclose any conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations that can influence their work.
If there is no conflict of interest then following statement should be mentioned:
“The author(s) declares no conflict of interest.”
n. Authors’ Contribution
Authors are required to provide a statement detailing the specific contributions of each author to the manuscript.
Each author mentioned has significantly and directly contributed intellectually to the project and has given their approval for its publication.
o. Data Availability
The manuscript incorporates all datasets produced or examined throughout this research study.
p. Permission to reproduce material from other sources
(If applicable)
q. References
Reference style: APA (American Psychological Association)
Use the style of the examples below
Example: Journal article (print)
Author(s) Name. (Year) “Title”. Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management, 1(1), 01-11. . DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12944/JBSFM.01.0102.03
Citation in text: (Author’s last name et al., Year)
Reference Style:
Citation Type |
Format |
Journal article (print) |
Author(s). Title. Journal. Year;Volume(Issue):Page number(s). |
Journal article (online)1. With URL2. With DOI3. Published ahead of print |
Author(s). Title. Journal. Year;Volume(Issue):Page number(s). URL. Published date. Updated date. Accessed date.Author(s). Title. Journal. Year;Volume(Issue):Page number(s). DOI.Author(s). Title [published online ahead of print date]. Journal. Year;Volume(Issue):Page number(s). DOI. |
Book chapter (print) |
Chapter author(s). Chapter title. In: Book author(s) or editor(s). Book title. Volume number and title. Edition number (do not indicate 1st edition). Place of publication: Publisher; Year: Page number(s). |
Book chapter (online) |
Chapter author(s). Chapter title. In: Book author(s) or editor(s). Book title. Volume number and title. Edition number (do not indicate 1st edition). Place of publication: Publisher; Year: Page number(s). URL. Accessed date. |
Book (print) |
Book author(s) or editor(s). Book title. Volume number and title. Edition number (do not indicate 1 st edition). Place of publication: Publisher; Year. |
Book (print) |
Book author(s) or editor(s). Book title. Volume number and title. Edition number (do not indicate 1 st edition). Place of publication: Publisher; Year. |
Book (online) |
Book author(s) or editor(s). Book title. Volume number and title. Edition number (do not indicate 1 st edition). Place of publication: Publisher; Year. URL. Accessed date. |
Website |
Author(s). Title of item cited. Name of the Web site. URL. Published date. Updated date. Accessed date. |
Drug Information Database |
Author(s). Title of entry. In: Title of database [database online]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. URL. Updated date. Accessed date. |
Government/ Organization Reports |
Author(s). Title. Place of publication: Name of issuing organization; Year. Page(s)/ publication/ series numbers. |
Government/ Organization Reports (online) |
Author(s). Title. Place of publication: Name of issuing organization; Year. Page(s)/ publication/ series numbers. URL. Published date. Updated date. Accessed date. |
Conference Presentations |
Author(s). Title. Poster/Paper presented at: Meeting name; Date(s); Location. |
Conference Presentations (online) |
Author(s). Title. Poster/Paper presented at: Meeting name; Date(s); Location. URL. Accessed date. |
r. Tables
Example for table
Table 1: Brief Title for the Table.
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s. Figures
Figures and scanned images should be of good quality and placed in appropriate places in the article.
1. Images should be High Resolution (300 DPI) in PSD, TIFF, JPEG, PNG Format2. Text within the images should be clear and readable3. Figures should be numbered consecutively in numerals and bear a brief title.4. Graphs and bar graphs should preferably be prepared using Microsoft Excel and submitted as Excel graph pasted in Word.5. Mention and properly cite the source of the figure if extracted from other sources.Example for images and illustrations
Good Quality Graph with Clear Legends
Bad Quality Graph with Unreadable Data
t. Biological Nomenclature
Names of plants, animals, and bacteria should be in italics and proper nomenclature format.
u. Proof Correction
Once the article is accepted after successful peer review, the article is published online and a pdf in journal format is prepared.
3. Pre-submission Checklist
Authors are advised to check the items in the following list and complete the manuscript accordingly.Incomplete submission will result in the delay in the submission process.
1. Read the Instructions to Authors and download Sample Manuscript as a guide
2. The format conforms to the Sample Manuscript Template
3. Title doesn’t have “&” and other non-standard abbreviations
4. Author names conforms to journal requirement
5. Corresponding author is marked with an asterisk sign (*)
6. Ensure to use accurate and complete affiliation
7. ORCID IDs of all the authors are mentioned
8. Keywords are added (minimum 5)
9. Tables are properly numbered and title added
10. Figures are properly numbered
11. Images should be High Resolution (300 DPI) in PSD, TIFF, JPEG, PNG Format
12. Text within the images should be clear and readable
13. All the sources are appropriately cited
14. All the References to be included in the reference section in proper format
15. The following sections are added :
• Acknowledgement
• Funding Source Statement
• Conflict of interest disclosure
• Authors’ Contribution
• Data Availability Statement
• Informed Consent Statement
• Permission to reproduce material from other sources
16. Article is spell and grammar checked
17. Copyright form with conflict of declaration is completely filled and signed by each author