Journal of Business Management and Information Systems

Journal of Business Management and Information Systems (JBMIS) ISSN: 2394-3130 is a double-blind peer-reviewed  Bi-Annual (January to June & July-December) research journal aims to arm its readership with the latest research with a forecast for new management thoughts and commentary in all areas associated with business management and information systems, with an informed, multi-disciplinary and international approach. All articles published in the journal must make a strong empirical and/or theoretical contribution. All empirical methods including (but not limited to) qualitative, quantitative, or combination methods are represented. Articles published in the journal are clearly relevant to management theory and practice and identify both a compelling practical management issue and a strong theoretical framework for addressing it. The journal invites papers from all management disciplines; in particular business, finance, management information systems, which shed further light of the business decisions. 

The journal has an international editorial and advisory board, representing all areas of management and information systems providing a broad structure to add value to business decisions from a wide range of perspectives. The journal is a direct key benefit to academicians, practitioners and students who are interested in the latest innovations and research into the financial decision making process.

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Subjects: Business, Business, Finance & Economics, Management & Organizational Behavior, Social Sciences, Sociology, Information Systems, Environmental Economics and Management

The focus and scopes of the articles in this journal are :

1. Business strategy & policy
2. Organizational behavior
3. Human resource management
4. Organizational theory
5. Entrepreneurship
6. Research Methods
7. Natural Resource Economics and Environment,
8. Rural development
9. International Economic
10. Agribusiness Management,
11. Supply and Value Chain management
12. Farm Management
13. Agricultural Extension and Communication
14. Agricultural Sociology
15. Rural Community development
16. Sustainability
17. Statistical Methods
18. Business Studies
19. Economics and Finance
20. Other related topics to Management and Information Systems

This is an open-access journal, which means that all content is freely available to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance witht the DOAJ definition of open access.

Peer Review Policy

All research papers in this journal will undergo rigorous double blind review process, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process. All contributors will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the quality of the paper. Only those papers approved by the reviewers will be selected for publication. The criteria for evaluation by the reviewers are Relevance, Methodology, Originality, Research, Conclusions, Policy/ Managerial Implications, References.

Ethics in Publishing

Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation can be achieved by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include:

• The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
• The manuscript has not been published previously (partly or in full), unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work (please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the hint of text-recycling (“self-plagiarism”).
• A single study is not split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (e.g. “salami-publishing”).
• No data have been fabricated or manipulated (including images) to support your conclusions
• No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (“plagiarism”). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions are secured for material that is copyrighted.

Important note: The journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.

• Consent to submit has been received explicitly from all co-authors, as well as from the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, beforethe work is submitted.
• Authors whose names appear on the submission have contributed sufficiently to the scientific work and therefore share collective responsibility and accountability for the results.
• Authors are strongly advised to ensure the correct author group, corresponding author, and order of authors at submission. Changes of authorship or in the order of authors are not accepted afteracceptance of a manuscript.
• Adding and/or deleting authors and/or changing the order of authors at revision stagemaybe justifiably warranted. A letter must accompany the revised manuscript to explain the reason for the change(s) and the contribution role(s) of the added and/or deleted author(s). Further documentation may be required to support your request.
• Requests for addition or removal of authors as a result of authorship disputes after acceptance are honored after formal notification by the institute or independent body and/or when there is agreement between all authors.
• Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in order to verify the validity of the results. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential proprietary data is excluded.

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Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

Peer reviewers play a role in ensuring the integrity of the scholarly record. The peer review process depends to a large extent on the trust and willing participation of the scholarly community and requires that everyone involved behaves responsibly and ethically. Peer reviewers play a central and critical part in the peer review process, but may come to the role without any guidance and be unaware of their ethical obligations. Journals have an obligation to provide transparent policies for peer review, and reviewers have an obligation to conduct reviews in an ethical and accountable manner. Clear communication between the journal and the reviewers is essential to facilitate consistent, fair and timely review. 

Submission Declaration

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere including electronically in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

Contributors

All authors must have materially participated in the research and/or article preparation. The statement that all authors have approved the final article should be true and included in the disclosure.

Changes to Authorship

Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.

Disclaimer

The accountability of the research matter articulated in this journal is entirely of the author(s)concerned. The view expressed in the research papers/articles in this journal does not essentially correspond to the views of the publisher/editor. The publisher/editor of the journal is not liable for errors or any consequences arising from the exercise of information contained in it.