International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science

ISSN: 2469-6501 (Online)

DOI: 10.33642/ijbass
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Call for Papers: VOL: 10, ISSUE: 3, Publication March 31, 2024

Submissions

Manuscript Submission

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the e-mail to the editor at [email protected] or [email protected]

Call for Papers

The journal accepts articles on a rolling submissions basis, and thus, will accept submissions at any time throughout the year. Accepted articles are published online immediately, and are compiled on a monthly basis to create a complete issue. If you have any query, please contact the editorial office at [email protected]

Interested authors are strongly encouraged to submit quality articles for review and publication. All articles judged suitable for consideration will be reviewed in a double blind peer review process.

Author Guidelines

The International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science (IJBASS) are published 12 times per year by the Center for Promoting Education and Research (CPER) USA. Manuscripts written in English are accepted. The International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science (IJBASS) follow the Open Access Journal policy. All contents of the IJBASS are freely available in the IJBASS web.

Review and Publication Process

A full double-blind refereeing process is used that comprises of the following steps.

  • The review process takes maximum 4 weeks.
  • Paper is sent to 2 reviewers for review.
  • The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.
  • For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to guarantee that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
  • If the paper is accepted by the reviewers, acceptance letter will be provided.
  • Author/Corresponding Author will be notified about the possible date of publication (only online).

Mode of Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be written in clear, brief and grammatically correct English (with 12 font size, Cambria font style, typed in 1.5 spacing) 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 complete manuscript, including references, should be typed single spaced on one side of the paper. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the bottom right starting from the title page. The manuscript should be presented in the following order.

Title and Authorship

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 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 (3-8 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 in brief. 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 offered 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 conversation sections can be combined.

Conclusions

If an optional conclusion section is used, its content should not significantly duplicate the abstract.

Acknowledgment

The acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc should be brief.

References

References should be listed in alphabetical order without numbering. Authors are accountable for the precision of all references. Lengthy through quotations, tables or figures from previously published sources must be accompanied by the written permission of the copyright holder. The list of references must be typed double spaced. The type and punctuation of references are illustrated as follows:

Journal paper:

1. Thomas, DW and Owen, H (1988): Patient controlled analgesia: the need for caution. Anaesthesia, 43:770, 2002. 2. Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.

Books:

1. Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).

Chapters in Book:

1. Helber, F. E. (1995). Redeveloping mature resorts for new markets. In M. V. Conlin & T. Baum (Eds.), Island tourism: Management principles and practice (pp. 105-113). Chichester, England: Wiley. Titles of journals should be given in full. ‘In press’ can only be used to cite manuscripts truly accepted for publication in a journal. Citations such as ‘manuscript in preparation’ or ‘manuscript submitted’ are not permitted. Data from such manuscripts can only be mentioned in the text as ‘unpublished data’.

A Report:

1. Holmes, G. (2000).The intercultural communication experiences of ethnic Chinese students in a Western tertiary institution: Implications for education providers (Working paper 2000-14). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Department of Management Communication.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Shobhadevi, Y. D., & Bidarakoppa, G. S. (1994). Possession phenomena: As a coping behaviour. In G. Davidson (Ed.),Applying psychology: Lessons from Asia-Oceania (pp. 83-95). Carlton, Vic., Australia: Australian Psychological Society.

A Thesis:

1. Dewstow, W. A. (2006). Using the Internet to enhance teaching at the University of Waikato(Unpublished master’s thesis). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Refrences for Figures (Including Images) and Tables:

From a journal:

Figure 1. Name of Picture. From [Adapted from] “Title of article,” by A. B. Author and B. B. Author, year, Title of Journal, Volume, p. xx. Copyright Year by Publisher.

From a book:

Figure 2. Name of Picture. From [Adapted from] Title of Book (p. xx), by A. B. Author and B. S. Author, year, Place of Publication: Publisher.

From a webpage:

Figure 3. Name of Picture. From [Adapted from] Title of webpage, by A. B. Author and N. B. Author, year, Retrieved from… website: http://…. Reprinted with permission.

Tables From a journal:

From [Adapted from] “Title of Article,” by A. B. Author and B. B. Author, year, Title of Journal, Volume, p. XX. Copyright Year by Publisher.

Tables From a book:

From [Adapted from] Title of Book (p. xx), by A. B. Author and B. B. Author, year, Place of Publication: Publisher.

Figures / Photographs/ Illustrations

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 embed within the manuscript, and must be captioned and numbered in sequence.

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.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  • Manuscript has been made in the light of Journal’s author guidelines.
  • Author(s) did not mention his or her name and affiliation in the main text.
  • Author(s) has read all the terms and conditions of the journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Footnotes

Content footnotes are occasionally used to support substantive information in the text. Place the footnotes at the end of the page: 10-pt. Garamond or Times New Roman.

The authors must send their contributions as an e-mail attachment in Word doc, single column format only (not any pdf format).

Authors preserve copyright and grant the journal right of the publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share a like 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. The transfer of copyright form author to publisher must be clearly stated in writing to enable the publisher to assure dissemination of the author’s work to the widest possible readership in electronic formats. The acceptance regulations of a manuscript for publication automatically include the consent of the author(s) to transfer the copyright or license to International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science (IJBASS). Authors will complete a Copyright Agreement Form (CAF) at the time of proofreading. The corresponding author can sign on behalf of co-authors.

Privacy Statement

IJBASS is an open access journal. The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

  • Article Submission: 0.00 (USD)
    Authors are required to pay an Article Submission Fee (0 US dallar) as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.
  • Fast-Track Review: 0.00 (USD)
  • With the payment of this fee, the review, editorial decision, and author notification on this manuscript is guaranteed to take place within 4 weeks.
  • If the paper is accepted for publication, author(s) will be asked to pay 120 USD as article publication fee. Waiver policy is not applicable. The payment method will be notified by the editor after the acceptance of the paper.
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