Submission Guidelines
Before you proceed with the instructions on this page, please make sure you already reviewed the instructions on the "Information for author" page.
Authors are required to submit their papers in PDF or MS-Word DOC format electronically via the Inderscience Submission System (ISS).
Please review the following instructions and CLICK HERE to submit papers.
IMPORTANT NOTICES
- A submitted manuscript must be written in English with double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one single column format. It must contain original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication or review elsewhere.
- If you are a first-time user to the ISS portal, please register as a new author to submit your paper files.
- By submitting a paper to JBM, the author agrees to abide by the publication ethics stipulated in COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) http://www.publicationethics.org/ .
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Instructions for Authors
- Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (Note: Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written with less than 30% similarity.)
- Papers must be prepared in English.
- The author must check and correct all grammatical or spelling errors before submission.
There are various online software tools available free to authors, e.g., Grammarly Basic (click here to install) could be downloaded and installed free of charge and is highly recommended for JBM authors.
- There is no submission deadline for JBM. All papers will be double-blind reviewed by at least two reviewers, who will be recommended by the Editorial Board. The processing time for the first-round formal reviews is about six weeks. Subsequent rounds of reviews tend to be faster.
- To simplify file conversion effort, PDF or Microsoft Word (for Windows) DOC format is advised.
- Please submit your paper via the JBM Journal Management System (URL:http://gebrc.nccu.edu.tw/jms/).
- Note that the JBM has become a Diamond Open Access journal and requires no artile processing charge (APC) since April 1, 2022.
- The submitted and accepted paper should follow the Manuscript Guidelines for paper submission provided on the JBM website to format the pages for publication.
The submitted paper should include [1] paper title (15-30 words), [2] highlights (80-120 words), [3] structured
abstract (300-500 words), [4] keywords (5-10 words), [5] the paper body (5000-10000 words), [6] references (30+), and [7] optional appendices.
The information of author(s) should not appear anywhere in the paper body file, including page header and footer.
The tables and figures should appear near the texts discussing their contents. An accepted-paper author should follow the author guidelines for paper submission provided on the JBM website to format the pages for publication.
An author could use free style to format the paper body file for submissions but with
full citations using the APA styles and the content orgnanized using the following suggested sections:
Each author must submit three separate files:
- Title Page: Please note in the file the paper title, names of authors, affiliations,
addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, and acknowledgment/funding sources. Behind the title page,
please provide the five required author declaration statements. Click here to see the examples of the five statements
Any paper without these statements will not be processed for reviews.
- Cover Letter: Please suggest in the letter at least three
reviewers for your papers who are willing to review and have published SCI/SSCI articles pertinent to your
paper title with hyperlinks accessing their papers online and the reason for suggestion.
Behind the letter, please provide a copy of similarity check report created by software such as
Turnitin, iThenticate, etc. Any paper without this report will not be processed for reviews.
- Paper Body: Please prepare the file content following the instructions in the above paragraph. Please make very sure that the authors' information is not in both the body text and
the file properties. The structured abstract should not exceed 500 words and the number of keywords must be 5-10 words. All tables and figures must be placed near
the contexts where they are cited, not at the end of the body. Specifically, please make sure that your MANUSCRIPT file contains:
(1) the paper title (10-20 words),
(2) the highlights (80-120 words)
(3) the structured abstract (300-500 words) ,
(4) the keywords (5-10 words),
(5) the paper body (5000-10000 words),
(6) the references (> 30), and
(7) the optional appendices (for supplementary details only).
For structured abstract and paper organizations, please see Manuscript Guidelines
Paper Review Decision Process for JBM
Your paper will be judged according to the following criteria:
(1) Novelty of problem
(2) Uniqueness of perspective
(3) Innovativeness of model
(4) Completeness of literature review
(5) Appropriateness of research method
(6) Theoretical contribution
(7) Readability of paper
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Second Reviewer's Decision |
Conclusion |
Accept |
Minor Revisions |
Major Revisions |
Reject |
First Reviewer's Decision |
Accept |
Accepted for Publication |
Send back for Revision, then Accept |
Send back for Revision, then Reexamine |
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Minor Revisions |
Send back for Revision, then Accept |
Send back for Revision, then Accept |
Send back for Revision, then Reexamine |
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Major Revisions |
Send back for Revision, then Reexamine |
Send back for Revision, then Reexamine |
Send back for Revision, then Reexamine |
Reject |
Reject |
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Reject |
Reject |
* In this case, the editor in chief or executive editor will
make a decision (i.e., reject, seek the third reviewer's opinion, or ask for major revisions) by evaluating the scores and commands from the two reviewers.
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