Policies

Publication Frequency

IJABR is published twice a year, in January and July.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

The IJABR is an open-access journal. All operational costs are funded by Politeknik Negeri Bandung and Article Processing Charge (APC) of accepted manuscripts. The journal does not receive any advertising from outside and does not do any direct marketing practice.

The APC on all accepted manuscripts covers the cost of hosting published work online permanently and is free to all readers. The APC also compensates for the cost of processing and monitoring submitted journal manuscripts within our office.
The APC for accepted publication is Rp. 1,500,000 for Indonesian authors; there is a 100% APC waiver for a manuscript whose first author is a foreigner.

The author(s) can transfer the fee of APC to the following bank account
Bank Name: BRI
Bank Account Number: 1549-01-000018-30-5
Account Holder: RPL 022 BLU POLBAN

The payment proof should be sent through email to ijabr@polban.ac.id

Language Editing Services

In order to maintain the language quality of the manuscripts, the IJABR highly recommends that the authors use Language Editing Services prior to submission.  Real-time services, such as those included in Microsoft Office software and offered by Grammarly.com can highlight awkward/difficult language and offer editorial suggestions.  Further, a number of the major publishing organizations offer professional academic editing services for this purpose

Plagiarism

The IJABR treats plagiarism as a serious issue. The plagiarism of the works of other authors is unethical, and it is potentially damaging to the reputation of the publisher, the author, and the author’s institution. Articles containing plagiarism will be retracted from publication and will be reported to the proper authorities. Being found guilty of intentional plagiarism can negate a lifetime of achievements so it should be taken very seriously. The IJABR scans every submitted article through plagiarism detection software (Turnitin or iThenticate) and recommends that authors use their own software to ensure such errors do not occur.

Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Applied Business Research is a peer-reviewed journal with open access. The article processing or delivery of the manuscript is submitted to the manager or editor through an online system or by using the OJS Open Access publishing model, and this journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public in order to supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors must also agree to our open access policy.

This journal is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to full-text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author.

AI POLICY

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) software, such as ChatGPT, must be noted in the Materials and Methods section (or Acknowledgments, if no Materials and Methods section is available) of the manuscript and may not be listed as an author. Authors are solely accountable for and must thoroughly fact-check, outputs created with the help of generative AI software.

 

The Use of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies in Scientific Writing

Where authors use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, these technologies should only be used to improve readability and language of the work. Applying the technology should be done with human oversight and control and authors should carefully review and edit the result, because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. The authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of the work.

Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies and a statement will appear in the published work. Declaring the use of these technologies supports transparency and trust between authors, readers, reviewers, editors and contributors and facilitates compliance with the terms of use of the relevant tool or technology.

Authors should not list AI and AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans.

 

The Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Tools in Figures, Images and Artwork

We do not permit the use of Generative AI or AI-assisted tools to create or alter images in submitted manuscripts. This may include enhancing, obscuring, moving, removing, or introducing a specific feature within an image or figure. Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or colour balance are acceptable if and as long as they do not obscure or eliminate any information present in the original. Image forensics tools or specialised software might be applied to submitted manuscripts to identify suspected image irregularities.

The only exception is if the use of AI or AI-assisted tools is part of the research design or research methods (such as in AI-assisted imaging approaches to generate or interpret the underlying research data, for example in the field of biomedical imaging). If this is done, such use must be described in a reproducible manner in the methods section. This should include an explanation of how the AI or AI-assisted tools were used in the image creation or alteration process and the name of the model or tool, version and extension numbers and manufacturer. Authors should adhere to the AI software’s specific usage policies and ensure correct content attribution. Where applicable, authors could be asked to provide pre-AI-adjusted versions of images and/or the composite raw images used to create the final submitted versions, for editorial assessment.