Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- The text is written using IJABR article template
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- Turnitin or ithenticate ≤15%
- 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.
Author Guidelines
Please submit your manuscript using the manuscript template (Download Template). As your manuscript is accepted to publish, please submit your Copyright Transfer Agreement (Download CTA).
Structure of Manuscript
- Title page
- Title
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Literature review
- Research method
- Results and discussion
- Conclusion
- Managerial Implication
- Acknowledgments (if applicable)
- References (American Psychological Association style 6th)
- Appendices (if applicable)
The article should be between 6000 and 8000 words in length (including tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, and endnotes).
Title
The title should be concise, descriptive, and contain the keywords or key phrases. Search engines assume that the title contains all of the important words that describe the topic of the manuscript.
Abstract
The abstract should not exceed 200 words. The abstract should contain all the keywords and key phrases at least once and more than once if necessary. Since most researchers read the abstract before reading the manuscript, abstract must be well-written.
Keywords
Select a maximum of five (5) keywords or key phrases that would give a search engine ample information when searching for your manuscript. Avoid the use of general and plural terms, abbreviations, and non-descript words such as and, of, or, the, and so on.
Introduction
The introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem and enough background information. The objectives of the study should be clearly emphasized at the end of the introduction or in a separate section.
Literature review
The literature review should discuss the past theoretical and empirical studies which become the basis of the current study. The authors are encouraged to review recent articles and from reputable journals. Where applicable, model and hypothesis development should be developed and presented.
Research Method
The methods should provide sufficient details of the instruments used and the procedures followed to allow the work to be repeated by others.
Results
The results should be presented in a logical sequence. The results should be discussed in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the introduction and objectives. Comment on results and indicate explanations and possible sources of errors.
Discussion
Compare your work to other work reported in the literature. In the discussion, a clear presentation of the application of the research findings for business practice must be emphasized.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the researched work should be presented. Limitations and recommendations for future research should be discussed.
Managerial Implications
The managerial implication should clearly state the implications of the findings at the managerial level. It should be between 350 and 400 words.
Acknowledgments
Where applicable, the source of financial support must be acknowledged. Technical assistance may also be acknowledged.
Tables & Figures
Tables, figures, etc. should be placed where they belong. Tables and figures should be located in the text and numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals, i.e., Table 1 and Figure 1. When necessary, the author can use color.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes
We suggest the author not use footnotes. Endnotes at the end of the manuscript are preferred
References
References should be arranged alphabetically and follow American Psychological Association (APA 6th) style. References should not be inserted as footnotes. References in the text should include name and year. For example: “According to Bangs (2012)…”
In print journal article citation:
Bangs, J. (2012). Transforming a business statistics course with just-in-time teaching. American Journal of Business Education, 5(1) 87-94.
Online journal article citation:
Salazar, R.J., & Wang, J. (2013). The evolution of strategies: multinational subsidiaries operating in china. Journal of Applied Business Research, 29(5), 1261-1280. Retrieved from https://www.cluteinstitute.com/ojs/index.php/JABR/article/view/8012/8066
Book citation:
Calfee, R.C., & Valencia, R.R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Language Editing services
The manuscript must be prepared in English. We recommend that every manuscript be thoroughly reviewed for grammatical and spelling errors prior to submission. This journal only accepts papers that are written professionally. In case a paper needs an edition before peer review, the authors are encouraged to use real-time services, such as those included in Microsoft Office software and offered by Grammarly.com. These can highlight awkward/difficult language and offer editorial suggestions as the manuscript is being written. Further, a number of major publishing organizations offer professional academic editing services for this purpose. However, the authors may need to make some payment for these editing services.
Submitting Manuscript
- For the first time user, click ‘Register’ to create an account. If you already have an account of IJABR, click ‘Login’.
- Once logged in, select the ‘New Submission’ tab to make a new submission of the article.
- In general, the article submission in IJABR comprises five steps which carried out consecutively, namely: (1) Start, (2) Upload Submissions, (3) Enter Metadata, (4) Confirmation, (5) Next Steps.
- In the first step (Start), the author should give a check on each submission requirement to proceed to the next step.
- In the second step (Upload Submissions), click the ‘Upload File’ tab to upload the article and specify the kind of its article component.
- In the third step (Enter Metadata), the author should fill in the information about the article and the related contributors to the article.
- In the fourth step (Confirmation), the author should click “Finish Submissions” once no further revision or additional information is required to carry out.
- In the fifth step (Next Steps), the submission is completed and the authors can either ‘review this submission’ or ‘create new submission’. The authors will receive a notification email about the article submission.
- For further technical support, please kindly send your inquiries through email at ijabr@polban.ac.id
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Author’s Warranties
The author warrants that the article is original, written by the stated author(s), has not been published before, contains no unlawful statements, does not infringe the rights of others, is subject to copyright that is vested exclusively in the author and free of any third party rights, and that any necessary written permissions to quote from other sources have been obtained by the author(s).
Copyright
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