For Authors

Author Guidelines

Materials eligible for publication

  1. Scientific research papers, which are genuine and contribute to the theory or applications in the fields of Business and Economics.
  2. Critiques or analyses of published papers or books in the fields of Business and Economics.
  3. Documentary reports of scientific or professional conferences, symposiums, workshops, etc. in the fields of Business and Economics.

 

Terms of publication

  1. The paper must have a sound methodology and must be written in a fluent language.
  2. The paper should not have been published or submitted for publication in another journal.
  3. The researcher must implement all the remarks recommended by the referees, and must submit a report to the Board of Editors, containing all his / her responses to such remarks.

 

Refereeing

  1. The Editorial Board performs a preliminary screening to determine the eligibility of the submitted paper, and the author is informed about the results within 15 days.
  2. All published papers in this journal are reviewed by professional referees in the specific fields of those papers.
  3. The Editorial Board accepts the paper for publication depending on the recommendations of three referees.
  4. If the author(s) is (are) from Qassim University, all three referees are chosen from outside the university.
  5. Papers should not contain any direct or indirect identification of the author(s) in order to keep the reviewing process secret and unbiased.

 

Copyright

Upon submission of an article, authors will be asked to complete the “Authorship, Contribution and Copyright Agreement” which will assign, convey and transfer all rights, interest and copyright ownership of said work for publication.

Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations.

 

Authors’ rights

  1. As an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work.
  2. The Journal is committed to authors to protect and defend their work and their reputation and takes allegations of infringement, plagiarism, ethic disputes and fraud very seriously.
  3. The journal gives the author rights to share their accepted article via social media accounts to increase their impact with research.

 

Submission Instructions and Process

  1. The submitted paper must be written in Microsoft Word format and be submitted online via the electronic submission system (https://jaes.qu.edu.sa/index.php/jae/about/submissions) by the corresponding author.
  2. Once you have logged into your account, the online system will lead you through the submission process in an orderly step-by-step process. For detailed instructions, please refer to the manuscript preparation and style, and use journal template file (EN / AR).
  3. The supplementary documents (author confirmation and authors’ agreement forms) should be uploaded together with the manuscript. These documents should be originally signed and upload in the scanned pdf format.
  4. The cover page of the paper should list the name, title, affiliation, telephone and fax numbers, and the complete address of each author. To assure an anonymous review, authors should not identify themselves directly or indirectly elsewhere in their manuscripts. The cover page should also state no such acknowledgments.
  5. The text should be typed in single-spaced, 12-point font (Times New Roman preferred) with 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins in Word, not as PDFs. The number of pages shall not exceed 25 pages, including references, appendices, tables, and figures.
  6. In the case of a manuscript reporting on field surveys or experiments, a copy of the instrument (questionnaire, case, interview plan, or the like) should be submitted.
  7. Author(s) should check their manuscripts for typos and grammatical errors before submitting them to the journal.
  8. All articles submitted to the journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and a possible delay in publication.

 

Manuscript Preparation and Style

Pagination

All pages, including tables, appendices, and references should be serially numbered. Sections and subsections should be numbered.

 

Abstract

The abstract should include key information as follows: objectives, methods, findings and policy implications. It should not be longer than 200 words.

Keywords: 3 to 5 keywords

JEL classification: Identify the proper JEL classification

https://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide/jel.php

 

Tables and Figures

Each table and figure should be in a number and a title indicating its content.

 

Literature Citations

Footnotes should not be used for literature citation; instead, the work should be cited by the author’s name and year of publication in the body of the text, shown in parenthesis, e.g., (Jensen, 1976) or for specific quotations: (Jensen, 1976:115); With two authors: (Katz and Kahn, 1982); With more than two authors: (Williams et al (in italic)., 1994); With more than one source cited together: (Regan, 1982; Manz and Sims, 1980); With two or more works done by an author: (Foster, 1977, 1979). If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, it needs not to be repeated in the citation: For example, "McClelland (1961) advocated…" When the reference list contains more than one work of an author in a single year, the suffix a, b, etc. follows the date in the text citation: e.g., (Tversky, 1981 a).

 

Reference List

References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order without serial numbering.

References should be written as follows: The last name of the main author, followed by his/her first and the middle names, the names of co-authors (if applicable) in the normal way (first name first), the year of publication between parentheses, the title of the cited research, the name of the journal in italic, the volume number (the issue number in parentheses) and finally the page number(s).

Examples of listing references:

Olsen, Mancur, (1993). Dictatorship, Democracy and Economic. American Political Science Review, 87(1), 22-34.

Blankenau, William F. and Nicole B. Simpson, (2004). Public Education Expenditures and Growth. Journal of Development Economics, 73(2), 242-257.

 

Footnotes

Textual notes should be used only for extension and useful excursions of information that if included in the body of the text might disrupt its continuity. Notes should be double-spaced and numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript with superscript Arabic numerals. They are placed at the end of the text. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum.

 

Review Process

All submitted manuscript are screened by the editorial team before peer review. During this stage, instructions for author and ethical issues are checked. If the manuscript is considered suitable for review process, it will be sent to at least two reviewers. They will review the manuscripts' originality, significance, and so on, including their methodology and empirical accuracy. Acceptance of the manuscript is decided based on the critiques and recommended decision of the reviewers. The editors evaluate the peer reviewers’ recommendations, and then notifies the authors of their final manuscript’s status. The manuscript may be:

  • Accepted for publication as it is,
  • Accepted for publication with minor changes,
  • Accepted for publication after major revision and additional review

 

Pre-Check

All manuscripts submitted for publication in JAES are initially evaluated by an Associate Editor from the journal’s editorial team, to determine if it fits the scope and objectives of the journal, as well as to identify possible plagiarism practices. In this stage, the Editors will check also whether the methodology and/or data analysis are obviously defective, and whether the language and presentation are of a standard that permits peer review.

A submission may be returned for resubmission or rejected without peer review if the topic falls outside the aims and  scope of the journal, if the work lacks originality, or if there are significant problems with presentation, research or argumentation. Manuscripts considered appropriate will be sent to external reviewers for peer review.

 

Peer Review

A manuscript that passes the preliminary evaluation is sent to at least two external reviewers from the same field as the author(s).

JAES strictly follows a double-blind peer review process, in which the authors do not know the reviewers and vice versa.

  • Reviewers are asked to evaluate the manuscript based on set criteria and to provide comments and recommendations to the Editor on whether a manuscript can be accepted, requires revisions or should be rejected.
  • Reviewers are not supposed to examine submissions that fall out of the scope of the journal.
  • Any external reviewer who feels unqualified to review the submitted manuscript should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.
  • All reviewers who carry out peer review on behalf of the Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences should understand and abide by the standards of confidentiality relating to the peer-review process.
  • Reviewers must treat manuscripts received for review as confidential documents. They must not disclose or discuss them with others except as authorized by the editor.
  • Reviewers shall conduct the review process objectively and should not address any personal criticism to the author. They should also express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  • Reviewers shall notify the editor of any considerable similarity or overlap between the reviewed manuscript and any other published work of which they have knowledge.
  • Reviewers must not use any information or data obtained from the reviewed manuscript for their personal advantage.
  • Reviewers must not accept to review manuscripts where they have conflicts of interest as a result of competitive, collaborative, or other connections with the author(s).

 

Editorial Decision

Based on the recommendations by the reviewers, the Editorial team will make the final decision on acceptance, rejection, and revision of the manuscript. In the case of re-submission of the manuscript after its revision, a final decision will be taken on the basis of the changes made by the authors in response to the suggestions and criticisms of the reviewers.

 

Author Revision

When the manuscript is approved with some modifications, the corresponding author will be informed about the corrections that must be made to improve the quality and will have a deadline to make the adjustments and send the corrected version to the Editor accompanied by a letter detailing the adjustments made.

The revised manuscripts will be sent to the same reviewers who assessed them previously for a second review. In that case, reviewers may provide further comments and in so doing request another revision. In general, the journal allows no more than two rounds of major revisions.

 

Notification of the final decision

In the letter to the author in which the journal's final acceptance of paper is communicated, it will also be indicated in which number the article will be published, and when the author will receive proofs for correction.

The final decision of rejection of a manuscript is final.

The journal does not return rejected manuscripts.