Information for Authors
Overview
IRJBSS is a publisher of scholarly open access journals. The journal uphold a peer-reviewed, rapid, and rigorous manuscript handling and editorial process. IRJBSS is the perfect place for you to publish your work under an open access license, in a fast and straightforward manner. Our journal is indexed in the leading databases and, since they are open access, have a broad readership.
As a pioneer open access publisher, our mission is to make new research findings accessible to everyone. We are serving scholars from across the globe and from a variety of backgrounds. To deepen our understanding of the research communities that we serve, we aim to build journal that are just as diverse and inclusive. Only by valuing differences can we create an equitable and inclusive work environment and foster the openness that is key to our mission.
The daily exchange of ideas between the East and the West has been at the heart of IRJBSS’s progress from day one. We understand that diversity does not end there. More needs to be done to bridge the gap between the global North and South—and to create equal opportunities for people without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, country of origin, physical ability, or socio-economic status. There is no place for discrimination on the basis of any one of these characteristics.
Useful Resources for Authors
IRJBSS Author Layout Style Guide
IRJBSS English editing services
IRJBSS reference list and citations style guide
Article Processing Charges (APC) Information
Funding of Article and Book Processing Charges (APCs/BPCs)
Policy regarding corrections and retractions
Statement on controversial articles
Extensive English Editing
Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use IRJBSS’s English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. If you use an alternative service that provides a confirmation certificate, please send a copy to the Editorial Office. Authors from developing countries should consider registration with Author Aid, a global research community that provides networking, mentoring, resources and training for researchers in developing countries.
Funding of APCs and BPCs
Many funding agencies and institutions explicitly allow the use of research grants for the payment of APCs and BPCs for publishing open access articles and books. For more information on APC and BPC funding see the following page.
Discounts on APCs
Waivers may be granted at the Publisher’s discretion and should be discussed with the editorial office when submitting the article. The editorial decision making is decoupled from the authors’ ability to pay the Processing Charges, however authors should consider in advance whether they have sufficient funds to cover the full APC/BPC. IRJBSS also offers discount vouchers to selected reviewers.
General Peer-Review and Editorial Procedure
All manuscripts sent for publication in our journal is strictly and thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts. The Managing Editor of the journal will perform an initial check of the manuscript’s suitability upon receipt. The Editorial Office will then organize the peer-review process performed by independent experts and collect at least two review reports per manuscript. We ask our authors for adequate revisions (with a second round of peer-review if necessary) before a final decision is made. The final decision is made by the academic editor (usually the Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Board Member of a journal or the Guest Editor of a Special Issue). Accepted articles are copy-edited and English-edited.
Editorial Decision and Revision
All the articles, reviews and communications published in IRJBSS journal go through the peer-review process and receive at least two review reports. The in-house editor will discuss each step of the process with the external academic editor and communicate decisions to the authors regarding the following:
Accept in Present Form: The paper is accepted without any further changes.
Accept after Minor Revisions: The paper is in principle accepted after revision based on the reviewer’s comments. Authors are given five days for minor revisions.
Reconsider after Major Revisions: The acceptance of the manuscript would depend on the revisions. The author needs to provide a point by point response or provide a rebuttal if some of the reviewer’s comments cannot be revised. Usually, only one round of major revisions is allowed. Authors will be asked to resubmit the revised paper within fourteen days and the revised version will be returned to the reviewer for further comments.
Reject and Encourage Resubmission: An article where additional experiments are needed to support the conclusions will be rejected and the authors will be encouraged to re-submit the paper once further experiments have been conducted.
Reject: The article has serious flaws, makes no original contribution, and the paper is rejected with no offer of resubmission to the journal.
Long-Term Archiving and Copies of IRJBSS Content
To ensure permanent access to our publications, we work with different partners to archive our content. For the purposes of record-keeping, IRJBSS retains copies of submitted manuscripts and supporting files. However, for articles that are rejected we will comply with requests from authors to delete files.