Instructions to Authors for submission to the Journal of Business and Economic
Models (JGBEM)
1. Submission. The contents of the papers shall be the sole responsibility of the authors and
publication shall not imply the concurrence of editors or publishers.
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All submissions should preferably be in Word format
All manuscripts shall be subject to an editorial pre-screening process to assess
suitability for the journal
Subject to the pre-screening, manuscripts shall be processed in a single anonymous
peer review system, using independent expert referees
Final responsibility for the selection and acceptance of articles rests with the Editor
Submission of an article to the journal indicates formal acceptance by the author(s) of
these peer review conditions and procedures
2. The manuscript. Manuscripts must be typed with a double spacing throughout, on one side of A4
paper only, with a 4cm left-hand margin. The text and references should be checked thoroughly for
errors before submission. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that the typescript is correct in
style, syntax and spelling (Oxford English Dictionary). Papers should normally be divided into headed
sections.
3. Title page. The first page of the typescript must contain: the full title; the affiliation and full address of
all author(s); a running title of not more than 75 letters and spaces; an abstract of not more than 200
words; the name, full postal address and email of the author who will be responsible for correspondence
and correcting of proofs.
4. Abbreviations. Any word or words to be abbreviated should be written in full when first mentioned
followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
5. Illustrations. All illustrations of any kind should be submitted as sequentially numbered figures.
Illustrations should not be inserted in the manuscript but supplied either after the main body of text or
uploaded as separate files.
6. Tables. Tables should be numbered and headed with short titles. As with illustrations, they should not
be inserted in the manuscript but supplied either after the main body of text or uploaded as separate
files.
7. Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements should appear at the end of the text.
8. References. The Harvard system is used. When quoted in the text style is:…Smith (1972)…or
(Brown and Jones, 1972) or …Smith et al. (1972a). References are listed alphabetically after the text.
Journal and book titles should be written out in full. Examples are:
Brigham, E. F. (1965) The determinants of residential land values, Land Economics, 41, 325-34.
Phelps-Brown, H. (1981) Labour market policy, in Changing Perceptions of Economic Policy (Ed.) F.
Cairncross, Methuen, London, pp. 68-113.
9. Footnotes. These should be numbered consecutively in the text and gathered at the bottom of each
corresponding page.
10. Proofs. Proofs will be sent electronically to the 'corresponding' author for correction. These must be
corrected and returned within 48 hours otherwise publication may be delayed. Alterations to proofs other
than corrections of printer's errors may be charged to the authors.
12. Copyright. Submission of a paper to JGBEM will be taken to imply that is presents original
unpublished work, not under consideration elsewhere.