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Submission guide

Language

The submission language is English only.

Recommended paper structure

• Title (e.g. On Laconic and Informative Titles)
• Authors
• Abstract (max. 200 words)
• Keywords (max. 7 words/phrases)
• JEL classification code
• Introduction
• 1. Literature Survey
• 2. Methods
• 3. Results
• 4. Discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• References

Manuscript requirements

• Article should not exceed 12 printed pages. The fee for excess pages is 10 GBP for each page.
• Single-spaced text, tables, and references.
• 2.5 cm margins (top, bottom, left, and right).
• 12-point Liberation Serif typeface
• No line numbering on any pages.
• No page numbers.
• Manuscripts or committee reports that exceed these guidelines will be subject to reductions in length.

Authors must use OpenDocument template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Accepted file format: OpenDocument (*.odt)

Paper submission

• Editorial correspondence including manuscripts for submission should be addressed to the Editor:
• All papers are subject to single-blind peer review procedure. Articles for the review process are accepted continuously. You will be kept informed by our Editor about all necessary details and terms.

The review process

• Publication of original scientific and overview papers in the Economics and Finance journal is preceded by an independent, single-blind peer review procedure.
• The review process takes into account such factors as relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language quality.
• The possible results of the review process include acceptance, acceptance after revisions, or rejection of the paper.
• If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit the paper, no guarantee that the revised version will be accepted is given.
• Rejected articles are not subject to re-review process.
• If both reviews are positive, the article is recommended for publication.
• If both reviews are negative, the article is rejected in the review process.
• If at least one reviewer requires the article to be reworked and reassessed, the article must be reworked and then sent back for re-evaluation to the same reviewer.
• In case that one review is positive and the other negative, the evaluation of a third newly determined reviewer is decisive.
• The average length of a review process is 15 days. The author will be informed about the result of the review process by the Editor.
• Articles for the review process are accepted continuously.
• After the successful review process, the articles are subject to proofreading, graphic preparation for printing, and final authors proof.
• We ask reviewers to be as specific as possible in indicating what must be done to make a manuscript acceptable for journal publication. This embodies a primary objective of the journal: to assist authors in the research process. Our Editorial Policy is one which is supportive, rather than critical. We encourage all authors who are not successful in a first attempt to rewrite the manuscript in accordance with the suggestions of the reviewers. We will be pleased to referee future versions and rewrites of manuscripts and work with authors in achieving their research goals.

General policies

Publication policy

• Economics and Finance journal publishes accepted manuscripts as soon as possible.
• If a manuscript is not scheduled for publication by the end of the one-year period following acknowledgment of receipt, authors may request that the manuscript be released to them.
• Economics and Finance journal reserves the right to edit all papers for style, syntax, grammar, and clarity.

Open access information

• All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. Permitted reuse is defined by licenses Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY): lets others distribute and copy the article, to create extracts, abstracts, and other revised versions, adaptations or derivative works of or from an article (such as a translation), to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), to text or data mine the article, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the author(s), do not represent the author as endorsing their adaptation of the article, and do not modify the article in such a way as to damage the author’s honor or reputation.

Property rights

• The copyright of articles remains with the authors, who have chosen to make the articles available for reuse under an open license, such as the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). These licenses permit reuse and adaptation, as long as the original authors are cited.

Financial conditions

• All articles published in Economics and Finance journal are published in full open access. In order to provide free access to readers, and to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management, an article processing charge (APC) of 100 GBP applies to papers accepted after peer review.
• Article should not exceed 12 printed pages. The fee for excess pages is 10 GBP for each page.
• One hard copy: 100 GBP. Postage is paid additionally.