Guidelines to Authors

Guidelines to Authors

 Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship (JME) publishes conceptual and empirical papers along with case studies developed on managerial issues through field research. Authors may submit their papers under any of the following five categories: Conceptual Papers, Empirical Papers, Case studies, Literature review papers and Book Reviews. All submissions must be done online.

Manuscript:

All manuscripts must be printed in a standard A4 size paper setting (font size 12) Times New Roman (1.5 space) with page numbers. To facilitate an anonymous review of the paper, please do not include any author information in the main text of the paper. The author’s details with full affiliation must be on a separate cover page only and not in the main text.  The authors should make sure that all your tables and figure are numbered with titles and captions. Papers received with Authors’ details in the main text will be summarily rejected.

Cover Page:

The manuscript of a paper should have a cover page providing the Title of the paper, the names and affiliation of all the authors, (the order of placing author names should be specified), along with their postal address, phone and email address. In the case of multiple authors, the cover page should indicate the designated corresponding author.

Article length / word count:

Articles should be less than 7000 words for research articles and 8000 words length in the case of literature review articles. This includes all text, for example, the abstract, references, all text in tables, and figures and appendices.  

Abstract page:

There should be an ‘Abstract’ page, which should contain the title of the paper and a summary of the paper (150 - 300 words). In the Abstract, a minimum of 6 keywords should be there and arranged in alphabetical order. The text of the paper should not start on this page but on a fresh page.

Headings:

All section headings should be in 14-point font and sub-section headings should be in 12-point font. They must be bold-faced, and left-aligned. Leave a blank line before each heading. Quotations if any, should be in italics and centre aligned.

Notes:

Avoid using footnotes. Use end notes by numbering them serially in the text using superscripts and list them together on a separate sheet under the heading ‘End notes’ immediately following the text of the paper before ‘References’.

References:

References and Citations should be cited in the style prescribed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition. All references should be in Alphabetical order. Only those references cited in the main text should be listed at the end of the manuscripts.

Revised Manuscripts:

At the end of the blind review process, the editor will inform the author about the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. If the reviewer suggests any revisions, authors are to revise and re-submit the paper within two weeks, failing which it will be considered as a new submission.

Similarity Check:

Before submitting any article to JME, the author must carry out a similarity check preferably using Turnitin software. (setting should be 14 words).   Similarity checks must be below 10 percent. If not your Article will be rejected. The authors should make sure that their Articles are Grammarly checked and copyedited property before sending.

Copy Editing:

All the submissions must be copy edited by the authors. In cases where guidelines are not followed by authors religiously, such Articles may get rejected.  Any grammatical or spelling errors may lead to rejection of the article.

Publication Charges

JME does not charge any Publication fee from the authors. Authors are cautioned against several unauthorized agents asking for money for publications. Any such approaches by unauthorized agents must be brought to the notice of the editors.

Subscription

JME expects patronage from authors in the form of subscribing to the Journal. At present subscription charges are Rs 1000/- for 3 years. The Subscription form is placed on the last page of this journal and on our website. Authors are requested to subscribe to the Journal and encourage the Journal.

Copy right issues

JME holds the copyright of all articles published by it. Authors must note that by pressing the submit button, it is inferred that they have transferred the copyright of the article if the same is accepted for publication.

Review process:

All submissions to JME will be subjected to double-blind peer review. The process takes nearly 4-5 months. No queries will be entertained within 120 days of submission. Authors can check the status of their submission online using their log-in credentials. During the period of Review, Authors are prohibited from submitting the same paper to any other journals unless they apply in writing for the withdrawal and the same is approved by the editor. Any queries may be addressed to jme@xime.org. No telephone calls will be entertained on the subject.