About The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line is a multidisciplinary international leading journal publishing cutting-edge research that explores relevant conceptual and practical management and organizational issues aimed at serving society, with a focus on information, knowledge, innovation, sustainability, technology and value creation approached through diverse business perspectives.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Article — up to 8500 words
- Editorial — up to 3000 words
Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.
Reference style
Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.
Keywords
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.
Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Accepted languages
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Accepted submission files
Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
Closes: 20th December 2026
This special issue aims to contribute to both academic discourse and practical application by highlighting challenges and solutions for a more intensive discussion and consideration of the topic of business transfers in various sectors of society. By illuminating current dilemmas surrounding the topic, this issue enables alternative strategies and paths for various societal actors to give the topic the attention it deserves.
Guest editor(s): Susanne Durst, Anmari Viljamaa, Lex van Teeffelen
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 7.3
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 87652
