About the International Journal of Emerging Markets

The International Journal of Emerging Markets is publishing high quality multidisciplinary research focusing on business in emerging markets.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Article — up to 10000 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. When you submit to the journal, you’ll be able to choose keywords that describe the main topics of your paper from a list of recommended keywords, or you can add your own.

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.

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Calls for papers

Closes: 1st January 2027

This Special Issue investigates financial misconduct in emerging markets, highlighting institutional determinants, market consequences, monitoring mechanisms, and emerging risks from digital finance.

Guest editor(s): Professor David Y. Aharon, Professor Menachem (Meni) Abudy, Professor Ender Demir, Professor Adam Zaremba