About the Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development
Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development is an academic, open access, peer-reviewed journal focused on diffusion of articles on all aspects of Business and socio-economic development. Published by Emerald on behalf of Ahlia University and University of Business and Technology.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Research Paper — up to 9600 words
- Conceptual Paper — up to 9600 words
- Case Study — up to 9600 words
- Literature Review — up to 9600 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 diamond open access journal. No article processing charges (APCs) are required. 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.
There are currently no open calls for papers for this journal. New calls are posted as they become available.
Metrics snapshot
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 172555
Publication timeline
- Time to first decision
- 29.5 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 42 days
- Acceptance rate
- 4.6%
