Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION:

1) Online Submissions

Our selection of articles depends on the quality, breadth, and originality of the theme(s) covered and their bearing on the focus of the journal. We do not accept manuscripts published elsewhere.

Only two files should be submitted. Submit the manuscript without the authors' names, affiliation, and biographies. Along with it, submit a cover page that includes the manuscript title, authors' names and affiliation, and the corresponding author's name and contact information (full postal and e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers). The maximum number of pages should not exceed 20 including footnotes. Only one submission by an author will be considered at a time.

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2) Font

All spellings must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. To distinguish the different part of the manuscript, use the following fonts for each part:

·  Title: The title of the manuscript should be typed in 14-point Times New Roman, Bold-face, heading 1, left align.

·  Author Name: Author names should be typed in Bold 10-point Times New Roman.

·  Corresponding author: It should be typed in Bold 10-point Times New Roman..

·  Abstract: Times New Roman is the "default" font. The abstract should be justified. The font is Times New Roman 10. The indention of BEFORE TEXT and AFTER TEXT are 0. The special indention should be in NONE. The spacing of BEFORE paragraph is 0 and the space AFTER a paragraph is 10 pt. LINE spacing is single.

·  Introduction: The entire manuscript should be typed in 12-point Times New Roman and single-spaced. The paragraph should be justified. The indention of BEFORE TEXT and AFTER TEXT are 0. The special indention should be in NONE. The spacing of BEFORE paragraph is 0 and the space AFTER a paragraph is 10 pt. LINE spacing is single. The body of the paper should be written in a single-column format.

·  Table: Times New Roman 10 is the default font of tables, numbered from 1.

SECTIONING AND STRUCTURE:

The manuscript should be organized in the following sequence: title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, conflict of interest, acknowledgments (optional), references.

1) Title page

The title page should include the following items (please do not include any text other the ones described below):

·       The title of the manuscript. The title of the manuscript should be typed in bold-faced print using both upper and lower-case letters and set in the center of the page. Abbreviations are not permitted in the title. Capitalize all “major” words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns) in the title and subtitle. The title should reflect exactly, efficiently and succinctly what the study is about. The title of a scientific paper is the most important part of the paper, because it is the first introduction the reader has to the content of the paper. Many readers skim titles and abstracts looking for suitable articles to read. So the title should give a terse description of the main content and should help readers decide whether to read the abstract or the paper itself. Therefore, it should be attractive and meaningful.

·         Author or authors list. Full names of all authors should be provided with the family name.

·         Each author's institution and e-mail (optional). The address of the institution was conducted should include the name of the institution, city, zip code, and country

·       The FIRST NAMEs, Initials (if any) and LAST NAMEs, as well as the e-mail addresses and the ORCID code of all authors must be provided.

·     The corresponding author should be marked with "Corresponding author" at the beginning of his/her affiliation address.

 Title page should include the title and the authorship in the following structure:

 Title of the manuscript

1) Author Name

Corresponding author, Assistant professor, EuroMid Academy of Business and Technology, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: icbt@embta.com

Notes:

-  Professional titles: Professional titles (e.g., Doctor or Engineer) should not be included.

- Affiliation: The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s) should follow the below structure: Academic ranking, department, faculty, university, city, country. E-mail: abcd@abcdf.edu, For example: Associate Professor, Faculty of Religion, University of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain.

2) Abstract

Abstract is required for all articles types. The abstract should be one paragraph without sections and should not exceed 300 words, following the title page. The abstract should be free of references and abbreviations. The abstract should summarize pertinent results in a brief but understandable form.

3) Keywords

At the end of the abstract, up to six keywords that best describe the content of the research should be listed. The term "Keywords" should appear in bold followed by a colon. The first letter of each keyword is capitalized and keywords are separated by a comma. It is suggested to use the UNESCO Thesaurus and other religious thesauri.

4) Document types:

  • Article: Original research or opinion.
  • Editorial: Summary of several articles or provides editorial opinions or news.
  • Erratum: Report of an error, correction or retraction of a previously published paper.
  • Letter: Letter to or correspondence with the editor.
  • Note: Note, discussion or commentary.
  • Review: Significant review of original research, also includes conference papers.
  • Short survey: Short or mini-review of original research.

The document type should follow the below structure:

              -   Document type: Article

              -   Document type: Review

5) Introduction

The Introduction, the beginning of the paper, provides a context or sufficient background information for the study (i.e., the significance and nature of the problem) and previous experimental results, to enable a reader who is not an expert in the topic to understand the question that is being addressed in the paper, and why it is significant. The Introduction should attract the reader to the rest of the paper. When presented properly, this section ensures that the reader will be able to understand the details of the experiment as well as its relevance to the scientific community. The Introduction should (a) present the nature and the scope of the problem investigated; (b) provide enough background to orient the reader and justify the study, reviewing the pertinent literature to the problem; (c) state the reason for the study, and how it differs or is related to previous studies; and (d) state the goal/objectives and method of the investigation.

The introduction should put forth the related background to the study, explain why the study was done and specifies the hypotheses to be tested. Extensive discussion of relevant literature should be included in the discussion of results, not in the introduction.

6) Materials and Methods

In the Materials and Methods section, all materials used and methods followed throughout the experiment should be reported. This section should be sufficiently clear and include a detailed procedure of how the experiment was performed, both methodologically and statistically, in such a way that another competent researcher can follow and duplicate the experiment. It is vital in the Materials and Methods section that the reader understands the author's experimental design and how data will be analyzed. The Materials and Methods section allows the reader to put the work into its environmental context. Scientific reports must be reproducible; consequently Materials and Methods section is extremely important to the credibility of the work.

The materials and methods should present essential details, experimental design and statistical analysis. A clear description or original reference is required for all biological, analytical, and statistical procedures used in the study. All modifications of procedures must be explained. Treatments and measurements should be described clearly. Statistical models and methods to analyze should be described clearly and fully.

7) Results

The results should present the findings of the study. Results of the study should be presented in table and data means (numbers) should not be repeated broadly in the text. The results should be separate from the discussion and written in the past tense.  

The Results section is often referred to as the "core" of the scientific paper.  The purpose of this section is to present the data and observations clearly. It describes the results obtained, but generally should not interpret the results, discuss their significance, or present conclusions. The Results section should be in paragraph formandconcisely reportthe exact results of the experiment. The data must be described in words and may be accompanied by representative data in tables and figures. "A picture is worth a thousand words." However, the Results section is not merely a collection of tables and figures without explanatory text.  If tables and figures are used, the author should provide the reader with an interpretation of what a table or figure illustrates. 

All tables and figures must be referred to in the text of the results in this way (Table 1) or (Figure 1). All tables and figures must: (a) have a brief description, preferably one or two sentences; (b) be numbered consecutively and in the same sequence as they will be used in the text; (c) be appropriately labeled; (d) be formatted properly to stand alone; and (e) be headed by a caption or a title describing its contents.  Tables and figures should include titles, legends (if necessary), axis and column labels, units and numbered figure headings. Figures and tables are numbered separately. 

Clarity in the Results section is paramount. Statistical methods used to analyze and treat data should be pertinent and meaningful, and problems with data collection can be presented. The Results section should only deal with results, but briefly describe experimental approaches when necessary to understand the experiment. 

8) Conclusion

The Conclusion is the final section of a scientific paper and it should wrap everything up. The Conclusion section should summarize the findings of the research and explain the implications of the experiment (What does this new information mean?  How can this information be used in the future?) 

The Conclusion section restates the primary goal of the study, the hypothesis and whether the data and results collected confirm or refute that hypothesis (Why? How? If refuted, was there some sort of error or bias that affected the outcome?).  This is the primary principle for a scientific paper to convince readers of the experiment’s validity. The author should never claim that a hypothesis is correct, true or proven; it is only confirmed or refuted.

The author should restate the objective(s) of the study and point out how s/he has achieved these goals. The author should make a general statement about the success of the experiment as a whole, generalizing the conclusions. The final paragraph should return to the initial subject matter of the paper.  The author should make suggestions for improvement in the future or propose further studies in the Conclusion section. Science progresses through attempts to extend explanations to new areas.    

9) Conflict of interest

The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors interpretation of the data.

10) Acknowledgments (optional)

The acknowledgements should be as brief as possible. The Acknowledgments section should be a few sentences at the end, but it is important to recognize those people (organizations and individuals) who made a considerable impact on the research, provided significant help to the author to formulate and complete the experiment, and improved the research at any stage (from providing access to equipment or field sites to editing the manuscript). However, this is an optional section. 

11) References

The Journal uses the style of the APA to conform to international styles. The references section should be located following acknowledgements at the end of the text. Complete information should be given for each reference. The accuracy and completeness of the references is the responsibility of the author(s). References to personal letters (e-mail communications), papers presented at meetings, and other unpublished works (papers in preparation) may be cited. If such work may be of help in the evaluation of the manuscript, copies should be made available to the editor(s). Author(s) must submit a letter of permission from the cited persons to cite e-mail communications. The corresponding authors and references should be set out as the style of the APA, and only the first word of a cited title should be written in initial capital letter. Journal names should not be abbreviated and should be given in italics.

When referring to your own work within the manuscript, consider the likelihood of someone being able to identify you from the citation. Reduce that possibility by:

a)     Avoiding the first-person in association with any citation (e.g., replace “As we have shown (Jackson, 2019) …” with “As Jackson (2019) has shown…”).

b)      Remove references to your own unpublished / in press work except where essential; where such work is cited, delete the author’s name (i.e., cite as “Author, in press”) and remove from the reference list.

c)     Avoid references that by implication identify the author (e.g., delete “This work is part of a larger grant project (Garfield, 2018, 2019)”).

d)      Avoid excessive self-citation—typically, articles citing “Wilson (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) …” are by Wilson!

e)      More generally, use common sense. Consider whether your writing has the potential to identify you to a reader who is an expert in the field; if it does, think about sensible ways to reduce that possibility.

12) Illustrations: Tables and Figures

Illustrations (tables and figures) should be embedded within the text. All illustrations should be cited in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. or Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.

Tables

They must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are cited in the text. They should have a brief descriptive title placed at the top and with essential footnotes below. Prepare tables in a consistent form, and each appropriately titled. Provide them at approximately the correct size they are to be published.

Figures

The figures must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and have a brief descriptive title. They should have a brief descriptive title placed at the top and with essential footnotes below. Lettering on drawings should be professional quality or generated by high-resolution computer graphics and must be large enough. Diagrams should be converted to .jpg or .gif files. 

13) Footnotes

Footnotes can be used and are usually listed at the bottom of each page in your manuscript. Times New Roman 9 is the default font for the footnotes. WORD, however, puts the footnotes in 10pt. WORD also sometimes changes the font. Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes.

14) Symbols and Variables

All variables or applied symbols should be defined and explained at the point of first use in the text.

15) Copyright and permissions

The copyright of manuscripts accepted for publication in the journal rests with the author(s) under the CC BY (a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International  license). This license allows authors  to keep ownership f the copyright of their papers. But this license permits any user to download, print out, extract, reuse, archive, and distribute the article, so long as appropriate credit is given to the authors and the source of the work. The license ensures that the article will be available as widely as possible and that the article can be included in any scientific archive.

16) Plagiarism

We apply all terms and conditions of COPE about plagiarism and in case, any attempt of plagiarism is brought to our attention accompanied with convincing evidence, we act based on flowcharts and workflows determined in COPE. Thus, the journal applies this policy to all its owned journals in adherence to the Best Practice Guidelines outlined in the COPE Core Practices. This policy should be read with our guidelines for authors and reviewers.

IJBEG goes through a robust process to detect and prevent misconduct practices. Well-known and specialized experts are selected to run this process, which at the end leads to reliable and accurate manuscripts with informative findings and valuable applications. IJBEG is highly strict in handling violations of these professional guidelines. All submitted manuscripts must be original and not in a process of consideration elsewhere.

17) Revisions

If your manuscript needs revision to meet the journal's requirements, please prepare the following files and include them at the time of uploading your revised submission:

  1. Author Response Letter: Provide detailed responses that address each editor and reviewer's comment. Please provide a polite, objective rebuttal if you disagree with the comments.
  2. Revised Manuscript (Tracked Changes Copy): A marked-up copy of your manuscript file demonstrating the modifications you have made should be included.
  3. Revised Manuscript (Clean Copy): Upload an unmarked copy of your revised manuscript.

18) After Acceptance

  1. Check by Editorial Office: Once your paper has been accepted, it will be checked by the editorial office to ensure that it is ready for production. If any updates are necessary, you may be contacted. Otherwise, your paper will be forwarded to the production team.
  2. Publishing License and Payment: When the production team receives the accepted article, the corresponding author will be contacted by email to ask them to sign a publication license and pay Article Processing Charges.
  3. Proofs: The corresponding author will receive an email for approval before it is typeset. Authors should check their proofs carefully to confirm all the information is accurate. Proofs must be returned within 7 working days of receiving the email.

Authorship

This journal the following rules which specify that the following requirements must be met to qualify for authorship of a manuscript:

  1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
  2. Drafting the work or reviewing it critically for important intellectual content; AND
  3. Final approval of the version to be published; AND
  4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Authors are expected to carefully consider the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide a definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Those who contributed to the work but do not qualify for authorship should be listed in the acknowledgments.

Any addition, deletion, or rearranging of author names in the authorship list should only occur prior to the manuscript's acceptance and with the Journal Editor-in-Chief's approval. To request such a change, the Editor-in-Chief must receive the following items from the corresponding author:

  • The rationale for the revised author list.
  • Written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal, or rearrangement.

Artificial Intelligence

This journal follows Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in manuscript writing, which state that authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript:

AI tools cannot meet the requirements for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright and license agreements. 

Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, the production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or the collection and analysis of data must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics. 

Long-Term Digital Preservation 

A key part of the scholarly communications infrastructure is digital preservation. We are dedicated to maintaining all academic resources published in the EuroMid Journal of Business and Tech-Innovation for the foreseeable future. To guarantee the continued accessibility of digital content, we work with the following providers of digital archives:

  1. CLOCKSS
  2. Portico
  3. PKP Preservation Network

Deposit Policy

Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published PDF as follows:

  • on public eprint server
  • on a non-profit server
  • on the personal website
  • on the company or institutional repository

Authors should provide a link from the deposited version to the URL of the journal's website.

Prior Publication Policy

This journal adheres to the COPE Guidelines in handling potential cases of redundant publication. We consider only original work that has not been published previously in any language. However, the following prior uses of a work are not regarded as prior publication:

Preprints

This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. We allow authors to share their work on repositories or preprint servers before submission and during the review process, on the condition that these platforms place no limitations on the author’s copyright or re-use rights. Upon publication in this journal, authors must update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article and may make the final published version publicly available immediately. We request that the preprint be listed in the Acknowledgements section and fully cited in the reference list.

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

Manuscripts based on conference papers must be expanded with additional material to be considered original work. Additional content may include new experimental results, new datasets, or new analyses of existing data that lead to discussions and/or conclusions do not present in the original conference version. As a general guideline, at least 30% of the manuscript must be original.

Authors submitting such work must:

  • obtain permission to reuse the published conference paper if they do not hold the copyright.
  • cite the conference paper in the Acknowledgements section if applicable.

Theses and Dissertations

This journal may include content that first appeared in an author’s academic thesis or dissertation without considering it as prior publication, provided that:

  • it has only been made available in the thesis.
  • it complies with the policies of the author’s university.
  • the thesis is accessible online through the university’s repository or another recognized archive.

We request that the inclusion of material from theses or dissertations be noted in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and cited in the reference list.

Correction Policy

For maintaining the integrity of the scientific record and avoiding inconsistencies downstream, minor corrections that do not affect the scientific understanding of the paper (for example, formatting or typographical errors or preference of wording) may be rejected if submitted post-publication.

The correction procedure depends on the publication stage of the article, but in all circumstances, a correction notice is released as soon as possible.

Online First publication: The EuroMid Journal of Business and Tech-Innovation (EJBTI) will consider replacing the Online First version with an updated version that corrects the errors and notes the changes that have been made and the date(s) on which the changes were made (in a correction notice at the end of the article).

Publication in an issue: If the article has already appeared in an issue, a correction notice will be released in the next available electronic and print issue. The online version of the article will link to the correction notice.

Retraction Policy

Retractions are considered by journal editors in cases of evidence of unreliable data or findings, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and unethical research. All retraction notices explain why the article was retracted. A retraction notice will also be published in the next available electronic and print issue.

Editors should consider retracting a publication if:

  • They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation).
  • It constitutes plagiarism.
  • The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources, disclosure to the editors, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
  • It contains material or data without authorization for use.
  • Copyright has been infringed, or there is some other serious legal issue (e.g., libel, privacy).
  • It reports unethical research.
  • It has been published solely on the basis of a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
  • If the author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest, it would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Supplementary Material

To enrich your content, you can include supplementary materials such as applications, images, and videos. Submitted supplemental materials are published precisely as submitted. Please submit your material together with the article and supply a concise, descriptive caption for each supplementary file. If you wish to make modifications to supplemental materials at any point during the process, please submit an updated file.

Advertisement Policy

As of right now, the journal has not opted for advertising, and no advertisements will be published in the articles, on the official website of the journal, etc.

Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could be viewed as inappropriately influencing their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. 

Appeals

Authors may appeal if they feel that the decision to reject was based on: i) a major misunderstanding over a technical aspect of the manuscript; or ii) a failure to understand the scientific advance shown by the manuscript. Appeals without sufficient justification will not be considered. To appeal, please contact the Managing Editor by email within 3 months from the decision date, quoting your manuscript number. Appeals will only be considered by the original submitting author.

The manuscript and any relevant materials will be sent by the Managing Editor to a designated Editorial Board Member. This delegate would provide a recommendation on the manuscript and may recommend acceptance, further peer review, or uphold the original rejection decision. The Editor-in-Chief would make a final decision based on the recommendation. A rejected decision at this stage is final and cannot be reversed.

Complaints

We welcome complaints because they allow us to do better, and we'll respond promptly and constructively. We address the following complaints:

  • Complaint about scientific content
  • Complaint about processes
  • Complaint about publication ethics

The complaint should, in the first instance, be handled by the Editor-in-Chief. If the Editor-in-Chief is the subject of the complaint, please contact the Managing Editor who will send the relevant materials to a designated Editorial Board Member. All complaints will be acknowledged (within 5 working days if by email). If possible, a definitive response will be made within 4 weeks. If this is not possible, an interim response will be given within 4 weeks. Interim responses will be provided until the complaint is finally resolved.

Research Data

We strongly endorse The FAIR Data Principles and believe that where ethically and legally feasible, all research data should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and re-usable. We encourage authors of articles published in our journal to share their research data including, but not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials.

Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:

  • Share your research data supporting the results in the paper in a relevant public data repository.
  • Provide a data availability statement linking to your data and describe how the data can be accessed, or use the statement to confirm the reason why sharing your data is not possible.
  • Cite this data in your research and include a persistent identifier (e.g., a DOI for the data, or an accession number).

Data Availability Statement

If you're submitting your paper with a data sharing policy, then you'll be prompted to provide a data availability statement with your submission. A data availability statement tells the reader where the research data associated with a paper is available, and under what conditions the data can be accessed. They also include links (where applicable) to the data set.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format, created using the appropriate document template of the EuroMid Journal of Business and Tech-Innovation (EJBTI).
  • The text is written in English and meets this journal's formatting requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • I have read Conflicts of Interest Policy and agree to declare any and all conflicts involving myself or my co-authors in the "Comments for the Editor" field. If there are no conflicts, I will declare that there are no conflicts in the "Comments for the Editor" field.
  • Author biography (optional) is encouraged to be added to the submission.
  • If you're submitting your paper with a data sharing policy, a data availability statement should be provided with your submission.
  • I have read and understood the copyright and license agreement.

Copyright Notice

The EuroMid Journal of Business and Tech-Innovation applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license to published articles. Under this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content, but they allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article.

Privacy Statement

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Using Personal Information

Any personal information received by the journal will only be used to process and publish your manuscript. 

  • enable your access to and use of the website services;
  • process your manuscript;
  • publish your manuscript. 

If you have any questions about this privacy policy of your personal information, please send an email to icbt@embta.com