SUBMISSIONS

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The AUSTRALASIAN ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNAL (AABFG) is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Submissions should be made electronically on nsahay@amity.edu

Please use Microsoft Word only for the submission of the manuscript. The paper should be between 3,500 to 8,000 words including appendices, references, figures and tables. The paper must be double-spaced with standard Word margins, and submissions should not exceed 25 pages in length. Papers are to be prepared in English and be thoroughly edited to avoid grammatical and typographical errors. Papers should be written in a clear concise manner for ease of reading and interpretation.

Note to Authors:

Each manuscript is reviewed by the editor for general suitability for the journal. For those considered suitable, reviewers will be selected, and a double–blind review process will be conducted. Using the recommendations of the reviewers, the editor will then decide whether the manuscript should be accepted, revised or rejected for publication.

Please submit the cover letter to the editor mentioning with the manuscript, the names of the authors, affiliations and e-mail addresses of four potential referees. Note that the editor will decide whether these reviewers are contacted for reviewing the article.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with AABFJ agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Manuscripts currently under consideration by another journal should not be submitted.

The corresponding author should ensure that there is a consensus amongst all authors regarding the content as well as author order relating to the manuscript.

Plagiarism should be less than 10%

Manuscript Format

Page numbers must begin with the number 1, and it is centred at the bottom of the page in 12-point Times New Roman font. The entire paper must be in Times New Roman 12-point Times font with three exceptions. The Title (must be in 16-point font and bold); any footnotes (10-point font); tables or figures may be in 10-point font or lower if this is necessary. The paper should begin with title. The balance of the paper should be fully justified.

The author(s)’ information should not appear in the Word document submitted. The Author's University affiliation should also not appear in the Word document. These details plus any acknowledgements are entered separately on the electronic submission system used by AABFJ.

Every heading should be bold, left justified and capitalised. Subheadings should be in title case, left justified and bold. Any smaller headings should be italicised only. Headings or subheadings may be numbered or not, as appropriate for the type of paper.

For example:

• HEADING
• Subheading
• Sub subheading

References need to be consistent and in Harvard format.

Keywords

Please indicate a maximum of eight keywords or phrases that best describe the subjects covered in the paper. Please separate each keyword or phrase by using a comma.

Please include up to four JEL classifications for your article.