Author's Guideline (Submission Guidelines)
- Authors can submit their article, case studies, conceptual papers etc.
by sending word documents at editor.esbr@hcc.edu.pk.
- Author should submit manuscript as single WORD file containing text, tables
and
figures.
- Figures should be of high enough quality for refereeing.
- There are no specific formatting guidelines but a standard manuscript
should have Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results,
Discussion, Implications, Limitations & future direction and Conclusions
as the
major sections.
- We prefer APA (latest edition) as the formatting and referencing guidelines,
but references maintained in any other style would also be acceptable for
review. If the manuscript is accepted the authors would then have to format
the manuscript as per the APA guidelines.
General Instructions and Formatting
Length of Paper
The manuscript should not exceed 8000 words (including text, tables, figures
and references).
Language
The language of the manuscript should be English (preferable British)
First page
The first page of the manuscript should have (i) title of article, authors
details (names, affiliations, and contact details), conflict of interest statement,
acknowledgements, abstract, and keywords.
Title
Title of the paper should not exceed 18 words
Author (s) name and Affiliation(s)
Author (s) should indicate the given name and family name. Present the authors'
affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate
all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the
author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal
address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available,
the email address and telephone number of each author.
Author (s) should not mention names and affiliation in the main text of the
manuscript
Corresponding Author
Indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing,
publication and also post-publication. Ensure that telephone numbers (with
country and area code) are provided in addition to the email address and the
complete postal address.
Sponsoring Information
If the research is sponsored or supported by an organization, please indicate
it. If the research is sponsored or supported by an organization, please indicate
it.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words).
The abstract should state the purpose of the research, the principal results
and major conclusions briefly.
Subdivision of the Articles
Author(s) should subdivide their article into various sections. They may use
heading style from APA heading style.
Table and Figures
Author(s) may present tables and figures in line with the text. Please note
that the article will be published in black and white.
References
Author(s) should preferably follow the latest edition of APA style in referencing.
Please visit www.apastyle.org to learn more about APA style.
Citations in the text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the
reference list (and vice versa).
Reference List
References should be arranged according to APA (latest edition) style of referencing
Plagiarism Policy
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Review follows the HEC guidelines/criteria
for all types of plagiarism. The same can be accessed at HEC Plagiarism Policy.
All the submitted manuscripts are subjected to plagiarism checking through
the software Turnitin (courtesy HEC). Manuscripts with similarity index more
than 19% are not processed further unless rectified. It is the authors' responsibility
to apprise themselves of plagiarism in any form including paraphrasing and
self-plagiarism.
For a plagiarized article (multiple submissions) in processing, the identification
of act will lead to dropping of article from further processing / consideration
of publication. The corresponding author will be required to give an explanation
on demand. In case of an unsatisfactory reply, the matter will be referred
to the disciplinary committee that may decide the course of action. For a
published article, the allegedly plagiarized article will be temporarily retracted
from publication and a notice to the effect will be published in the JIS.
The author will be served an explanation demand. In case of non-response in
the stipulated time or unsatisfactory explanation, the article will be permanently
retracted and the author will be blacklisted. HEC and author's institute will
also be notified. In case of multiple submissions, other editors will also
be informed. The author(s) will have to provide documentary proof of retraction
from publication, if such a defense is pleaded. Those claiming intellectual
/ idea or data theft of an article must provide documentary proof in their
claim.
Review Guidelines
Reviewers should respond with in stipulated time frame, which is one week
(7 days) for the journal. Reviewers should try to fill in all the parts of
reviewers report so that a fair judgment regarding the quality of the paper
can be made As review is essential step towards publication process, every
reviewer is therefore supposed to be fair in reviewing. Any reviewer who feels
him/herself as unqualified, or not having judgment idea or deficit of time
should inform editor promptly, so that the paper can be forwarded elsewhere.
The review should be objective one, and personal feelings, judgments or biasness
should not affect the review and its outcomes. A reviewer should not review
a paper that discusses any point that might have conflict of opinion with
reviewer. No manuscript should be reviewed which is authored, co-authored
or authored by some known person/s, in order to avoid biasness. A manuscript
sent for review is confidential document, so it should be treated fairly and
secretary and should not be shown somewhere else. Reviewers should comment
on each point clearly so that the judgment regarding acceptance/rejection
or changes may be made on the basis of review If reviewer notices any similarity
with any other paper published in any other journal, containing same contents
and that issued should be addressed to editor.
