Focus and Scope

Business Administration and Management (BAM) is an international Open Access journal encompassing various disciplines related to all administration and management of business areas. BAM builds a platform for managers, operators and enterprises from around the world to discuss the current status of business administration and management. The scope of journal includes but not limited to:

1. Marketing

2. Human resources

3. Organization

4. Education

5. Business economics

6. Finance management

7. Accounting banking

Section Policies

Original Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Original Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Article

Review article is an article that summarizes the current state of understanding on a topic within a certain discipline. A review article is generally considered a secondary source since it may analyze and discuss the method and conclusions in previously published studies.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Editorial

Editorial usually invite the editor from Editorial Board or the staff of Editorial Office to make a comment, and the commented articles are often of great scientific significance. It could cover the editorial management policies and major announcement related to the topics.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Report

Case report is a paper in the form of a written report that provides first-hand information for a single rare method/material, and it has a strong guiding significance for the work in this field.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Erratum & Correction

Erratum involves the update of technical aspect, or refers to the errors introduced by the publisher after the proof correction stage. e.g. replacing the low-quality pictures or add missing information to references.

Correction involves the update of scientific content. It is usually introduced by the authors. e.g. the correction of a scientific data.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All papers submitted to Business Administration and Management are subjected to a stringent peer review process. This is to uphold the high quality of papers published in Business Administration and Management and ensure that the reporting of research work is truthful and accurate.

1. Upon submission, the article is reviewed by In-House editors to assess its suitability for the journal based on the editorial policy and procedural guidelines.
2. The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) carefully evaluates each manuscript to determine if its topic and content are suitable for consideration.
3. The accepted manuscripts are then assigned by the EIC to the associate editors according to their respective areas of expertise.
4. The associate editor selects reviewers from the editorial board or external reviewers who are suitably qualified to assess the paper.
5. Reviewers are asked to evaluate the manuscript’s originality, methodology, contribution to the literature, presentation of results and support for the conclusions, and appropriate referencing of previous relevant studies
6. Post-evaluation by the reviewers, the manuscript is sent to the associate editor who makes one of the following recommendations accept; accept with minor revision; or reject.
7. The manuscript is then passed to the EIC who makes the final decision.

• If EIC suggests minor revisions, authors are given a maximum of 30 days to revise and resubmit the article.
• If EIC suggests major revisions, authors are given a maximum of 90 days to revise and resubmit the article.

1. After re-submission of the revised manuscript, the above steps are repeated before the paper is accepted for publication.
2. Authors of rejected submissions are advised to make an appeal in writing to reviewer@piscomed.com.
3. Written appeals should include specific reasons for the appeal and point-by-point response to the reviewers' suggestions and criticisms.
4. Decisions made on appeals by the EIC are final and no further considerations will be made.

Open Access Policy

As a completely open access journal, Business Administration and Management supports wider knowledge exchange on a global scale.

• Visibility

New readers may be researchers outside the established research environment or from other countries increase the potentiality for more people to look up and download your research work. Open access contributes to better quality assurance because research is visible to more people who can evaluate and cite it. At the same time, plagiarism research will be more difficult.

• Transparency

Making your research available for free can strengthen your research integrity. Especially if you allow access to your data, thus making your research more transparent. This gives your research more credibility and allows you to reuse the data for new research projects.

• Interdisciplinary Research

By opening up your research, you can ensure that your research has the best conditions to be able to participate in interdisciplinary research.