Submission Preparation Checklist

Before completing the submission, authors are required to ensure that their manuscript complies with all submission requirements of VALUE: Journal of Business Studies. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements may be returned for revision prior to review.

• The manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under consideration by another journal.

• The submission file is prepared in an acceptable document format, such as OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect.

• Where applicable, URLs and DOIs for cited references have been included.

• The manuscript is prepared in single spacing, uses the required font and formatting style, applies italics rather than underlining except for URLs, and places all tables and figures within the text at the relevant points.

• The manuscript conforms to the journal’s stylistic and bibliographic requirements as stated in the Author Guidelines.

• Authors are required to use the official VALUE manuscript template for submission.

• The manuscript is original, free from simultaneous submission, and relevant to the journal’s scope.

• All manuscripts are subject to editorial assessment and peer review based on originality, clarity, scholarly contribution, and relevance.

• The editorial team aims to complete the review process within four weeks, although the actual review period may vary depending on reviewer availability.

• All submissions are screened for similarity using appropriate tools, and the acceptable maximum similarity threshold is 25%.

• For manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed sections, authors must ensure that all identifying information has been removed to support a blind review process.

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Manuscript Template

Please use the official VALUE template when preparing your manuscript for submission.