National Journal of Commerce and Management (NJCM)
A Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Journal
ISSN 2394-6342 (O)
Author's Guidelines
Call for Papers
National Journal of Commerce and Management (NJCM) is a National Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Journal (open access), invites authors to submit their original, unpublished research paper for upcoming issue.
Areas Covered: Commerce and Management.
Publication Frequency: Biannual (June and December, 2 Issues per Year).
Submission Last Date : 15 May 2024
Kindly submit your article to
pspublications2015@gmail.com
(Before submitting your manuscript, please read the author’s guidelines carefully.)
Aims and Scope
National Journal of Commerce and Management (NJCM) is a National Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Journal, devoted to the publication of research studies covering Commerce and Management discipline. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- General Management
- Accounting and Finance
- Advertising
- Banking
- Business Management
- Business Studies
- Corporate Governance
- Customer Relationship Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- International Marketing
- Management Information System
- Organizational Innovation
- Stress Management
- Business economics
- Business ethics
- Business Information Systems
- Business Intelligence
- Business Law
- Business Performance Management
- Business Statistics
- Communications Management
- Computers and Management Information Systems
- Consumer Behavior
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Decision analysis
- Development Planning and Policy
- Economic Systems
- Electronic commerce
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance & Investment
- Finance and financial markets
- Financial Economics
- Global Business
- Growth; Aggregate Productivity
- Household Behavior and Family Economics
- Human Resource
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Industrial psychology
- Information Systems
- Information Technology Management
- International Business
- International Economics
- International Finance
- Labor Economics
- Labor relations
- Labor Relations & Human Resource Management
- Law and Economics
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Management Science
- Market Structure and Pricing
- Marketing
- Marketing Research and Strategy
- Marketing Theory and Applications
- Operations Management
- Operations Research
- Organizational Behavior & Theory
- Organizational Communication
- Organizational studies
- Politics and Public Policy
- Production and Organizations
- Production/Operations Management
- Public Administration and Small Business Entrepreneurship
- Public Economics and Finance
- Public Relations
- Public Responsibility and Ethics
- Regulatory Economics
- Resource Management
- Risk management / Financial risk management
- Statistics
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Management Policy
- Stress Management
- Supply Change Management Systems Management
- Technological Change; Research and Development
- Technology & Innovation
- Time Management
- Total Quality Management
- Travel/Transportation/Tourism
- Welfare Economics
Author Guidelines
(A) Manuscript preparation and submission
(a) Brief Format of Research Paper
Paper Title
Author Name
Designation with complete official address, mobile no., email ID
Abstract : Maximum 200 words
Keywords: Maximum 6 words
* Introduction
* Material and methods
* Research Methodology
* Study area
* Results and discussion
* Conclusion
* References (in APA/MLA style only)
* Maximum word limit 4000.
* For paper written in English language: Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12pt
* For paper written in Hindi language: Font: Kokila (a UNICODE font), Size: 16pt
(b) Detailed Format of Research Paper
Cover Letter
With each manuscript submission, author(s) must enclose a covering letter signed by all contributors
Peer Review Policy
Upon receipt of a manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief will send it for review. After receiving the reviews, the Editor-in-Chief will make a decision on status of the manuscript: acceptable; revise and resubmit; refuse; not suitable for this journal. After the Editor-in-Chief’s decision, reviews will be conveyed to the authors. Final decisions concerning publication are made by Editor-in-Chief.
Journal Contributor’s publishing Agreement
Journal takes issues of copyright infringement & plagiarism in publication very seriously.
Permissions
Authors are responsible for getting consent from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
Article Types
Research Papers: Research papers should not exceed 4,000 words (including references), though in some cases, longer accounts may also be entertained. Original manuscripts in style and content not accepted or published elsewhere, are welcomed. Each manuscript must include an informative one-paragraph abstract that briefly (fewer than 200 words) summarizes the article. Manuscripts along with an abstract and four or five key words can be submitted for publication. Keywords and abstract are important to ensure readers to find your article online through online search engines.
Manuscript Preparation
Language
Manuscript must be written in English/Hindi. It must be clear, concise and grammatically correct.
-Font: Times New Roman or Arial (bold, underline or italics may be used where necessary)
-Font (for Hindi):Kokila (a UNICODE font) bold, underline or italics may be used where necessary)
-Font size: 12 for English
-Font size: 16 for Hindi
Review
The journal has an editorial board and several reputed subject experts as ‘referees’. The review of manuscripts is done by reviewers according to the area of expertise. All decisions to accept, revise, or reject a paper will be made by the editors.
Manuscript Submission
Kindly submit your Manuscript to pspublications2015@gmail.com
Any other information
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the Manuscript Submission process should be sent to pspublications2015@gmail.com
Publication Ethics
Journal is committed to ensure that privacy of author(s) is protected. The Journal may change this policy from time to time or while updating the web page. The journal gathers following information:
• Name of the author
• Institutional affiliation
• Contact Information including Email Address and Whatspp Number
• Education Qualification
• Occupation
The information is required for understanding the needs of users and to offer better services.
The Journal is double blind peer reviewed journal.
Responsibilities of Editors
• The Chief Editor and Editors of the journal are responsible for selecting which research papers are accepted for publication after double blind peer review process.
• The Chief Editor and Editors evaluate the paper(s) purely on the basis of academic content irrespective of race, gender, religious conviction, ethnicity, nationality, or political affiliation of authors.
• The Editors and Editorial Board should not reveal any information about the submitted papers to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers and publisher.
• Unpublished content of submitted papers should not be used by anyone while handling the paper(s) for his or her own research.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
• Assist in Peer Review process and making editorial decision through editorial communications with author
• Help the author in improving the paper, wherever applicable
• If the reviewer is unable to undertake the job of reviewing, he/she shall promptly convey the same to the Chief Editor and Editors
• Confidentially handle the papers received for review.
• Review the paper rationally and empirically avoiding any favoritism and personal criticism.
• Try to ascertain whether the relevant published work used by the author has been referred/ cited/acknowledged
• Maintain the confidentially of the information or ideas achieved during the peer review process.
Responsibilities of Authors
Authors of papers should:
• Present accurate information and original ideas. Supporting data should be represented precisely in the paper. A paper must have details of cited work / acknowledgment.
• Ensure that the content is entirely original, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, it must be suitably cited or quoted.
• Avoid submitting of same research paper to more than one journal simultaneously, which is unethical and unacceptable.
• Must acknowledge the work of others/ funding (if any) received for the research
Research papers published or under review elsewhere, will be cancelled. Corresponding Author must ensure that all co-authors are appropriate.
Review Policy
National Journal of Commerce and Management (NJCM) is a National Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Journal, devoted to the publication of research studies covering Commerce and Management discipline. Upon receipt of a manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief sends it for review. After receiving the reviews, the Editor-in-Chief takes a decision on status of the manuscript: acceptable; revise and resubmit; refuse; not suitable for this journal. After the Editor-in-Chief’s decision, review report is conveyed to the authors. Final decisions concerning publication are made by the Editor-in-Chief.
Abstracting and Indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases
UGC CARE, IIFS, Google scholar, AcademicKeys, Researchbib, IIJIF.
Article Processing Charges
Immediately after publication, all the articles are open access and freely available online. Article-processing charge covers the range of publishing services we provide. This includes typesetting and formatting for PDF and HTML versions of article, DOI reference number for proper citation, provision of online tools for editors, reviewing process, article production and hosting, liaison with abstracting and indexing services etc. The article processing charge will be payable only when manuscript will be editorially accepted. (Please do not pay unless you receive a link to pay online through email).
We consider individual request for waiver of article processing charge (if the individual is not in a position to pay the charges due to economical conditions). To apply for a waiver, please request one during the submission of article. The conditions of waiver and decisions will be sent to individuals through email. Requests made during the review process or after acceptance will not be considered.
Article processing charges Rs 1500/- per paper (for more than one author Rs. 1000/- for each co-author)
Submit Paper
Kindly submit your article to
pspublications2015@gmail.com
(Before submitting your manuscript, please read the author’s guidelines carefully.)