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The AJMS Author Guidelines explain manuscript preparation and submission requirements for the Asian Journal of Managerial Science (AJMS), an international journal covering management, business, organisational studies, decision sciences, operations, innovation, and related managerial research. Before submission, authors should confirm that their manuscript fits the AJMS Aims and Scope and follows the requirements below.

1. Originality and Prior Publication

Manuscripts submitted to AJMS must present original scholarly work and must not be simultaneously under consideration by another journal. Authors should disclose relevant prior publications, preprints, conference abstracts, datasets, or closely related manuscripts where these may affect assessment of originality or overlap. Editorial screening may include similarity checks in accordance with the Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement.

2. Article Types

  • Original Research Article - reports original empirical, methodological, analytical, or theoretical research relevant to management and business.
  • Review Article - provides a balanced and current synthesis of a defined management or business topic or research question, with the review approach explained where appropriate.
  • Case Study - presents a clearly defined case with scholarly or practice-based relevance to AJMS’s aims and scope.

3. Peer Review

All submissions receive an initial editorial assessment. Manuscripts considered suitable for external evaluation are normally reviewed under AJMS’s double-blind peer-review process by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise. Final editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief or an authorised editor.

4. Authorship and Contributorship

All listed authors should have made substantial intellectual contributions, participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approved the final version, and accepted accountability for the integrity of the work. Contributors who do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged separately. AJMS supports the CRediT Contributor Roles Taxonomy for transparent contribution statements.

5. Changes to Authorship

Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors should normally be made before acceptance and should include a clear reason and written agreement from all affected authors. Changes after acceptance are considered only in exceptional circumstances and may require a formal correction after publication.

6. Ethical and Transparency Declarations

Authors should provide the declarations relevant to their work, including acknowledgements, author contributions, competing interests, funding, ethics approval and informed consent where applicable, data availability, and any required generative-AI disclosure. Authors should read these requirements together with AJMS’s Publication Ethics and Generative AI Policy.

7. Ethical Oversight

Research involving human participants, personal or sensitive data, vulnerable groups, animals, or other activities requiring formal oversight must comply with applicable institutional, national, legal, and disciplinary requirements. Where ethics approval, informed consent, or prospective registration is required, relevant details should be reported in the manuscript.

8. Manuscript Preparation

  • Paper size: Letter.
  • Margins: 1 inch (2.54 cm) on all sides.
  • Layout: Double column; line spacing 1.0; justified alignment.
  • Title: Times New Roman, 16 pt, bold, centred, with principal words capitalised.
  • Author names: 11 pt; affiliations: 10 pt; email addresses: 9 pt.
  • Level 1 headings: 10 pt, uppercase.
  • Level 2 and Level 3 headings: 10 pt, italic, with principal words capitalised.
  • Main text: Times New Roman, 10 pt.
  • References: 8 pt.
  • The editorial office may apply final production formatting after acceptance.

9. Title Page

Provide the manuscript title, complete author names, institutional affiliations, corresponding-author email address, abstract, and keywords. Because AJMS uses double-blind review, follow the submission-system instructions for separating identifying information from the anonymised manuscript file.

10. Abstract and Keywords

Original research articles should normally include an abstract of approximately 150-250 words presenting the purpose, methods or approach, principal findings, and conclusion. Use 3-8 informative keywords that accurately describe the manuscript and support discoverability.

11. Main Manuscript

Original research manuscripts should normally include Introduction, Methods or Methodology, Results or Findings, Discussion, Conclusions, and References. Review articles should explain the purpose and scope of the review and, where applicable, how literature was identified, selected, and synthesised.

12. Tables, Figures and Supplementary Material

Number tables and figures consecutively, cite each in the text, and provide clear titles or captions. Images must accurately represent the underlying content and must not be manipulated in a misleading manner. Supplementary files should be clearly labelled.

13. References

Use APA style consistently. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of references and should include DOI information where available. Crossref reference best practices recommend supplying DOIs with references to improve persistent linking and discovery.

14. Submission Preparation Checklist

  • The manuscript is within the AJMS Aims and Scope.
  • The submission is original and is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • All authors have approved the manuscript and agreed to submission.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
  • Corresponding-author details and complete affiliations are supplied.
  • The anonymised manuscript complies with double-blind peer-review requirements.
  • The abstract and 3-8 keywords are included.
  • Tables, figures, captions, and supplementary files are complete and cited.
  • References follow APA style and have been checked for accuracy and DOI information where available.
  • Required authorship, ethics, funding, conflict-of-interest, data-availability, and AI declarations are included.
  • The manuscript has been checked for clarity, spelling, grammar, and formatting.

Before submission, authors should also review Submit Manuscript, Article Processing Charges & Waivers, Copyright & Licensing Policy, Copyright Form, Article Transfer Policy, and Generative AI Policy.