Guidelines for Manuscript Submission

All submissions must include a structured abstract, following the format outlined below.

These four sub-headings and their accompanying explanations must always be included:

• Purpose
• Design/methodology/approach
• Findings
• Originality/Value

The following three sub-headings are optional and can be included, if applicable:

• Research Limitations/Implications
• Practical Implications
• Social Implications

JEL Classification:

Paper Type:

The maximum length of your abstract should be 200 to 250 words in total.

1. INTRODUCTION

Your purpose statement is a great starting point. The introduction should outline the aims of your paper, as well as describe why the topic is important and what it contributes to the body of knowledge. You should also provide background to the research project, highlight the structure of the paper, and explain what made you decide to research this topic/write the article. 

Generally, it’s good to be concise – it’s important the introduction doesn’t overwhelm the rest of your paper. At the same time, you want to give the reader enough information to understand why the work is important – after all, this is your opportunity to convince them to read on.

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

Only relevant literature both theories and empirical.

3. RESEARCH METHODS

Focus on telling the main story, stating the main stages of your research, the methods used, the influences that determined your approach, and why you chose particular samples, etc. Additional detail, such as previously published procedures, can be given in appendices.

If you have done empirical research, you need to state your methodology clearly and under a separate heading. It’s important that you provide detail – other researchers should be able to reproduce the experiment. If the work is computational or theoretical, then code, computational, or analytical methods must be included. It is also important to include the equipment and materials used in experiments, along with their sources if there is a risk that the quality of items used may vary. 

4. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

As with the methodology, focus on the essentials, the main facts and those with wider significance. Don’t go into great detail about each statistic in your results.  Again, you want to tell a story and explain it in the most logical order. Need not to explain unnecessarily the demographic description of the respondents. In case of secondary data, only precise table needs to present.
Consider presenting key facts in tables or graphs or using images to explain your findings. See the journal’s Guidelines for information on how these should be formatted, used and displayed. 

If you would like to make the analytical code and data underlying your findings available, please provide them in a separate file.

5. DISCUSSIONS

After analysis, discussion part is must. The findings of the study should compare with the previous studies of the same area. What are the really significant facts that emerge? For example, findings that further understanding in the field, those that differ from previous findings, and any unexpected results.

6. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS

The gist of the study needs to mention in this section which should be derived from the result and analysis. The major finding should be translated into meaningful text. It is mentioned in paragraph rather than bullet and number.

Implications

Need to mention how the findings of the study contribute in the body of knowledge and enrich the current practices of the particular subjects. What is the policy implication and how is it possible.

7. Limitation and Further Research

• Limitations of the current study
• Recommendations
• Research Gap and Future Research Avenues

Reference

• Citation should be matched with.  Follow the latest APA Guidelines.

Appendices:

An appendix contains material which is important to the understanding of your paper, but which would disrupt the reader's train of thought if you featured it in the main body of the article. If in doubt, study published examples in the journal you plan to submit to.

Acknowledgement

• Need to mention if any support is received.

Funding

• If fund is received, need to mention the sources, otherwise "The study does not receive fund from external sources."

Authors’ Conflict of Interest

• Need to mention if any conflict exists, otherwise "Authors has not conflict of interest in this study."

Authors' Contribution

• Need to mention specifically who contributed in which area

Submit your manuscript

There are a number of key steps you should follow to ensure a smooth and trouble-free submission.

Double check your manuscript

Before submitting your manuscript, it is your responsibility to ensure that it is complete, free of grammatical errors, and without any spelling or typographical mistakes. Additionally, here are a few other key considerations:

• Give a final look at the journal’s aims and scope to confirm that your manuscript is a good fit. If it doesn’t align, the editor may reject it before it even reaches the peer review stage.
• Does your manuscript comply with our research and publishing ethics guidelines?
• Have you adhered to all the formatting requirements specified in the author guidelines?
• Does the manuscript contain any information that might help the reviewer identify you? This could compromise the anonymous peer review process. A few tips:
• If you need to refer to your own work, use wording such as ‘previous research has demonstrated’ not ‘our previous research has demonstrated’.
• If you need to refer to your own, currently unpublished work, don’t include this work in the reference list.
• Any acknowledgments or author biographies should be uploaded as separate files.
• Carry out a final check to ensure that no author names appear anywhere in the manuscript. This includes in figures or captions.

The Submission Process

All manuscripts should be submitted through our editorial system by the corresponding author. The only way to submit to the journal is through the journal’s site as accessed via the NJISS website: https://www.njiss.org/njiss/index.php/njiss/about/submissions, and not by email or through any third-party agent/company, journal representative, or website. Submissions should be done directly by the author(s) through the journal site and not via a third-party proxy on their behalf.

What you can expect next

You will receive an automated email from the journal editor, confirming your successful submission. It will provide you with a manuscript number, which will be used in all future correspondence about your submission. If you have any reason to suspect the confirmation, email you receive might be fraudulent, please contact the journal editor in the first instance.

Post submission

1. Review and decision process

Each submission is checked by the editor. At this stage, they may choose to decline or unsubmitted your manuscript if it doesn’t fit the journal aims and scope, or they feel the language/manuscript quality is too low. While all journals work to different timescales, the goal is that the editor will inform you of their first decision within 20 days.

During this period, we will send you automated updates on the progress of your manuscript via our submission system, or you can log in to check on the current status of your paper.  Each time we contact you, we will quote the manuscript number you were given at the point of submission. If you receive an email that does not match these criteria, it could be fraudulent and we recommend you contact the journal editor in the first instance.

     2. Manuscript Recommendation Service

NJISS manuscript recommendation service takes the pain out of the submission process if your manuscript doesn’t fit your initial journal choice. Our team of expert Editors from participating journals work together to identify alternative journals that better align with your research, ensuring your work finds the ideal publication home it deserves. Our dedicated team is committed to supporting authors like you in finding the right home for your research.  It’s always down to you as the author to decide if you’d like to accept.

If your Submission is Accepted

Following desk review approval, your article will be assigned to a reviewer based on scope and expertise. You will receive reviewer comments for necessary revisions. Once all comments are addressed and the reviewers finalize their assessments, the manuscript will proceed to the editorial board for the final review process. Please note that there is no article processing charge.

Proofing and Typesetting

We will carry out editorial checks, copyediting, and typesetting and then return proofs to you (if you are the corresponding author) for your review. This is your opportunity to correct any typographical errors, grammatical errors or incorrect author details. We can’t accept requests to rewrite texts at this stage.

When the page proofs are finalized, the fully typeset and proofed version of record is published online. This is referred to as the EarlyCite version. While an Early Cite article has yet to be assigned to a volume or issue, it does have a digital object identifier (DOI) and is fully citable. It will be compiled into an issue according to the journal’s issue schedule, with papers being added by chronological date of publication.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a submission fee for the journal?	Please note that there is no submission fee or article processing charge.
How can I become a reviewer for a journal?	Please contact the editor for the journal, with a copy of your CV. You will find their contact details on the editorial team tab on this page.
Who do I contact if I want to find out which volume and issue my accepted paper will appear in?	Typically, papers are added to an issue according to their date of publication. If you would like to know in advance which issue your paper will appear in, please contact the journal editor of the journal. You will find their contact details on the editorial team tab on this page. Once your paper has been published in an issue, you will be notified by email.
Who do I contact if I have a query about my submission?	Please email the journal editor – you will find their contact details on the editorial team tab on this page. If you ever suspect an email you’ve received from NJISS might not be genuine, you are welcome to verify it with the journal editor for the journal, whose contact details can be found on the editorial team tab on this page.
Is my paper suitable for the journal?	If you’ve read the aims and scope on the journal landing page and are still unsure whether your paper is suitable for the journal, please email the editor and include your paper's title and structured abstract. They will be able to advise on your manuscript’s suitability. You will find their contact details on the Editorial team tab on this page.
How do I make a change to the list of authors once the manuscript has been submitted?	Authorship and the order in which the authors are listed on the paper should be agreed prior to submission. We have a right first-time policy on this and no changes can be made to the list once submitted. If you have made an error in the submission process, please email the Journal Editorial Office who will look into your request – you will find their contact details on the editorial team tab on this page.