NEXUS BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (NBMJ)

JOURNAL DESCRIPTION

Nexus Business & Management Journal (NBMJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing research, knowledge, and scholarly discussion in the fields of business and management. The journal serves as a platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to communicate original research findings and develop perspectives relevant to contemporary business and management.

NBMJ welcomes theoretical, empirical, and applied research addressing areas such as strategic management, human resource management, marketing management, financial management, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, operations and supply chain management, innovation management, digital business, knowledge management, management information systems, management accounting, corporate governance, business ethics and sustainability, international business, and business economics.

The journal particularly values manuscripts that demonstrate a clear scholarly contribution, sound theoretical foundations, appropriate and rigorous research methods, coherent analysis, and meaningful implications for theory and/or practice.

All manuscripts are evaluated according to their scholarly merit and relevance to the journal. Manuscripts considered suitable for further evaluation are subjected to an independent double-blind peer-review process.

NBMJ is published twice a year, in April and October.

 

AUDIENCE

NBMJ is intended for readers interested in the advancement and application of business and management knowledge. Its readership includes academics, researchers, postgraduate students, business professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, policymakers, and other stakeholders interested in contemporary business and management research.

 

POLICY ON DATA AVAILABILITY

NBMJ supports transparency and reliability in scholarly research. Authors are encouraged, where ethically, legally, and practically possible, to make research data and supporting materials available so that other researchers may verify, reproduce, replicate, or extend the findings reported in published articles.

For manuscripts whose conclusions substantially depend on empirical data, authors should clearly indicate the availability status of the underlying data. Where data can be shared, authors are encouraged to provide information regarding how and under what conditions the data may be accessed.

Where public disclosure is restricted because of participant confidentiality, privacy requirements, contractual obligations, proprietary information, ethical approval conditions, or other legitimate considerations, authors should state the relevant restrictions.

Authors remain responsible for ensuring that any sharing of research data complies with applicable ethical, institutional, and legal requirements.

 

COPYRIGHT AND REPRODUCTION POLICY

NBMJ supports the responsible dissemination and use of scholarly knowledge. The copyright and permitted use of published articles shall follow the copyright and licensing policy stated by the journal for the relevant publication.

Readers and other users must provide appropriate acknowledgment when using, quoting, distributing, or reproducing material published by NBMJ. Proper attribution should include, where applicable, the author(s), article title, journal title, publication details, and other information required under the applicable license.

Any reuse beyond the permissions granted by the journal's applicable copyright or open-access license may require prior permission from the relevant copyright holder.

Authors are responsible for obtaining appropriate permission for copyrighted material owned by third parties and incorporated into their manuscripts, including figures, tables, photographs, instruments, or substantial textual material where permission is legally required.

 

AUTHOR FEES

Nexus Business & Management Journal (NBMJ) does not charge authors a submission fee or an Article Processing Charge (APC).

Authors are not required to pay fees for the standard submission, peer-review, or publication process.

 

SUBMISSION POLICY

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the official Nexus Business & Management Journal (NBMJ) online submission system.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts comply with the journal's focus and scope, formatting requirements, ethical policies, and author guidelines before submission.

By submitting a manuscript to NBMJ, the authors confirm that:

1. the manuscript represents original scholarly work;
2. the manuscript has not previously been published in substantially the same form;
3. the manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal;
4. all individuals listed as authors have made appropriate contributions and have approved the submitted manuscript;
5. all relevant sources have been appropriately acknowledged;
6. necessary ethical approvals, informed consent, and permissions have been obtained where applicable; and
7. any relevant conflicts of interest and sources of research funding have been appropriately disclosed.

The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal and for ensuring that all co-authors are informed about the submission, review, revision, and publication process.

 

PEER REVIEW PROCESS AND EDITORIAL DECISION

NBMJ applies a double-blind peer-review system to manuscripts considered suitable for external review. Under this system, the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another during the review process.

Each submitted manuscript initially undergoes an editorial assessment. At this stage, the editorial team evaluates its relevance to the journal's scope, scholarly quality, originality, adherence to submission requirements, and general suitability for peer review.

Manuscripts that clearly fall outside the journal's scope or fail to meet fundamental scholarly or editorial requirements may be declined at the initial editorial stage without external review.

Manuscripts passing the initial assessment are forwarded to qualified independent reviewers with relevant expertise. Reviewers evaluate the manuscript's theoretical contribution, methodological rigor, quality of analysis, originality, clarity, relevance, and potential contribution to business and management knowledge.

After considering the reviewers' reports and the manuscript as a whole, the editor may reach one of the following decisions:

• Accept
• Minor Revision
• Major Revision
• Reject

A request for revision does not constitute a guarantee of publication. Revised manuscripts may be returned to the original reviewers or evaluated further by the editorial team when necessary.

The Editor-in-Chief has final responsibility for publication decisions, taking into account reviewer recommendations, editorial evaluation, journal policies, ethical considerations, and the manuscript's contribution to the journal.

Review Workflow

Manuscript Submission → Initial Editorial Screening → Double-Blind Peer Review → Editorial Decision → Author Revision (if required) → Final Evaluation → Acceptance → Production and Publication

 

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

General Requirements

Manuscripts submitted to NBMJ should represent original and academically rigorous research relevant to business and management.

Authors should prepare manuscripts in clear academic English and ensure consistency in terminology, spelling, grammar, tables, figures, citations, and references.

Authors are strongly encouraged to use a reference management application such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote to maintain accurate and consistent citations and references.

 

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

Manuscripts should:

• be prepared on A4-size pages;
• be submitted in an editable Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx);
• use a clear and consistent academic font and formatting;
• use consistent line spacing and paragraph formatting;
• include page numbers;
• number tables and figures consecutively; and
• follow the official NBMJ manuscript template where one is provided.

The editorial office may return manuscripts that do not substantially comply with the journal's formatting requirements before initiating peer review.

 

LANGUAGE

All manuscripts should be written in clear and professional academic English.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript is understandable, grammatically appropriate, and suitable for international academic readership. Authors whose first language is not English are encouraged to obtain appropriate language editing or proofreading before submission where necessary.

To preserve anonymity during double-blind peer review, the review version of the manuscript should not contain information that directly identifies the authors. Authors should also avoid unnecessary self-identifying statements within the manuscript.

Language quality is considered part of manuscript readability; however, editorial evaluation primarily concerns scholarly quality, relevance, methodological rigor, and contribution.

 

ARTICLE LENGTH

Research articles should generally contain approximately 4,000–7,000 words, excluding references, tables, figures, and supplementary materials.

Manuscripts outside this range may still be considered where the length is justified by the nature and contribution of the research. The editorial team reserves the right to request shortening or further development of a manuscript when its length is not proportionate to its scholarly content.

 

TITLE PAGE

Article Title

The title should be concise, informative, specific, and accurately represent the central subject of the manuscript.

Authors should avoid unnecessarily long titles, unexplained abbreviations, and wording that does not contribute to understanding the subject of the article. As a general guideline, titles should preferably contain no more than 20 words.

Author Names and Affiliations

The title-page information should include:

• full name of each author;
• institutional affiliation;
• department, faculty, institution, city, and country where applicable;
• valid email address;
• ORCID iD, where available; and
• clear identification of the corresponding author.

Author-identifying information should be separated from the anonymized manuscript used for peer review where required by the submission system.

 

ABSTRACT

Each manuscript should include a concise and self-contained abstract written in English.

The abstract should communicate the essential elements of the research, including:

• research purpose or objective;
• methodological approach;
• principal findings; and
• major contribution or implications.

The abstract should generally contain approximately 150–200 words and should not normally contain citations, tables, figures, or undefined abbreviations.

 

KEYWORDS

Authors should provide 3–5 keywords immediately following the abstract.

Keywords should represent the central concepts, variables, context, or theoretical domain of the study. Authors are encouraged to choose terms that improve the discoverability and indexing of their articles rather than simply repeating words already contained in the article title.

 

JEL CLASSIFICATION

Where relevant to the subject of the manuscript, authors are encouraged to provide 1–3 Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Classification codes corresponding to the primary topics addressed by the study.

JEL classification is particularly relevant for manuscripts addressing business economics, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, and related economic dimensions of business and management.

 

STRUCTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT

Research manuscripts should normally contain the following major sections. Authors may adapt subsection titles where necessary to accommodate the research design, provided that the manuscript remains logically organized and transparent.

1. Introduction

The Introduction should establish the context and importance of the study. It should clearly explain the research problem and demonstrate why the issue deserves scholarly investigation.

Authors are expected to articulate, where appropriate:

• background and research context;
• identified theoretical or empirical problem;
• relevant research gap;
• research objective(s) and/or research question(s);
• originality or novelty of the study; and
• expected contribution to business and management knowledge.

Rather than providing an extensive general overview, the Introduction should lead readers logically toward the specific problem addressed by the research.

2. Literature Review and Hypothesis Development

The Literature Review should critically engage with relevant prior scholarship and establish the theoretical foundation of the study.

Authors should synthesize rather than merely summarize previous research. The section should identify important debates, inconsistencies, theoretical relationships, or unresolved questions that justify the current investigation.

For hypothesis-testing studies, the theoretical reasoning underlying each proposed relationship should be clearly developed before presenting the corresponding hypothesis.

For exploratory, qualitative, or other research designs where formal hypotheses are inappropriate, authors may develop research propositions, conceptual arguments, or research questions.

3. Research Methods

The Methods section should provide sufficient information for readers to understand how the research was designed and conducted.

Depending on the research design, authors should describe relevant elements such as:

• research design;
• research setting or context;
• population and unit of analysis;
• sampling strategy and sample size;
• participant or respondent characteristics;
• data sources;
• data-collection procedures;
• operationalization and measurement of variables;
• validity and reliability procedures;
• analytical techniques; and
• ethical considerations where applicable.

For qualitative research, authors should clearly describe participant or case selection, data-generation procedures, analytical strategy, and measures taken to support the credibility and trustworthiness of interpretations.

4. Results

The Results section should present research findings clearly, systematically, and in accordance with the stated research questions, hypotheses, or objectives.

Authors should report sufficient analytical information to allow readers to understand how the findings were obtained.

Tables and figures should be used when they materially improve interpretation of the findings. Authors should avoid unnecessarily repeating in the narrative all numerical information already presented in tables or figures.

Statistical results should be reported accurately using appropriate conventions for the analytical method employed.

5. Discussion

The Discussion should interpret the findings rather than simply repeat the Results section.

Authors should explain the meaning and significance of their findings in relation to the study's objectives, theoretical framework, hypotheses or research questions, and relevant previous research.

Where appropriate, the Discussion should:

• explain the principal findings;
• compare the findings with prior literature;
• discuss theoretical contributions;
• explain unexpected or contradictory findings;
• identify managerial, organizational, policy, or practical implications; and
• demonstrate how the research advances understanding within the relevant field.

Claims regarding contributions should be proportionate to the evidence presented by the study.

6. Conclusion

The Conclusion should provide a concise synthesis of the principal insights generated by the research.

Rather than repeating the abstract, it should highlight what can reasonably be concluded from the findings and why those conclusions matter for the relevant area of business and management.

Authors may also briefly identify the broader implications of the study and appropriate directions for subsequent research.

7. Limitations and Future Research

Authors should provide a balanced discussion of important limitations affecting the interpretation or generalizability of their findings.

Limitations may relate to research design, sampling, measurement, data availability, analytical methods, context, or other relevant methodological considerations.

Authors should explain, where appropriate, how these limitations may influence the interpretation of the findings and identify meaningful opportunities for future research.

Limitations should not merely be listed; their relevance to the study's conclusions should be considered critically.

 

REFERENCES

Authors must ensure that every source cited in the manuscript appears in the reference list and that every entry in the reference list is appropriately cited in the manuscript.

NBMJ uses the APA citation and referencing style. Authors should follow the edition of APA style specified in the journal's current manuscript template and submission instructions.

The use of reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote is strongly recommended.

Authors are encouraged to use relevant, credible, and up-to-date scholarly literature while appropriately acknowledging foundational works essential to the theoretical development of the study.

References should not be included merely to increase citation counts or satisfy inappropriate citation requests.

 

TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables and figures should contribute meaningfully to the communication of the research.

Each table and figure should:

• be numbered consecutively according to its type;
• have a clear and informative title;
• be cited and discussed in the manuscript;
• contain sufficient information to be understood;
• use legible text and appropriate resolution; and
• identify the source when material is adapted or reproduced from another work.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted figures, tables, photographs, scales, or other protected material where permission is required.

Figures should be provided at a quality sufficient for digital publication.

 

RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND SIMILARITY SCREENING

All manuscripts submitted to NBMJ are expected to comply with accepted standards of research and publication ethics.

The editorial team may use similarity-detection software as part of manuscript screening. Similarity reports are interpreted editorially and are not treated solely as numerical measures of plagiarism.

Manuscripts containing plagiarism, inappropriate duplication, fabricated or falsified information, manipulated citations, or other serious breaches of research integrity may be rejected or subjected to appropriate editorial action.

Authors remain fully responsible for the originality and integrity of their submitted work.

 

FINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORS

Submission of a manuscript to Nexus Business & Management Journal (NBMJ) indicates that the authors understand and agree to comply with the journal's editorial policies, publication ethics, peer-review procedures, and author guidelines.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their manuscript, the integrity of the research, appropriate attribution of sources, authorship information, ethical compliance, and any necessary permissions associated with materials included in the article.