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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Submission
Uploading manuscript
All manuscripts must be submitted through the online submission site of this journal (https://ijfis.petra.ac.id/). 

 

Submission checklist
Designation and contact details of corresponding author

  • E-mail address
  • Postal address

 Necessary files to be uploaded

  • Manuscript
  • Supplemental files (if any)

 Additional consideration

  • Ensure spelling and grammar check for the manuscript
  • Ensure coherence of citations in the manuscript and in the list of references
  • Ensure permission granted for use of copyrighted material from other sources
  • A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare (from International Journal of Financial and Investment Studies)
  • Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed (from International Journal of Financial and Investment Studies)
  • Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements (from International Journal of Financial and Investment Studies)


Basic manuscript format
Excluding the title and abstract pages, all articles to be published are less than 30 single-spaced pages, with 2.5-cm margin on top and 2 cm margin for bottom, left, and right, and use 11-point fonts. All inclusive, the final accepted manuscripts have less than 8,000-word counts.  The title page informs title, author(s), and affiliation(s). This is followed by an abstract of 150 words or less, including a list of four to six keywords. The title, but not the author’s names, should reappear in page 2, thereby ensuring anonymity for reviewing purposes. Page 3 and beyond are reserved for the main content of the article. Locate tables, graphics, and references at the end of the manuscript.

  • File types: Word or RTF
  • Typeface: Arial, 11 points
  • Text: Single-spaced, left-justified
  • Page layout: 2.5-cm margin on top and 2 cm margin for bottom, left, and right; page numbers in the upper right corner, no header/footer

 

Manuscript elements
The double-blind peer-review process of this journal requires two separate files for each submission of the article: (1) Title Page, and (2) Main Content. Please do not include any identifying information anywhere within the Main Content file.  See the Author Guide Pack for a detailed description of the manuscript elements and format.

File 1: Title Page

  • Title
  • Author(s) name, title, institution, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number
  • Author(s) note
  • Acknowledgement
  • Financial disclosure (if applicable)

File 2: Main Content

Page 2

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Page 3 and beyond
  • Main text
    • Introduction
    • Theory and hypotheses
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Contribution to theory
    • Managerial implications
    • Limitations
    • Directions for future research
  • References
  • Footnotes
  • Appendices
    • Tables
    • Figures
    • Supplemental documents
  • Vitae

 

Manuscript format

Title

The title should be clear and concise, and should not exceed 25 words

Abstract

The abstract offers a snapshot of the manuscript by summarizing its key components and should not exceed 150 words

Keywords

Identify 3-6 keywords that best represent the topic of the manuscript

Main text

The writing of the main text must adhere to the following aspects:

  • Number the page on the upper right corner
  • Please do not add headers/footers on each page
  • Headings are not numbered (i.e. text only) and follow these formatting style:
    • Level 1 Heading: centered, title-style capitalization (capital first letter of each word), bold face, extra return before and after
    • Level 2 Heading: flush left with tittle-style capitalization (capital first letter of each word), bold face and italics. Exclude the heading for a single section (i.e. must have at least two sections to include the heading)
    • Level 3 Heading: left-justified but indented, with sentence-style capitalization (capital first letter only), and in italics. Exclude the heading for a single section (i.e. must have at least two sections to include the heading)

Mathematical notations

Place any equations on the center of the page. For multiple equations, number each equation with parentheses flush with the left margin. Use Equation Editor where applicable in any word processing software.

References

References begin on a separate new page, are listed in alphabetical order, and should be in double-spaced 12-point font. Please ensure coherence of cited works within the text and in the list of references.

International Journal of Financial and Investment Studies subscribes to the reference formatting issued by the APA 6th edition and the use of reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote. Authors are encouraged to use the Mendeley Reference Manager and Citation Generator for in-text citations and bibliography. 

Footnotes

Each footnote is in plain text, numbered superscript style, and should not exceed 40 words. Accepted articles contain no more than 10 footnotes, each of which should not exceed 40 words, and must be concise. 

Tables

Tables appear at the end of the manuscript, each of which should be numbered consecutively (in order of their appearance on the text), and has its own dedicated page. Table placement within the text should be marked accordingly (e.g. “Insert Table 1 about here”). 

Figures

Figures refer to various materials including, but not limited to, line drawings, maps, charts, graphs, diagrams, photos, web screenshots. Following the tables, figures appear at the end of the manuscript, each of which should be numbered consecutively (in order of their appearance on the text), and has its own dedicated page. Figure placement within the text should be marked accordingly (e.g. “Insert Table 1 about here”). Unless otherwise paid by the authors for the printing costs, colored figures must be transferred to gray-scaled images prior to submission. 

Appendix

Appendices appear on a new separate page following the figures. For multiple appendices, each must be labelled with letters (e.g. Appendix A, Appendix B) in order of appearance. A single appendix does not require labelling (Appendix).

 

Acceptance

Proof correction

Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to our online proofing system, allowing annotation and correction of proofs online. The environment is similar to MS Word: in addition to editing text, you can also comment on figures/tables and answer questions from the Copy Editor. Web-based proofing provides a faster and less error-prone process by allowing you to directly type your corrections, eliminating the potential introduction of errors.

If preferred, you can still choose to annotate and upload your edits on the PDF version. All instructions for proofing will be given in the e-mail we send to authors, including alternative methods to the online version and PDF.

We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. It is important to ensure that all corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.

Offprints

The corresponding author will, at no cost, receive a customized Share Link providing 50 days free access to the final published version of the article on ScienceDirect. The Share Link can be used for sharing the article via any communication channel, including email and social media. For an extra charge, paper offprints can be ordered via the offprint order form which is sent once the article is accepted for publication. Both corresponding and co-authors may order offprints at any time via IJBS's Webshop. Corresponding authors who have published their article open access do not receive a Share Link as their final published version of the article is available open access on ScienceDirect and can be shared through the article DOI link.

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  1. Authors retain unrestricted copyright and full publishing rights. The authors grant the Publisher the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and earlier and more extraordinary citations of published work.

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