Call for Papers: IJBM December 2026 Issue (Vol. 21, No. 6)

Posted on Oct 10, 2026

Topics of Interest

This call welcomes submissions across traditional and emerging areas in business and management. Priority may be given to research on:

  • Business Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
  • Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Human Resource Management
  • Marketing Management and Consumer Insights
  • Operations Management, Supply Chain, and Risk Management
  • Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Digital Transformation, AI in Business, and Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Sustainable Business Models, ESG, and Green Management
  • International Business, Globalization, and Cross-Cultural Management

Important Dates

  • Full Paper Submission Deadline: November 10, 2026
  • Peer Review Notification: Within 4–10 weeks after submission
  • Expected Publication: December 2026 issue (Vol. 19, No. 6), subject to peer review and final acceptance

Manuscripts received after the deadline may be considered for subsequent issues.

Submission Guidelines

  • Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere.
  • Please follow the Author Guidelines for formatting, structure, and citation style.
  • Submit via the Online Submission System or email to ijbm@ccsenet.org.
  • Include a cover letter confirming manuscript originality and authorship, and any conflict-of-interest statement.
  • All submissions are screened for plagiarism using iThenticate.

Peer Review

All submissions undergo a double-anonymized peer review by at least two independent external reviewers. For full details on the review process, reviewer selection, conflict-of-interest policy, and special issue handling, please see our Peer Review Policy.

Open Access, APC, and Copyright

IJBM publishes articles under an open-access model. Upon acceptance, authors are required to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) of USD 300. This fee supports open-access publishing, including copyediting, typesetting, DOI registration, and long-term digital archiving. Details on copyright, licensing, and waiver policies are available on our APC Policy and Copyright & Licensing pages.

Archiving and Preservation

Published articles are assigned a DOI and preserved through long-term digital archiving. For details, please see our Archiving Policy page.

Contact

For questions, please contact the editorial office at Email: ijbm@ccsenet.org