Manuscript Types

MANUSCRIPT TYPES

Journal of Management and Business Innovations (JOMBI) accepts scholarly manuscripts that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and practice in management, business, and innovation. Each manuscript must be submitted under the appropriate category, according to its purpose, research approach, and scholarly contribution. The selected category helps the editorial team assess the manuscript's suitability and determine the appropriate evaluation process. This page describes the manuscript categories currently listed by JOMBI, the requirements applicable to submissions, and the types of work that are generally unsuitable for publication.

1. REQUIREMENTS COMMON TO ALL MANUSCRIPT TYPES

SCOPE

Manuscripts must fall within the scope of management, business, and innovation. JOMBI welcomes research that connects innovation management with organizational and business practice, including firm-level management, interdisciplinary and problem-oriented approaches, technological, organizational and market innovation, technology entrepreneurship, innovation marketing, emerging and disruptive technologies, and new product or process development.

Authors should ensure that their manuscripts establish a clear relationship between the research problem and the journal's scope. Submissions that fall outside this scope may be declined during the initial editorial assessment.

FORMAT

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the official JOMBI article template available on the journal website. The current Author Guidelines specify a manuscript length of 5–15 pages. Authors must follow the formatting, structure, and bibliographic instructions provided in the official template rather than creating an independent format.

The journal's submission system accepts document files in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect formats. Authors should ensure that the submitted file is complete and that tables, figures, citations, and references are presented consistently.

LANGUAGE

JOMBI publishes manuscripts in English. Authors should use English spelling, grammar, punctuation, and terminology consistently throughout the manuscript. Although U.S. English is preferred, other recognized forms of English are acceptable when applied consistently.

Authors are responsible for the linguistic quality and clarity of their manuscripts. Language editing before submission is recommended where necessary.

ORIGINALITY

Submissions must represent original scholarly work that has not been published previously and is not under consideration by another journal at the same time. Authors must disclose relevant overlap with their previous publications and cite related work appropriately.

All submissions are subject to plagiarism and similarity screening. The editorial team evaluates potential overlap in context, considering attribution, the nature of the matched material, and the extent of the overlap. A similarity percentage alone does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred.

Duplicate submission, plagiarism, data or figure manipulation, fabricated or falsified information, copyright infringement, inappropriate authorship attribution, and other forms of publication misconduct are unacceptable under JOMBI's publication ethics policies.

REFERENCING

Authors must follow the citation and reference-list requirements specified in the official JOMBI article template and Author Guidelines. All sources cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and all listed references must correspond to sources cited in the text.

Authors should verify the accuracy and completeness of bibliographic information and provide DOI or URL information where available. The currently accessible Author Guidelines do not clearly establish a minimum number of references or a separate reference-count requirement for each manuscript category. Authors should therefore follow the official template and any additional instructions issued by the editorial team.

AUTHORSHIP AND DISCLOSURES

Authorship must reflect substantial intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript. All listed authors must approve the final version and agree to its submission. Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the journal's authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately.

Authors must disclose relevant funding sources and potential conflicts of interest. Where applicable, manuscripts must also report research ethics approval, informed consent, permissions, and other information necessary to establish the integrity of the research. Authors must follow JOMBI's current requirements concerning declarations of AI use and other research-integrity disclosures.

PEER REVIEW

JOMBI conducts an initial editorial assessment to determine whether a submission meets the journal's scope and basic requirements. Manuscripts considered suitable may be sent to independent reviewers for blind peer review. Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts in response to reviewer comments before an editorial decision is made.

Reviewers assess the originality and significance of the contribution, relevance to researchers and practitioners, international relevance, coverage of existing literature, methodological adequacy, quality of analysis, clarity of writing, organizational structure, and whether the conclusions are supported by the findings.

Revised manuscripts returned more than three months after the revision request may be treated as new submissions, in accordance with the journal's stated peer-review policy.

2. TYPES SUBJECT TO FULL PEER REVIEW

JOMBI's online submission system currently provides three manuscript categories: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Short Communications. Authors should select the category that best represents the nature and contribution of their work.

A. Original Research Article

An Original Research Article reports original empirical, theoretical, or analytical research that contributes to knowledge or practice in management, business, or innovation. The manuscript should address a clearly defined research problem, establish its relevance to existing scholarship, explain the research approach, present the findings transparently, and discuss the implications of the results.

An original research article should normally include the following elements:

  • Title and Author Information: A clear and informative title, author names, affiliations, and corresponding-author details, as required by the journal.
  • Abstract and Keywords: A concise summary of the research problem, purpose, methodology, principal findings, and contribution, followed by relevant keywords in accordance with the official template.
  • Introduction: The research background, problem statement, research objectives, and justification for the study.
  • Literature Review and/or Theoretical Framework: Relevant prior research and theories that establish the conceptual foundation and position the study within the existing literature.
  • Research Method: A transparent description of the research design, data sources, sampling or case selection, measurement, analytical procedures, and other relevant methodological details.
  • Results and Discussion: The main findings, their interpretation, their relationship to previous research, and their implications for management, business, or innovation.
  • Conclusion: The principal conclusions, theoretical or practical implications, limitations, and potential directions for future research, where appropriate.
  • References: Complete bibliographic information for all sources cited in the manuscript.

The precise organization may vary according to the research design and the official JOMBI template. Authors should ensure that the research question, methodology, analysis, and conclusions are logically connected and that the manuscript makes a clear scholarly contribution.

B. Review Article

A Review Article critically examines and synthesizes existing scholarship on a defined topic within management, business, or innovation. Its purpose is to develop an integrated understanding of the literature, identify significant themes or disagreements, evaluate the strength and limitations of existing evidence, and establish implications for future research or practice.

A review article should offer a coherent analytical contribution rather than merely summarize individual publications.

The manuscript should normally address the following elements:

  • Introduction: The review topic, research question, scope, and rationale for conducting the review.
  • Review Method: The approach used to identify, select, and analyze relevant literature, including databases or sources consulted, search terms, the period covered, and inclusion and exclusion criteria, where applicable.
  • Results of the Review: The principal themes, concepts, relationships, patterns, or findings identified in the selected literature.
  • Critical Discussion: A synthesis of the literature, including areas of agreement, conflicting findings, theoretical or methodological limitations, and unresolved issues.
  • Conclusion: The principal insights, implications for management and business practice, and recommendations for future research.
  • References: Complete bibliographic information for the literature discussed in the manuscript.

For systematic or structured reviews, authors should provide sufficient methodological detail to make the review process transparent and assessable. The reporting approach should be appropriate to the review design.

The current JOMBI Author Guidelines do not specify a separate page limit or minimum reference count for Review Articles. Authors should follow the general manuscript-length requirement and the official template.

C. Short Communication

A Short Communication presents a focused scholarly contribution that can be communicated concisely without the full scope of a conventional research article. It may report a specific empirical finding, a preliminary but meaningful research result, a focused analytical contribution, or another result whose significance can be established within a concise manuscript.

A Short Communication should clearly identify its central research question or contribution, explain the evidence and methods needed to assess the result, present the principal findings, and discuss their significance and limitations.

The manuscript should remain focused on its principal contribution and avoid unnecessary background or discussion. Its organization may be adapted to the nature of the research, provided that the research question, methods, evidence, and conclusions are presented clearly enough for scholarly evaluation.

The same standards of originality, relevance, research integrity, and citation accuracy that apply to other JOMBI submissions also apply to Short Communications.

The current JOMBI Author Guidelines do not specify a separate word limit, page limit, abstract length, or minimum reference count for this category. Authors should follow the journal's general requirements and official article template.

3. CHOOSING AND CHANGING THE MANUSCRIPT TYPE

  • Select the appropriate category at submission. Authors must choose the manuscript category provided in the JOMBI OJS submission system. The selection should reflect the manuscript's principal purpose and scholarly contribution.
  • Editorial assessment determines suitability. The editorial team evaluates the manuscript's relevance to JOMBI, originality, basic scholarly quality, and compliance with the journal's requirements before deciding whether it should proceed to peer review.
  • The editorial team may request clarification or revision. If the selected category does not adequately reflect the manuscript's content, the editor may contact the authors and determine the appropriate course of action in accordance with the journal's procedures.
  • Follow the official template. Manuscript length and formatting must comply with the current JOMBI Author Guidelines and article template. The general requirement is 5–15 pages; separate page limits for individual manuscript categories have not been established in the currently accessible guidelines.
  • Supplementary materials. Datasets, questionnaires, appendices, additional tables, and other supporting materials may be submitted where relevant and permitted by the OJS system. Authors should clearly identify supplementary files and ensure that they support the manuscript without replacing essential information required to evaluate the research.

4. TYPES OF WORK THAT ARE GENERALLY UNSUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION

Previously Published or Concurrently Submitted Work

JOMBI does not accept manuscripts that have already been published or are simultaneously under consideration by another journal. Submissions that substantially overlap with previous publications must be appropriately disclosed and cited. Any extended version of previously disseminated work must demonstrate a genuine additional contribution and comply with the journal's originality requirements.

Coursework and Reports Without a Scholarly Contribution

Student assignments, internship reports, institutional reports, and project documentation are not suitable for publication merely because they document an activity or completed project. Such work must be developed into a scholarly manuscript with a clear research problem, appropriate methodology or analytical approach, substantive findings, and a contribution relevant to the journal's scope.

Descriptive Work Without Sufficient Analysis

Manuscripts that primarily describe an organization, business practice, product, or innovation without a clear research purpose, critical analysis, or meaningful contribution may not meet the journal's publication standards. Descriptive information should support an analytical argument or research objective.

Promotional or Commercial Material

Manuscripts intended primarily to advertise a product, service, company, institution, or training program are not suitable as scholarly contributions. Research involving commercial products or organizations must be presented objectively, supported by appropriate evidence, and transparent about potential conflicts of interest.

Out-of-Scope Submissions

Manuscripts that do not fall within management, business, and innovation or do not establish a meaningful connection to JOMBI's stated scope may be declined during the initial editorial assessment.

These categories describe general reasons a manuscript may be unsuitable for JOMBI. The editorial team makes decisions based on the manuscript's content, scholarly merit, ethical compliance, and the journal's published policies.

5. SUMMARY OF CURRENT MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Original empirical, theoretical, or analytical research · 5–15 pages under the general journal requirement · English · official JOMBI template · editorial assessment and peer review where suitable.

REVIEW ARTICLE

Critical synthesis of existing scholarship · 5–15 pages under the general journal requirement · English · transparent review approach appropriate to the study design · editorial assessment and peer review where suitable.

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Focused and concise scholarly contribution · 5–15 pages under the general journal requirement unless the journal formally issues a category-specific rule · English · official JOMBI template · editorial assessment and peer review where suitable.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The current JOMBI submission system lists Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Short Communication as the available manuscript categories. Although the journal's Focus and Scope also refers to book reviews, a separate Book Review submission category is not listed in the currently accessible submission instructions. The availability and requirements of any additional category should be confirmed with the editorial team before it is included in the formal author guidelines.

The current publicly accessible JOMBI Author Guidelines establish a general length of 5–15 pages but do not clearly specify category-specific word limits, abstract lengths, keyword counts, minimum reference counts, or separate page limits. Such requirements should only be added after confirmation by the journal's editorial team and incorporated consistently into the official template and submission instructions.