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Peer Review Process
Outline Journal of Management and Accounting (OJMA) maintains a rigorous and transparent peer review process to ensure the academic quality, originality, validity, and relevance of published research. OJMA applies a double-blind peer review system, in which the identities of both authors and reviewers are kept confidential throughout the review process.
Submitted manuscripts are evaluated by independent reviewers with appropriate expertise in digital business, consumer behavior, marketing, MSME management, management, accounting, finance, and related fields. Reviewers assess manuscripts based on their scientific significance, originality, methodological rigor, theoretical contribution, practical relevance, and alignment with the journal's aims and scope.
The peer review process consists of the following stages:
1. Preliminary Assessment
All manuscripts submitted to Outline Journal of Management and Accounting undergo an initial assessment by the editorial team. The preliminary assessment is conducted to determine whether the manuscript:
* Falls within the journal's focus and scope;
* Addresses issues relevant to management, accounting, digital business, consumer behavior, MSME management, or related fields;
* Meets the basic requirements of the journal's author guidelines;
* Demonstrates sufficient academic and scientific quality;
* Follows the required manuscript structure and formatting;
* Uses appropriate and relevant scholarly references; and
* Meets the journal's standards of academic integrity and originality.
The editorial team may conduct an initial similarity check using an appropriate plagiarism-detection system. Manuscripts that demonstrate substantial similarity or indications of plagiarism (25%) may be rejected or returned to the authors for clarification and correction. Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's basic requirements may be returned to the authors for revision before proceeding to peer review. Manuscripts that successfully pass the preliminary assessment are forwarded to the reviewer selection stage.
2. Selection of Reviewers
The Editor-in-Chief or assigned editor selects at least two independent reviewers with appropriate expertise relevant to the subject matter of the manuscript. Where possible, reviewers should be affiliated with institutions independent of the authors' institutions.
The identities of authors and reviewers are kept confidential under the journal's double-blind peer review policy. Reviewers are expected to declare any potential conflict of interest before accepting an assignment. Reviewers who have a personal, professional, academic, financial, or collaborative relationship with the authors that may affect their objectivity should decline the review. The editorial team aims to assign appropriate reviewers as efficiently as possible to ensure that the review process is conducted in a timely manner.
3. Evaluation Process
Reviewers assess the manuscript's scientific rigor, originality, validity, and pertinence to the field, typically within two weeks. They offer detailed feedback for the authors to refine the manuscript, suggesting acceptance, revisions, or rejection.
4. Editorial Decision
The decision to accept, reject, or the editor-in-chief makes request revisions based on reviewer feedback and compliance with publication standards. If reviewer opinions vary significantly, an additional reviewer may be consulted. The editor's decision and anonymous reviewer comments are communicated to the authors. The goal is to issue the first decision within a month and to publish accepted manuscripts within 2 to 3 weeks of acceptance.
5. Revision Stage
Authors of manuscripts needing revisions must incorporate the suggested changes and submit the revised version, highlighting the alterations and including a letter addressing the feedback. Deadlines for revisions are one weeks for minor changes and two weeks for major changes. Manuscripts with major revisions are re-evaluated by the original reviewers to confirm the effectiveness of the revisions.
6. Final Steps to Publication
Accepted manuscripts must be submitted in their final form for copyediting and formatting before publication.
Through this rigorous peer review process, the Outline Journal of Management and Accounting ensures the publication of research that meets the highest scholarly integrity and quality standards.
The peer review process and the handling of publication ethics issues are conducted in accordance with the principles and best practices recognized by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Adhering to COPE principles, OJMA strives to ensure that every stage of the publication process—from initial assessment, reviewer selection, evaluation, and editorial decision-making to revision, publication, and any necessary corrections or retractions—is carried out responsibly and with integrity.
