International Journal of Business Administration

International Journal of Business Administration (ISSN 1923-4007  E-ISSN 1923-4015) is an international, double-anonymized peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Sciedu Press. It aims to provide a platform for academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange theoretical, empirical, and applied research in business administration.

Focus and Scope

In line with its aims, IJBA welcomes high quality theoretical papers, empirical studies, reviews, and mixed-methods research in areas including, but not limited to:

• Business Administration and Management
• Strategy and Governance
• Leadership, Organization and Human Resources
• Marketing and Customer Management
• Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth
• Operations and Process Management
• Accounting, Finance, and Performance
• International and Digital Business & Technology-Enabled Administration

This journal is published quarterly (March, June, September & December) in both print and online versions. All publications are open access in full text and free to download. Manuscripts can be submitted via the journal's online submission platform or sent directly to ijba@sciedupress.com.

Submissions should make a clear contribution to business administration or managerial practice. And all submissions must undergo rigorous peer review to ensure academic integrity and quality.

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ISSUES

• e-Version First^TM (Vol. 17, No. 3, September, 2026)
• Current Issue (Vol. 17, No. 2, June, 2026)
• All Issues

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e-Version First^TM

e-Version First is a featured way of publishing articles in our journal. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article.

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Each paper published in International Journal of Business Administration is assigned with a DOI^®number, which appears beneath the author's affiliation in the published paper. Click HERE to know what is DOI (Digital Object Identifier). And click HERE to retrieve Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for journal articles, books, and chapters.

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Paper Selection and Publication Process

a) Submission acknowledgement and initial screening (1-2 working days) 

The journal normally acknowledges receipt of a submission within 1-2 working days. The editorial board conducts an initial assessment of the manuscript's completeness, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, originality, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and conformity with essential submission requirements. A manuscript may be returned to the authors or rejected without external review when it clearly does not meet these requirements. If you fail to receive this confirmation, please check your bulk email box or contact the editorial assistant by email: ijba@sciedupress.com.

b) External Peer Review (4–10 weeks)

Manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening are normally evaluated through double-anonymized peer review by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise. Editorial screening is not counted as external peer review. Although the journal takes reasonable steps to protect anonymity, complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed because author identity may be inferred from preprints, citations, datasets, conference presentations, or the subject matter. The review process normally takes approximately four to ten weeks but may vary according to reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, revision requirements, and ethical or technical checks.

c) Editorial Decision (2–3 working days)

Reviewer recommendations are advisory. The editorial board makes the editorial decision after considering the reviewers' reports, the manuscript's scholarly quality, relevance, originality, methodological or analytical validity, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and any other relevant information. Possible decisions include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, rejection with an invitation to submit a substantially revised manuscript as a new submission, or rejection.

d) Revision and Payment (depending on the authors)

When revision is requested, authors must submit a revised manuscript together with a point-by-point response explaining how each comment has been addressed or why a suggested change was not made. A request for revision does not guarantee acceptance. Article processing charges (300.00USD) are requested only after final acceptance, in accordance with the fee information published on the journal website.

e) Publication and Access (1 week)

Following acceptance, production, approval of the page proofs by the corresponding author, and completion of any applicable administrative requirements, the article is published online as the version of record. Published articles are made freely and immediately available under the open-access license stated in the article.

NOTE:

The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue with two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (iThenticate).

All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.

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International Journal of Business Administration
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