Editorial Policies
Peer Review Process
All articles submitted to ABR are initially assessed (in-house screening) by the Managing Editor for overall suitability for the journal. If an article is deemed suitable it is assigned to an Editorial Board Member (Section Editor) who scrutinizes the article even more closely, who decides whether or not the article is suitable for peer review. Submissions considered suitable for peer review are assigned to one or more independent experts, who assess the article for clarity, validity, and sound methodology.
If the section editor feels that the article is not yet ready for peer-review, (s)he sends it back to the Author with an explanation of why the article is not ready and what might help it to be more suitable for the journal. ABR operates the peer review process which is expected to take period around 10 to 40 days. Reviewers are asked to provide formative feedback, even if an article is not deemed suitable for publication in the journal.
Reviewers will be asked to consider whether or not the submission is suitable for the ABR audience. Based on the reviewer reports the section editor will make a recommendation for rejection, minor or major revisions, or acceptance. If major revisions are requested, then re-submitted files will be sent for a second round of review. Overall editorial responsibility rests with the journal’s Editor-in-Chief/ Managing Editor, who is supported by an expert, international Editorial Board. Reviewers will make one of four recommendations:
Following Publication
ABR review process usually takes 5-40 days, depending on the number of papers available for review. Based on the recommendations of the reviewer, as well as consultation between relevant Editorial Board members the Managing Editor then decides whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised or rejected. The authors will receive an unsigned copy of the referees’ reports and editor's pen. Acceptance and rejection notification will be sent to all authors. The editor may make use of Grammarly and Paperrater software for checking the originality of submissions received. Once accepted for publication, the corresponding author is encouraged to send the final version of the manuscript. Authors should submit only papers that have been carefully proof read and polished. Before submission please make sure that your submission is prepared after proofreading and grammar checking according to editor's pen. This will ensure fast processing and publication.
The Issue Dates
Copyright
Publishing paper with this journal means that the author or authors retain the copyright in the paper. This journal is granted an exclusive non commercial reuse license by the author(s), but the author(s) are able to put the paper onto a website, distribute it to colleagues, give it to students, use it in your thesis etc, so long as the use is not directed at commercial advantage or toward private monetary gain.
The author(s) can reuse the figures and tables and other information contained in their paper published by this journal in future papers or work without having to ask anyone for permission, provided that the figures, tables or other information that is included in the new paper or work properly references the published paper as the source of the figures, tables or other information, and the new paper or work is not direct at private monetary gain or commercial advantage.
Open Access License
ABR provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge & be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
License Deed Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Legal Code Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
Published Open Access articles are distributed under this Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC). Articles can be read and shared for noncommercial purposes under the following conditions:
Invoice for Processing Fee
If the paper is accepted for publication, author(s) will be asked (invoice letter) to pay 100 US$; as article processing charge in order to defray the operating costs. Fees include peer review, editing, costs of journal production; web hosting, CMS, database, online repository and archiving, and online publication (open access). If author want to get hard copy of the Journal, they required to pay extra charges. The payment method will be notified by the managing editor with the invoice of accepted papers. More (http://jabr.weebly.com/fees-details.html)
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More here (http://www.lockss.org/).
Permissions
Prior to article submission, authors should clear permission to use any content that has not been created by them. Failure to do so may lead to lengthy delays in publication. ABR is unable to publish any article which has permissions pending.
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE provides advice to editors and publishers on all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. This means that ABR adheres to the ethical standards in publishing. Details (http://jabr.weebly.com/ethics-and-malpractice.html)
Complaints Policy
The Managing Editor and staff of ABR will make every endeavour to put matters right as soon as possible in the most appropriate way, offering right of reply where necessary. As far as possible, we will investigate complaints in a blame-free manner, looking to see how systems can be improved to prevent mistakes occurring. More details (http://www.abcjournals.net/complaint-policy.html)
Errors and letters
As we are all human we all make mistakes. You may find after your paper has been published that it contains an error. If this happens you need to contact the editorial team immediately, the paper cannot be changed (if it will already have been deposited with DOI) but an addendum to the paper can be published in the journal as soon as possible. If the error is a major one eg, there was a problem with your original study that now invalidates your findings the paper may be retracted, but this is very rare.
Waiver Policy (valid only for online payment option):
According to UNDP Human Development Reports authors from world’s 42 underdeveloped countries shall publish their articles at a reduced fee (25% waiver on APC). PhD students and Masters thesis students from these countries are also welcome to publish their articles with the ABR at a reduced fee (50% waiver on APC), applicable for only student author).
Refund Policy
Article processing charge paid for publication “as is”. The author assumes the responsibility for the payment, and no refunds will be issued.
All articles submitted to ABR are initially assessed (in-house screening) by the Managing Editor for overall suitability for the journal. If an article is deemed suitable it is assigned to an Editorial Board Member (Section Editor) who scrutinizes the article even more closely, who decides whether or not the article is suitable for peer review. Submissions considered suitable for peer review are assigned to one or more independent experts, who assess the article for clarity, validity, and sound methodology.
If the section editor feels that the article is not yet ready for peer-review, (s)he sends it back to the Author with an explanation of why the article is not ready and what might help it to be more suitable for the journal. ABR operates the peer review process which is expected to take period around 10 to 40 days. Reviewers are asked to provide formative feedback, even if an article is not deemed suitable for publication in the journal.
Reviewers will be asked to consider whether or not the submission is suitable for the ABR audience. Based on the reviewer reports the section editor will make a recommendation for rejection, minor or major revisions, or acceptance. If major revisions are requested, then re-submitted files will be sent for a second round of review. Overall editorial responsibility rests with the journal’s Editor-in-Chief/ Managing Editor, who is supported by an expert, international Editorial Board. Reviewers will make one of four recommendations:
- Accept submission: no revisions are required other than those that would normally be carried out during the copy-editing/proof-reading process.
- Revisions required: the submission would be acceptable for publication if minor revisions were made as outlined in your reviewers comments. The editorial team will be responsible for checking that the revisions have been completed satisfactorily.
- Resubmit for review: the submission is relevant for the ABR audience and has the potential to be of publishable quality. It requires major revisions and should be resubmitted for review.
- Decline submission: the submission is unfortunately not relevant for the ABR audience.
Following Publication
ABR review process usually takes 5-40 days, depending on the number of papers available for review. Based on the recommendations of the reviewer, as well as consultation between relevant Editorial Board members the Managing Editor then decides whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised or rejected. The authors will receive an unsigned copy of the referees’ reports and editor's pen. Acceptance and rejection notification will be sent to all authors. The editor may make use of Grammarly and Paperrater software for checking the originality of submissions received. Once accepted for publication, the corresponding author is encouraged to send the final version of the manuscript. Authors should submit only papers that have been carefully proof read and polished. Before submission please make sure that your submission is prepared after proofreading and grammar checking according to editor's pen. This will ensure fast processing and publication.
The Issue Dates
- October to January Receipt of Articles = Publication in February (Winter Edition)
- February to May Receipt of Articles = Publication in June (Spring/Summer Edition)
- June to September Receipt of Articles = Publication in October (Autumn Edition)
Copyright
Publishing paper with this journal means that the author or authors retain the copyright in the paper. This journal is granted an exclusive non commercial reuse license by the author(s), but the author(s) are able to put the paper onto a website, distribute it to colleagues, give it to students, use it in your thesis etc, so long as the use is not directed at commercial advantage or toward private monetary gain.
The author(s) can reuse the figures and tables and other information contained in their paper published by this journal in future papers or work without having to ask anyone for permission, provided that the figures, tables or other information that is included in the new paper or work properly references the published paper as the source of the figures, tables or other information, and the new paper or work is not direct at private monetary gain or commercial advantage.
Open Access License
ABR provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge & be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
License Deed Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Legal Code Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
Published Open Access articles are distributed under this Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC). Articles can be read and shared for noncommercial purposes under the following conditions:
- BY: Attribution must be given to the original source (Attribution)
- NC: Works may not be used for commercial purposes (Noncommercial)
Invoice for Processing Fee
If the paper is accepted for publication, author(s) will be asked (invoice letter) to pay 100 US$; as article processing charge in order to defray the operating costs. Fees include peer review, editing, costs of journal production; web hosting, CMS, database, online repository and archiving, and online publication (open access). If author want to get hard copy of the Journal, they required to pay extra charges. The payment method will be notified by the managing editor with the invoice of accepted papers. More (http://jabr.weebly.com/fees-details.html)
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More here (http://www.lockss.org/).
Permissions
Prior to article submission, authors should clear permission to use any content that has not been created by them. Failure to do so may lead to lengthy delays in publication. ABR is unable to publish any article which has permissions pending.
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE provides advice to editors and publishers on all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. This means that ABR adheres to the ethical standards in publishing. Details (http://jabr.weebly.com/ethics-and-malpractice.html)
Complaints Policy
The Managing Editor and staff of ABR will make every endeavour to put matters right as soon as possible in the most appropriate way, offering right of reply where necessary. As far as possible, we will investigate complaints in a blame-free manner, looking to see how systems can be improved to prevent mistakes occurring. More details (http://www.abcjournals.net/complaint-policy.html)
Errors and letters
As we are all human we all make mistakes. You may find after your paper has been published that it contains an error. If this happens you need to contact the editorial team immediately, the paper cannot be changed (if it will already have been deposited with DOI) but an addendum to the paper can be published in the journal as soon as possible. If the error is a major one eg, there was a problem with your original study that now invalidates your findings the paper may be retracted, but this is very rare.
Waiver Policy (valid only for online payment option):
According to UNDP Human Development Reports authors from world’s 42 underdeveloped countries shall publish their articles at a reduced fee (25% waiver on APC). PhD students and Masters thesis students from these countries are also welcome to publish their articles with the ABR at a reduced fee (50% waiver on APC), applicable for only student author).
Refund Policy
Article processing charge paid for publication “as is”. The author assumes the responsibility for the payment, and no refunds will be issued.
Manuscript Requirements
Please prepare your manuscript before submission, using the following guidelines:
Format
All files should be submitted as a Word document (docx.).
Article Length
Articles should be between 2500 and 6000 words in length. This includes all text including references and appendices. Please allow 280 words for each figure or table.
Article Title
A title of not more than twelve (12) words should be provided.
Article Title Page
An Article Title Page should be submitted alongside each individual article using the followings:
Author Details
Details should be supplied on the Article Title Page including:
Abstract
Authors must supply an abstract on the Article Title Page including:
Keywords
Please provide up to 7 keywords on the Article Title Page, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.
Whilst we will endeavor to use submitted keywords in the published version, all keywords are subject to approval by Engineering International's in house editorial team and may be replaced by a matching term to ensure consistency.
Article Classification
Categorize your paper on the Article Title Page, under one of these classifications:
Headings
Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings. The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics.
Research Funding
Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission.
Figures
All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form.
All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database.
Tables
Tables should be typed and included to the main body of the article (not in a separate file).
References
References to other publications should be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef.
You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied, numeric referencing list {example [1], [2] } should not be submitted for evaluation:
For books
Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
For book chapters
Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
For journals
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.
For published conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32.
For unpublished conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007).
For working papers
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.
For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor)
Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71.
(For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above)
For newspaper articles (authored)
Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages.
e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.
For newspaper articles (non-authored)
Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages.
e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7.
For electronic sources
If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed.
e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007).
Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper).
Format
All files should be submitted as a Word document (docx.).
Article Length
Articles should be between 2500 and 6000 words in length. This includes all text including references and appendices. Please allow 280 words for each figure or table.
Article Title
A title of not more than twelve (12) words should be provided.
Article Title Page
An Article Title Page should be submitted alongside each individual article using the followings:
- Article Title
- Author Details (see below)
- Acknowledgements
- Author Biographies
- Abstract (see below)
- Keywords (see below)
- Article Classification (see below)
Author Details
Details should be supplied on the Article Title Page including:
- Full name of each author
- Affiliation of each author, at time research was completed
- Where more than one author has contributed to the article, details of who should be contacted for correspondence
- E-mail address of all contributor authors
- Brief professional biography of each author.
Abstract
Authors must supply an abstract on the Article Title Page including:
- Purpose (mandatory)
- Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
- Findings (mandatory)
- Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
- Practical implications (if applicable)
- Social implications (if applicable)
- Originality/value (mandatory)
Keywords
Please provide up to 7 keywords on the Article Title Page, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.
Whilst we will endeavor to use submitted keywords in the published version, all keywords are subject to approval by Engineering International's in house editorial team and may be replaced by a matching term to ensure consistency.
Article Classification
Categorize your paper on the Article Title Page, under one of these classifications:
- Research paper
- Technical notes
- Conceptual paper
- Case study
- Literature review
- Working paper
Headings
Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings. The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics.
Research Funding
Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission.
Figures
All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form.
All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database.
- Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Illustrator should be supplied in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into a blank MS Word document or saved and imported into an MS Word document or alternatively create a .pdf file from the origination software.
- Figures which cannot be supplied in as the above are acceptable in the standard image formats which is: .pdf. If you are unable to supply graphics in this format then please ensure they are .tif, .jpeg, or .bmp at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide.
- To prepare web pages/screenshots simultaneously press the "Alt" and "Print screen" keys on the keyboard, open a blank Microsoft Word document and simultaneously press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the image. (Capture all the contents/windows on the computer screen to paste into MS Word, by simultaneously pressing "Ctrl" and "Print screen".)
- Photographic images should be submitted electronically and of high quality. They should be saved as .tif or .jpeg files at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Digital camera settings should be set at the highest resolution/quality possible.
Tables
Tables should be typed and included to the main body of the article (not in a separate file).
References
References to other publications should be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef.
You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied, numeric referencing list {example [1], [2] } should not be submitted for evaluation:
For books
Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
For book chapters
Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
For journals
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.
For published conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32.
For unpublished conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007).
For working papers
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.
For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor)
Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71.
(For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above)
For newspaper articles (authored)
Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages.
e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.
For newspaper articles (non-authored)
Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages.
e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7.
For electronic sources
If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed.
e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007).
Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper).
Submission ChecklisT
Submitted articles will only be considered for evaluation if they meet the following criteria:
- Submitted papers MUST be written in English.
- Articles need to be in MS Word format with file extension .doc or .docx, PDF and others cannot be accepted.
- The title should have references in Roman script {example (Robert, 2013)}. Numeric referencing style {example [3], [7] } cannot be accepted for evaluation.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
- All the author(s) have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and to the inclusion of their name(s) as co-author(s).
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Submission Guidelines.
- No additional authors will be added post submission, unless editors receive agreement from all authors and detailed information is supplied as to why the author list should be amended.