Recognized Scholarly Fields

• Business-to-Business and Industrial Marketing: Industrial marketing, industrial purchasing, business customer relationships, interorganizational relationships, industrial sales, distribution channels, channel partnerships, supply-chain relationships, business networks, value creation, and industrial market competitiveness.
• Marketing Management and Market Strategy: Strategic marketing, market orientation, capabilities, relationship marketing, branding, reputation, communication, advertising, market research, pricing, sales, international marketing, and customer-oriented management.
• Consumer Behavior, Customer Relationships and Services: Purchasing behavior, decision-making, engagement, satisfaction, loyalty, trust, experience, perceptions, service quality, customer relationship management, and responses to marketing practices.
• Digital, Service and Sustainable Marketing: Digital and social media marketing, e-commerce, marketplaces, omnichannel marketing, digital advertising, influencer marketing, customer analytics, technology-enabled services, service marketing, green marketing, and responsible consumption.
• Business Strategy and Organizational Performance: Strategic management, competitive advantage, business development, strategic decisions, organizational capabilities, dynamic capabilities, resource allocation, performance, effectiveness, resilience, continuity, crisis management, quality management, operational effectiveness, and business processes.
• Innovation, Knowledge and International Business: Technological and organizational innovation, business-model innovation, knowledge management, learning, knowledge sharing, digital business models, transformation, international business, cross-cultural management, globalization, multinational operations, institutional environments, and sustainable competitiveness.
• Business Economics, Industry and Development: Business and organizational economics, industrial organization, competition, market structures, behavioral and institutional economics, productivity, labor markets, human capital, skills, employment, labor mobility, industrial and regional development, international trade, economic integration, innovation economics, public policy, regulation, development, and economic resilience.
• Digital, Sustainable and Financial Economics: Digital economies, platform-based models, economic dimensions of startups and entrepreneurship, sustainable development, green growth, circular economies, resource efficiency, financial economics, capital markets, economic shocks, and institutional change.
• Human Resource Management: Strategic HRM, workforce planning, recruitment, selection, talent acquisition and management, training, employee development, performance management, compensation, rewards, benefits, careers, succession, and evidence-based HRM.
• Organizational Behavior and Leadership: Workplace psychology, engagement, commitment, motivation, job satisfaction, performance, citizenship behavior, relationships, well-being, work-life balance, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, leadership, culture, climate, change, development, learning, empowerment, employment relations, and managerial behavior.
• Digital HRM and Workforce Transformation: HR information systems, HR and workforce analytics, technological adaptation, future of work, remote and hybrid work, digital capabilities, human-technology interaction, and responsible workforce practices.
• Sustainability, ESG and Responsible Management: Corporate sustainability, environmental-social-governance practices and performance, disclosure, reporting, governance, stakeholder management, social responsibility, business ethics, accountability, sustainable HRM, innovation, entrepreneurship, supply chains, production, consumption, circular business models, climate risks, adaptation, and environmental strategy.
• Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Reporting: Management accounting, cost management, performance measurement, control systems, financial and non-financial reporting, integrated reporting, corporate disclosure, sustainability accounting, ESG reporting, audit quality, assurance, reporting quality, and accountability.
• Governance, Finance and Value Creation: Corporate governance, boards, ownership structures, internal control, oversight, institutional governance, financial management and performance, investment and financing decisions, valuation, firm value, risk management, financial resilience, capital markets, and relationships between governance and organizational outcomes.
• Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Innovation: Entrepreneurial behavior, orientation, capabilities, ecosystems, opportunities, new ventures, startups, SMEs, family businesses, enterprise growth, competitiveness, entrepreneurial finance, continuity, digital entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship, and responsible innovation.
• Digital Economy, AI and Emerging Technologies: Artificial intelligence, generative AI in organizations, automation, predictive and business analytics, data-driven decisions, algorithmic management, digital platforms, technology adoption, digital innovation, human-AI collaboration, digital governance, technology ethics, and responsible digital transformation.
• Research Designs and Methodological Approaches: Quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, experimental, quasi-experimental, survey, interview, case-based, longitudinal, cross-sectional, panel-data, econometric, comparative, computational, and other defensible approaches; transparent systematic, integrative, scoping, structured, narrative, bibliometric, scientometric, meta-analytical, and theory-oriented reviews; conceptual development, theory building, framework development, institutional analysis, and policy analysis.

Methods must be appropriate to the scholarly question and accurately reported. Claims involving systematic searching, PRISMA, bibliometrics, meta-analysis, experiments, or specialized analytical techniques must reflect procedures genuinely performed. Methodological complexity alone does not establish a contribution or guarantee publication.

Scope Eligibility

All explicitly recognized fields form ABIM's main scholarly scope with equal standing. A manuscript may establish relevance through a substantive contribution to any one recognized field. Combining fields or adding a marketing, industrial-marketing, management, economics, accounting, or finance variable is not mandatory.

ABIM welcomes work from developed, emerging, and developing economies. Local, national, international, comparative, single-country, single-organization, and cross-cultural studies may be considered when they provide meaningful scholarly insights. International or multi-country data are not mandatory.

Relevant settings include private, public, governmental, nonprofit, industrial, financial, technological, entrepreneurial, educational, and other institutions where the contribution falls within a recognized field. Purely technical engineering, clinical, biomedical, natural-science, legal, pedagogical, or other specialist studies may be outside scope when they lack substantive relevance to a recognized ABIM field.

A passing reference to a recognized field does not establish scope eligibility. Routine operational reports, consultancy descriptions, and manuscripts lacking a clear scholarly problem, defensible analysis, or meaningful contribution may be unsuitable.

Current scope requirements guide new submissions while respecting legitimate prior commitments. Valid historical manuscripts, decisions, publications, dates, issue assignments, and DOI records are not retrospectively reclassified merely to match later policies. No universal scope-policy effective date is assigned here.

Scholarly Contribution

ABIM considers Research Papers, Literature Review Papers, and Conceptual Papers. Contributions may develop, test, replicate, refine, integrate, challenge, or evaluate evidence, theories, concepts, relationships, models, methods, policies, or practices.

Literature synthesis should identify substantive patterns, debates, contradictions, developments, gaps, or conceptual insights. Bibliometric mapping and descriptive counts require meaningful interpretation. Conceptual scholarship must provide coherent reasoning and defensible intellectual development.

Implications for managers, businesses, employees, consumers, investors, institutions, policymakers, or communities must remain proportionate to the evidence and limitations. Scope relevance does not guarantee acceptance: originality, scholarly quality, reporting, integrity, independent peer review, and editorial assessment remain necessary.

Before submission, prepare an English-language blinded manuscript and separate Title Page, use the appropriate template, verify references, and complete required declarations. APC payment and waiver eligibility do not determine scientific acceptance.

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Accepted Manuscript Types

• Research Paper: Original research using an appropriate and defensible quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, archival, experimental, computational, or other research design.
• Literature Review Paper: Critical scholarly synthesis supported by an explicitly identified, transparent, and justified review approach.
• Conceptual Paper: A theoretical or conceptual contribution developed through coherent argument, critical analysis, integration, or development of concepts and relationships.

Methods, datasets, analytical techniques, and review approaches do not create additional manuscript categories. All recognized ABIM fields have equal standing; an additional marketing or industrial-marketing variable is not required where another recognized field independently establishes relevance.

Manuscript Format and Reporting

• Language and file: Clear academic English in editable Microsoft Word .doc or .docx format. A PDF does not replace the required editable file.
• Layout: A4, single column, Calisto MT 11 pt, single spacing. Follow the ABIM template, including 18 pt title formatting where prescribed.
• Title, abstract and keywords: Title no longer than 20 words; structured abstract no longer than 200 words; 5–6 keywords.
• References: APA 7th edition; at least 25 references, with at least 80% journal articles. Prioritize relevant recent scholarship, generally from approximately the last seven years, while retaining justified seminal or foundational works.

Research Paper abstract: Purpose; Research Methodology; Results; Research limitations/Implications; Originality.

Literature Review Paper abstract: Purpose; Review Methodology; Findings; Research limitations/Implications; Originality.

Conceptual Paper abstract: State the purpose, theoretical or conceptual foundation and approach, principal arguments, limitations and implications, and originality. PERLU VERIFIKASI: Any additional mandatory labels require confirmation against the approved ABIM template.

Research Paper sections: Introduction → Review of Literature → Research Methodology → Results and Discussion → Conclusion. Within Results and Discussion, distinguish 4.1 Research Results and 4.2 Discussion. Establish a clear problem, gap, purpose, contribution, theoretical grounding, actual methods, credible results, and evidence-supported interpretation.

Literature Review Paper sections: Introduction → Review Methodology → Review Findings / Literature Synthesis → Discussion → Conclusion. Report how literature was identified, selected, evaluated, organized, analyzed, and synthesized, with appropriate limitations.

Conceptual Paper sections: Introduction → Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations → Conceptual Development and Analysis → Discussion → Conclusion. Adapt internal organization when academically justified while preserving a clear problem, coherent reasoning, contribution, boundary conditions, and implications.

Describe only procedures actually undertaken. Claims of PRISMA use, systematic review, bibliometrics, meta-analysis, scoping review, or another specialized design require supporting methods and records. Maps, counts, or lists alone do not replace substantive scholarly synthesis.

Number tables and figures separately and place them near their first substantive discussion. Put titles above, with notes and sources below. Ensure clear labels, accurate values, appropriate permissions, and approximately 300 DPI for raster figures where applicable. Editing must preserve scientific meaning and evidence.

Every citation and reference must be genuine, traceable, and accurately represented. Include DOI information where available and reconcile citations with the reference list in both directions. Fabricated or unverifiable references are prohibited.

ABIM's stated maximum overall similarity is 15%. Similarity requires qualitative examination of overlap, quotation, attribution, and context. A score below the threshold does not prove originality or guarantee acceptance.

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PERLU VERIFIKASI: The template links reproduce ABIM's supplied source. Document access, contents, and consistency with these written requirements have not been independently confirmed.

Two Required Files at Initial Submission

1. Blinded Manuscript: Title, abstract, keywords, manuscript type, main text, tables, figures, and references without author names, affiliations, email addresses, identifying acknowledgements, revealing document properties, or other identifying information.
2. Separate Title Page & Author Information Form: Names, affiliations, emails, corresponding-author details and ORCID, CRediT contributions, funding, conflicts, ethics and consent where applicable, permissions, data availability, acknowledgements, originality and authorship declarations, and applicable AI disclosure.

The corresponding author's ORCID is required; other authors should provide identifiers where available. Keep identifying declarations separate while providing sufficient non-identifying methods and ethics information for review. Check filenames, document properties, comments, and tracked changes.

A third standalone author statement is not routinely required. Supporting documentation may be requested where needed to examine ethics, consent, authorship, permissions, originality, or other material concerns.

Originality and Authorship Declaration

The corresponding author must confirm that the work is original, is not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere, properly attributes third-party materials, has been approved by all authors in the agreed order, and accurately reports contributions and applicable declarations.

Disclose earlier public versions, relevant dissemination, and overlapping work. Never invent approvals, consent, permissions, authorization numbers, funding, or other declarations. Supporting evidence may be requested.

AI systems cannot be authors. Substantive assistance beyond routine spelling, grammar, formatting, or straightforward language correction must be disclosed in the Title Page. Human authors remain responsible for evidence, confidentiality, calculations, citations, interpretation, and conclusions. Relevant methodological use also requires non-identifying reporting in the manuscript.

Peer Review, Revision and Point-by-Point Response

Eligible manuscripts normally undergo double-anonymous review by at least two independent reviewers. Recommendations are advisory; the responsible academic editor retains scientific-editorial authority, with Editor-in-Chief oversight where applicable.

When revision is requested, submit the revised blinded manuscript and a point-by-point response to every substantive editorial and reviewer comment through OJS. Identify amendments and their locations; explain respectfully and with evidence where a suggestion is not adopted. Update the Title Page and metadata when appropriate.

Meet the timeframe in the decision or request an extension. A revision invitation does not guarantee acceptance. APC payment, ability to pay, and waiver eligibility do not influence scientific evaluation, and no APC is payable before final acceptance.

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Submit through OJS

Formal submissions must use ABIM's OJS platform. Confirm scope, manuscript type, file preparation, declarations, references, and consistency between uploaded documents and submission metadata. Private email or messaging does not replace formal submission.

ABIM provides immediate open access; authors retain copyright, and published articles use CC BY 4.0. The standard APC is IDR 1,500,000 per accepted manuscript where at least one author has an Indonesian institutional affiliation. A full waiver / IDR 0 applies when all authors are institutionally affiliated exclusively outside Indonesia, subject to verification. Eligibility follows affiliation rather than nationality. Administration starts after final acceptance.

The standardized three-issue calendar begins with Volume 5 (2027): January–April, May–August, and September–December. Continuous publication operates within the applicable active numbered issue. Valid historical publication records remain unchanged. Alignment with the ISSN frequency record remains PERLU VERIFIKASI.

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Authorship, Contributorship and Originality

Authors must make substantial scholarly contributions, participate in drafting or critical revision, approve the final work, and accept accountability. Ghost, guest, and gift authorship are prohibited. Institutional status, funding, administration, or supervision alone does not establish authorship.

Report contributions using CRediT. Names, affiliations, corresponding-author details and ORCID, contributions, and declarations belong in the separate Title Page. Corresponding-author ORCID is required; other authors should supply identifiers where available. Acknowledge non-author assistance accurately and appropriately.

Confirm originality, absence of simultaneous submission, proper attribution, genuine research materials, author approval, and agreed order. Disclose overlapping work, earlier versions, and prior dissemination. A separate originality letter is not normally necessary when the Title Page contains the required declaration.

Adding, removing, or reordering authors requires justification and written agreement from affected authors, with editorial assessment. Post-publication changes require a transparent correction or notice; authorship must not be silently altered.

Plagiarism and Similarity Screening

ABIM prohibits plagiarism, unattributed copying, inappropriate recycling, redundant publication, simultaneous submission, fabricated citations, citation manipulation, and misrepresentation. Attribute borrowed text, ideas, data, figures, tables, methods, instruments, and other material; identify quotations clearly.

The maximum overall similarity threshold is 15%. Appropriate detection software may identify material requiring examination. Editors assess sources, extent, location, quotation, attribution, and context. Scores do not independently prove plagiarism or originality, and a low score does not guarantee acceptance.

Material concerns may require clarification, revision, rejection, or post-publication action. Verify citations, references, metadata, and DOI information using APA 7 and the current author requirements. Fictitious, hallucinated, materially inaccurate, or unverifiable references are unacceptable.

Peer Review and Editorial Independence

ABIM accepts Research Papers, Literature Review Papers, and Conceptual Papers. Eligible submissions normally receive double-anonymous assessment by at least two independent reviewers. Authors submit a blinded manuscript and separate Title Page.

The scientific sequence is Submission → Editorial Screening → Independent Peer Review → Revision → Post-Revision Verification → Final Editorial Decision. Reviewer options—Accept Submission, Revisions Required, Resubmit for Review, and Decline Submission—are advisory. Decisions consider the full evidence and are not determined by simple voting; conflicting reports may require clarification or further assessment.

Every recognized scope field has equal standing. Assess the actual research, review, or conceptual contribution without imposing an unnecessary marketing variable. Legitimate Conceptual Papers do not require invented empirical tests.

Editors and reviewers must disclose conflicts. Editors must not screen, select reviewers, evaluate revisions, or decide their own or materially conflicted submissions. Assign an appropriate independent editor. Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and avoid author identification, unauthorized contact, or delegation.

Personal characteristics, ownership, institutional relationships, advertising, sponsorship, APCs, and waivers must not influence scientific decisions. Advertisements must be distinguishable and do not imply endorsement. Promotional communication must be accurate and must not promise acceptance, favorable review, publication, or indexing in exchange for payment.

APC administration begins after final acceptance. The standard is IDR 1,500,000 when any author has an Indonesian institutional affiliation; IDR 0 applies when all authors are affiliated exclusively outside Indonesia, subject to verification. Affiliation, not nationality, determines eligibility.

Administration, copyediting, proofreading, production, metadata checks, and Version-of-Record preparation do not restart ordinary peer review. Material scientific, integrity, ethical, legal, authorship, metadata, or publication blockers require academic editorial attention.

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Research Ethics, Conflicts of Interest and Data

Secure required ethics review, consent, organizational permission, and data authorization. Research involving participants, identifiable or sensitive information, vulnerable groups, animals where relevant, or other protected material must meet applicable requirements. Obtain publication consent where identifiable information or images may be disclosed.

Never fabricate approval, consent, permission, authorization, or funding claims. Include applicable identifying details, funding, and competing interests in the Title Page, with an explicit no-conflict declaration where appropriate. Provide sufficient non-identifying information for review; accurately explain non-requirement of formal approval when requested.

Retain supporting records and report methods, evidence, analysis, synthesis, and conceptual arguments transparently. Specialized design claims must reflect procedures actually undertaken. Share data, code, instruments, or review records where lawful and ethical, while respecting privacy, contracts, and third-party rights.

The data availability statement must accurately indicate open access, reasonable-request access, included materials, legitimate restrictions, justified unavailability, or non-applicability. Authors are responsible for rights and permissions covering instruments, questionnaires, images, tables, datasets, software outputs, and other protected materials.

Policy on Generative AI and Automated Tools

Legitimate assistance requires verification, applicable disclosure, ethics, and human accountability. AI cannot be an author. Disclose substantive assistance beyond routine spelling, grammar, formatting, or straightforward correction in the Title Page, identifying the tool and purpose.

Material use in design, collection, coding, analysis, evidence generation, or review methods also requires non-identifying methodological reporting. Verify claims, calculations, interpretation, quotations, citations, and DOI information. Generated or altered images must not be misrepresented as authentic empirical evidence.

Do not expose confidential third-party information or submissions to unauthorized or insecure tools. Editors and reviewers retain independent scholarly judgment. A separate AI page is available; formal adoption of additional implementation provisions remains PERLU VERIFIKASI.

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Open Access, Copyright and License

ABIM provides immediate open access without subscriptions, mandatory reader registration, or a journal-imposed embargo. Authors retain copyright and grant the right of first publication; ownership is not transferred to the journal or publisher.

Published articles use CC BY 4.0, permitting sharing and adaptation, including commercial reuse, with appropriate attribution, license identification, and indication of modifications.

Submitted, accepted, and published versions may be self-archived without a journal-imposed embargo, subject to accurate version labels, confidentiality, and third-party rights. Shared Versions of Record should include the full citation, DOI or official URL, and license. Link earlier repository records to the published version where possible. Excluded third-party material retains its own rights.

Complaints, Appeals and Allegations of Misconduct

ABIM considers evidence-based concerns about plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, authorship, citation and review manipulation, false ethics information, conflicts, confidentiality, editorial or administrative conduct, and procedural fairness. Identify the submission or publication, explain the concern, and provide evidence.

The journal records and preliminarily assesses concerns, manages conflicts, gathers evidence, and offers affected parties a reasonable opportunity to respond. It may request records, data, permissions, or independent advice and consult relevant institutions, integrity offices, ethics committees, funders, or other bodies under appropriate safeguards.

An allegation is not a finding. Outcomes depend on evidence, seriousness, stage, and fairness, and may include clarification, revision, rejection, correction, an Expression of Concern, retraction, or another documented response.

Appeals require substantive factual, procedural, ethical, or evidentiary grounds. Disagreement alone does not automatically justify reversal. Conflicted individuals must not independently determine an investigation's outcome.

Post-Publication Discussion, Corrections and Retractions

Professional, constructive, evidence-based discussion is welcome. ABIM may invite author responses, examine documents, consult specialists, or issue a notice when justified.

A material error in otherwise reliable work may require a correction. Serious unresolved concerns may require an Expression of Concern. Fundamentally unreliable findings, established serious misconduct, substantial plagiarism or duplication, unethical research, or materially manipulated review may require retraction.

Notices must be transparent and linked to the original publication. Do not silently replace or alter the Version of Record to conceal changes. Preserve valid historical dates, authorship, volume and issue information, DOI records, and traceability.

Authors may request withdrawal before publication and must await confirmation before submitting elsewhere. No separate withdrawal fee applies. Payment and refund matters follow the APC policy. Withdrawal is distinct from correcting or retracting published work.

Administrative correspondence: Muh. Haerdiansyah Syahnur, Managing Editor, at advancesresearch@gmail.com. Principal academic editorial matters: Mohammad Ashoer, Editor-in-Chief, at editor@advancesinresearch.id.

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