Advances in Business & Industrial Marketing Research (ABIM) publishes one annual volume comprising exactly three regular numbered issues: No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3. The journal maintains a regular publication frequency of three issues per year, with each issue assigned to its applicable annual volume.

ABIM distinguishes between its established historical publication records and the standardized calendar-year issue schedule implemented prospectively beginning with Volume 5 (2027). The journal's one-volume-per-year and three-issues-per-volume structure remains unchanged. The updated schedule defines the prospective issue periods without retrospectively modifying previous publications.

The journal also applies a continuous-publication model within the applicable active numbered issue, subject to completion of all scientific-editorial, administrative, copyediting, proofreading, production, and metadata-verification requirements. Continuous publication does not create an additional numbered issue or alter the journal's official annual publication frequency.

For Volume 1 (2023) through Volume 4 (2026), ABIM established one annual volume with three regular numbered issues. Historical issue publication dates, issue designations, article assignments, and bibliographic information are maintained according to the journal's official OJS archives.

Volume 1 (2023): The official archives record Issue No. 1 as published on 26 January 2023, Issue No. 2 on 31 May 2023, and Issue No. 3 on 30 September 2023.

Volume 2 (2024): The official archives record Issue No. 1 as published on 31 January 2024, Issue No. 2 on 31 May 2024, and Issue No. 3 on 30 August 2024.

Volume 3 (2025): The official archives record Issue No. 1 as published on 31 January 2025, Issue No. 2 on 31 May 2025, and Issue No. 3 on 30 September 2025.

Volume 4 (2026): The official archives record Issue No. 1 as published on 31 January 2026, Issue No. 2 on 14 April 2026, and Issue No. 3 on 26 July 2026. These are the recorded issue-level publication dates and must not be retrospectively replaced by the standardized issue periods introduced for 2027 onward.

Historical Schedule Clarification: Historical issue-level publication dates do not necessarily represent the dates of every individual article within the respective issue. Article-level publication dates, applicable issue assignments, DOI records, and other scholarly metadata must be interpreted according to the authoritative published records.

The official ABIM archives remain authoritative for historical volume and issue assignments, publication dates, pagination, article identifiers, DOI records, and other bibliographic information. The revised calendar-year schedule does not authorize retrospective reclassification or alteration of valid earlier publication records.

ABIM maintains its established Volume 4 (2026) publication record while preparing to implement the standardized calendar-year publication schedule beginning with Volume 5 (2027).

The period from October through December 2026 forms part of the transition to the revised publication calendar. The transitional arrangement does not establish a fourth numbered issue or increase the number of regular issues assigned to Volume 4 (2026).

During the transition, ABIM may continue receiving submissions, conducting editorial screening, independent peer review, author revisions, post-revision verification, scientific-editorial decision-making, post-acceptance administration, copyediting, proofreading, production preparation, and metadata verification.

Any article formally released during the transitional period must have a valid and appropriate existing volume and numbered-issue assignment under the applicable publication arrangements. Articles designated for the standardized 2027 publication cycle may be prepared for release beginning with Volume 5, Issue No. 1 in January 2027, after satisfying all required editorial, administrative, production, and publication-quality requirements.

Publication-Date Integrity: Articles must not receive artificial, retrospective, or misleading publication dates to accommodate the transition. The actual formal online publication date and applicable volume and issue assignment must be accurately recorded in the journal's OJS metadata, published article, DOI records, and permanent scholarly record.

Beginning with Volume 5 (2027), ABIM adopts a standardized calendar-year publication schedule while continuing to publish one annual volume comprising exactly three regular numbered issues.

Issue No. 1 — January–April: The first regular numbered issue covers the January–April period of the applicable calendar-year volume.

Issue No. 2 — May–August: The second regular numbered issue covers the May–August period of the applicable calendar-year volume.

Issue No. 3 — September–December: The third regular numbered issue covers the September–December period and completes the annual publication cycle.

These three periods define the journal's regular numbered issues within each annual volume. The standardized schedule applies prospectively from Volume 5 (2027) and continues for subsequent annual volumes unless an updated publication-frequency policy is formally announced.

Prospective Application: The standardized January–April, May–August, and September–December periods do not retrospectively redefine publication periods, issue-level publication dates, article assignments, or bibliographic records associated with Volumes 1–4 (2023–2026). Historical records remain authoritative for publications issued under earlier arrangements.

Beginning prospectively on 1 September 2026, ABIM applies a continuous-publication model within the applicable active numbered issue. Under this model, an article that has completed all required scientific-editorial, administrative, and publication-production procedures may be released individually without waiting for every other manuscript assigned to the same issue to complete production.

The normal post-acceptance publication process is Final Editorial Acceptance → APC or Waiver Verification → Post-Acceptance Administration → Copyediting → Proofreading & Production → Metadata Verification → Version of Record → Online Publication.

Continuous publication concerns the timing of an individual article's formal release within its designated numbered issue. It does not create an additional issue, increase the annual publication frequency, change the journal's one-volume-per-year structure, or authorize publication outside the applicable official publication arrangements.

The 2026–2027 transitional arrangement remains applicable. Introduction of continuous publication on 1 September 2026 does not create an additional numbered issue in Volume 4 or retrospectively change previously established issue records. Beginning with Volume 5, Issue No. 1 in January 2027, continuous publication operates under the standardized calendar-year issue schedule.

Continuous publication does not reduce the journal's standards for double-anonymous peer review, independent academic editorial decisions, research integrity, manuscript quality, publication ethics, or post-acceptance quality control. Each article must satisfy all applicable scholarly and publication requirements before formal release.

Where an Article Processing Charge or full waiver applies, the relevant payment or waiver administration is conducted only after final scientific-editorial acceptance. APC payment, eligibility, or waiver status does not determine the scientific-editorial acceptance decision or independently guarantee a publication date, issue assignment, or production priority.

The final article formally published on the official ABIM website constitutes the journal's authoritative Version of Record. The formal publication date must correspond to the actual date on which the final Version of Record is made publicly available online.

Published articles must contain accurate and appropriate bibliographic information, including the article title, author information, annual volume, numbered issue, formal publication date, DOI, licensing information, and other essential publication metadata. Pagination or article identifiers should be reported consistently where applicable.

For articles released through continuous publication, volume and issue assignments must correspond to the applicable active numbered issue. The publication date must reflect the actual formal release rather than the beginning or ending date of the issue period unless those dates genuinely coincide.

ABIM maintains consistency among the published article, journal website, OJS metadata, DOI-registration records, and relevant scholarly indexing and discovery services. Accurate publication metadata support citation, digital preservation, discoverability, scholarly accountability, and traceability of the permanent academic record.

Where a genuine metadata or publication-record error is identified, the Editorial Office may initiate a transparent correction through the appropriate editorial and technical procedures. Corrections must preserve the integrity, traceability, and historical accuracy of the published scholarly record.

ABIM preserves the original scholarly publication records of its historical annual volumes, including Volume 1 (2023), Volume 2 (2024), Volume 3 (2025), and Volume 4 (2026). Each volume retains its established issue assignments and official bibliographic records.

Previously published volumes, numbered issues, article titles, author information, issue titles, publication dates, pagination, article identifiers, DOI records, licensing information, and other valid bibliographic metadata remain part of the journal's permanent scholarly record.

The standardized issue calendar and continuous-publication framework apply prospectively. They do not authorize retrospective renumbering, artificial publication-date changes, redistribution of previously published articles, relabeling of historical issues, or reconstruction of published scholarly records merely to conform to the current publication model.

Genuine bibliographic or metadata errors may be corrected transparently through appropriate editorial, publication-ethics, and technical procedures. Such corrections must preserve the continuity, authenticity, and traceability of the scholarly record rather than obscure or replace valid historical information.

ABIM maintains an online archive of its published annual volumes, numbered issues, and scholarly articles. Previously published issues remain accessible through the official journal archives, subject to applicable digital-preservation and website-access arrangements.

The archives preserve the established publication records associated with Volumes 1–4 (2023–2026) and provide the authoritative historical bibliographic information for articles published during those periods. The standardized calendar-year publication schedule applies beginning with Volume 5 (2027).

Readers, authors, researchers, and indexing services should cite each article's final bibliographic information and DOI as displayed in its applicable Version of Record. Historical publication records should be interpreted according to their original volume, numbered issue, and actual publication-date assignments rather than the subsequently standardized issue calendar.

For detailed manuscript preparation, publication ethics, scholarly coverage, access to published articles, and related policies, readers may consult the following official ABIM resources.