The peer-review process of Advances in Economics & Financial Studies (AEFS) is supported by scholarly expertise relevant to economics, finance, accounting, financial markets and institutions, management and organizations, human resource management, marketing and consumer research, business and entrepreneurship, sustainability, governance, auditing, taxation, and digital or technological developments within the journal's stated Aims & Scope.
Equal Scope Principle: Every field listed in the current AEFS Aims & Scope forms part of its main scholarly scope with equal standing. Reviewers are selected according to the specific manuscript's subject, theoretical or conceptual foundation, methods, independence, and availability, rather than a hierarchy among scholarly fields.
AEFS accepts only Research Papers and Literature Review Papers. Manuscripts proceeding to external assessment normally undergo double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent reviewers. Inclusion in this public directory does not establish an assignment to any particular manuscript or guarantee a review invitation.
AEFS reviewer selection is driven by the manuscript's principal scholarly contribution and the expertise needed to evaluate its evidence, research design, analysis, interpretation, or literature-review methodology. A contribution to any one recognized AEFS field is sufficient for scope consideration; no finance, economics, or accounting variable is required when another recognized field provides the substantive basis.
Reviewers are selected on subject relevance, theoretical or conceptual expertise, methodological competence, independence, availability, and potential financial or non-financial conflicts of interest. Additional specialist reviewers may be invited beyond the public directory where needed. The academic editor documents assignments and remains responsible for editorial oversight.
Reviewers provide impartial, evidence-based and confidential scientific assessments. Reviewer recommendations are advisory; the responsible academic editor or Editor-in-Chief retains authority for the scientific-editorial decision in accordance with AEFS policies.
Reviewers must not contact authors directly, seek to identify anonymized authors, delegate review work without authorization, misuse unpublished findings, request coercive citations, or disclose confidential materials. They must report relevant professional, personal, financial, institutional, supervisory, collaborative, or competitive conflicts of interest and decline an assignment where independence cannot be maintained.
Editors who also appear in the reviewer directory must not review, manage, or decide their own manuscripts or manuscripts for which they have a material conflict of interest. Conflicted submissions must be reassigned to a qualified, sufficiently independent academic editor.
Confidential manuscripts, extracts, unpublished data, author information, reports, and editorial correspondence must not be uploaded into publicly accessible generative-AI tools or other systems where confidentiality and appropriate data protection cannot be assured.
Reviewer reports should be objective, constructive, specific, sufficiently evidenced, and respectful. They should distinguish substantive scientific, theoretical, methodological, analytical, ethical, or interpretive concerns from minor presentation, language, or formatting issues.
Reviews of revised manuscripts should focus on whether previously identified material concerns have been addressed and whether any unresolved scientific or integrity issue remains. New substantial requirements should be requested only when academically necessary and justified.
Researchers with appropriate subject or methodological expertise may register in the AEFS Online Journal System and express interest in reviewing. Registration does not automatically confer public directory membership or a review invitation; the responsible editors assess suitability, independence, availability, and the journal's needs.
The directory reflects entries supplied by the journal and does not certify the current availability of every listed person. Affiliations and roles should be administratively verified and updated as appropriate. Legitimate updates to this public directory do not retroactively change completed review records, editorial decisions, publication dates, DOI records, or other established scholarly records.
Questions about invitations, review deadlines, access to OJS, conflict-of-interest disclosures, or administrative support may be directed to the Managing Editor, Muslim Muslim, at advancesresearch@gmail.com. Matters requiring principal academic attention may be directed to the Editor-in-Chief, Darwis Said, at editor@advancesinresearch.id.