Policies

The GMJACS is a free online multidisciplinary journal in the field of management sciences.

 

PEER REVIEW POLICY

 

  • All manuscripts are firstly checked for the similarity standards as per the HEC criteria.
  • Following the plagiarism check, manuscript is sent for desk evaluation that is carried out by the Editorial team.
  • In the initial scrutiny, the manuscript is also checked for its scope and content as per the journal’s guidelines.
  • After the desk evaluation, recommended papers are sent for the double blind peer review to one national and an international reviewer.
  • The comments received from the reviewers are then sahred with the author/s to incorporate all the changes as per the journal’s guidelines.
  • The author/s sent the revised manuscript along with a Response Sheet explaining how they incorporated the reviewer's suggestions to the journal via OJS for further processing.

 

PUBLICATION POLICY

 

  • An author can get one paper published per issue; including as first author or Co-author.
  • An author cannot get two papers published in two consecutive issues, which grants permission of one paper in a year.
  • Maximum number of authors for one paper is five.
  • GMJACS will maintain ratio of 20:80 in publication. 20 percent may be the papers from BU faculty members and 80 percent will be the papers outside the Bahria University.
  • However, the above ratio is subject to change based on HEC guidelines for upgradation of Journal to higher categories. 

 

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

 

Papers must be submitted with the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis) and are not currently under consideration by another journal published by or any other publisher. The submitting (corresponding) author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other co-authors. It is also the authors' responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgment from the editorial office officially establishes and confirms the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the corresponding author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition for submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to the Journal Editor at ismazaighum.bukc@bahria.edu.pk

Authors will submit manuscripts through online submission system by registring at https://gmjacs.bahria.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/ with the undertaking that they are original, unpublished works not being submitted elsewhere.