Instructions for Contributors
Author
Guidelines
AIMI Journal is
a bimonthly international publication supported by the Institute Industrial
Management. This journal accepts original empirical studies as well as critical
literature reviews on any areas of management.
This AIMI Journal
uses website (www.aimijournal.com) to peer review
the manuscripts submitted for potential publication. Authors are highly
recommended to read the guideline for authors before submitting their
manuscripts.
Detailed
guidelines for drafting and submitting your manuscripts to this journal are
presented below.
Please note
that only manuscripts which comply with all criteria set for the manuscripts to
be forwarded to the reviewers. In case any violations, the manuscript is
subject to immediate rejection. Authors are required to:
- Follow the
guidelines given by the APA manual (6th ed.) intimately.
- Use clear
language and observe academic writing style.
- Follow a
clear structure in terms of introduction, rationale for the study, objective/s,
research design, methodology, analyses and results, discussions and conclusions,
and also suggestions for further studies.
- Make sure
that the consistency exists between the references cited in the main body of
the manuscript and those credited in the References section.
- Bear in mind
that all manuscripts are to be accompanied by an abstract of 200 to 250 words
(see Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., chapter 2).
- Pay careful
attention to preparing their submission to allow blinded review.
- Submit the
manuscript only to AIMI journal and nowhere else. Manuscripts which have
already been published or are under review somewhere else will not be given any
consideration.
Length
Manuscripts
need to be approximately 8000 words length with abstract and references
included. Longer or shorter manuscripts might be also taken into consideration
depending on the quality of content and the contribution which it might have to
the field of management.
Language
The language of
the journal is English. Manuscripts should meet high academic writing standards.
Non-English
speakers can send their manuscripts to the English Language Center of the
Institute (languagesupport@aimijournal.com) for refining the language of the manuscript. Technical Support Center (technicalsupport@aimijournal.com) can improve your manuscript statistical and mathematical analysis.
Depending on the degree of corrections required, the center would charge the
author some language and technical polishing fee.
Both American
and British English are accepted. Just make sure that consistency has been
observed throughout the paper in terms of spelling and syntax.
The Editor and
members of the board would take a brief look at the manuscripts submitted and
would make any appropriate suggestions to authors regarding different sections
of the manuscript.
Review
process
The AIMI Journal
aims to expedite peer reviewing process. If judged to be suitable for the
journal, the manuscripts will be forwarded to at least three reviewers drawn
from among experts in the field. Upon receiving comments given by two of the
reviewers, the journal will announce the results of reviews to the authors.
Authors will not be charged any publication fee.
Free
Article Access
Corresponding
authors will have free access to their article through the journal website.
Copyright
By submitting
their manuscripts to this journal, the authors assign copyright of the
publications to the journal.
Editors
and Reviewers
The AIMI
Journal encourages scholars, researchers, and experts from different fields of
management join this journal as the editors and reviewers. The AIMI Journal
strongly believes that its academic ambitions can only be achieved the
collective efforts which the board of editors and reviewers kindly bring to the
journal. Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Farzad Sattari, if you happen to need any further inquiries.
Editor-in-Chief
An interested
scholar in the field of management is kindly invited to take the position of
Editor-in-Chief of the AIMI Journal.