Journal of Sustainability and Intelligent Business (JSIB)

1. Introduction

The Journal of Sustainability and Intelligent Business (JSIB) welcomes the submission of original, scientifically rigorous, and ethically conducted research that advances knowledge in sustainable development, intelligent business practices, artificial intelligence in business, circular economy, corporate governance, and technology-driven business models. The journal provides a scholarly platform for disseminating significant findings in sustainable management, data-driven decision-making, business intelligence, green technologies, supply chain sustainability, and digital transformation.

Authors are encouraged to ensure that their manuscripts demonstrate scientific originality, methodological rigour, appropriate interpretation of results, and clear relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.

Before submitting a manuscript, authors should familiarise themselves with these guidelines and the journal’s policies on publication ethics, authorship, peer review, conflicts of interest, research ethics, copyright, and the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence.

2. Types of Manuscripts Accepted

JSIB considers the following categories of scholarly contributions:

2.1 Original Research Articles

Original research articles should present substantial, novel findings supported by appropriate empirical, theoretical, computational, qualitative, or quantitative evidence. Manuscripts should clearly establish the research rationale, describe the methodology in sufficient detail for reproducibility and verification, present the results objectively, and discuss their significance in relation to existing scientific and business literature.

• Suggested length: 4,000–8,000 words.

2.2 Review Articles

Review articles should provide a critical, comprehensive, and well-structured synthesis of the literature on a significant topic within sustainability, intelligent business, or related multidisciplinary fields. Reviews should identify emerging trends, evaluate conflicting frameworks or findings, discuss methodological limitations, and highlight important directions for future research and practice.

• Suggested length: 6,000–10,000 words.

2.3 Short Communications

Short communications should report concise but significant findings, novel business models, innovative computational algorithms, or preliminary research results of sufficient academic and practical interest to warrant timely dissemination. Claims must be proportionate to the evidence presented, and the manuscript must contain enough methodological detail to permit meaningful evaluation.

• Suggested length: 2,000–3,500 words.

Note: The stated word limits are proposed editorial guidelines. Authors should consult the current submission instructions for any category-specific requirements.

3. Manuscript Preparation and Formatting

Manuscripts should be written in clear, precise, and grammatically correct English. Authors should use consistent terminology, standard business and technical nomenclature, appropriate units, and internationally recognised conventions for presenting data, analytical models, and statistical results.

Manuscripts should be prepared in an editable Microsoft Word document (.docx), unless the submission system specifies an alternative format. Tables, figures, equations, abbreviations, and references must be presented consistently throughout the manuscript.

Authors should ensure that the manuscript is complete, logically organised, and carefully proofread before submission.

3.1 Title Page

The title page should contain:

• A concise, informative, and accurate title.

• The full names of all authors in the agreed order of authorship.

• The institutional or organizational affiliations of all authors.

• The ORCID iDs of authors who have them.

• The official institutional or professional email address of the corresponding author.

• The name and contact details of the corresponding author.

• Any relevant acknowledgements, funding information, or other declarations required by the journal.

All authors must have made an appropriate scholarly contribution, approved the submitted manuscript, and agreed to be accountable for their contributions and the integrity of the work.

3.2 Abstract

The abstract should provide a concise, self-contained summary of the study, normally between 150 and 250 words. It should identify the research background or problem, the principal objective, the essential methods/frameworks, the most important findings, and the main theoretical and managerial conclusions.

Authors should avoid unsupported claims, unnecessary abbreviations, extensive methodological detail, and references that are not essential to understanding the study.

3.3 Keywords

Provide 4 to 6 keywords that accurately represent the principal subject areas, methods, and findings of the manuscript.

Keywords should complement rather than merely repeat the title. Where appropriate, authors should use established academic terminology to improve the discoverability of their work.

• Examples: Sustainable Business Models, Artificial Intelligence in Business, Circular Economy, Business Intelligence, Corporate Sustainability, Machine Learning in Supply Chain.

3.4 Main Text

Original research articles should ordinarily follow the structure below, adapted as necessary to suit the nature of the study:

• Introduction: Establish the background, identify the research gap, explain the rationale for the investigation, and state the study objectives or hypotheses. Relevant literature should be critically evaluated and appropriately cited.

• Materials and Methods / Methodology: Describe the theoretical frameworks, research design, data collection methods, sampling techniques, algorithmic/computational protocols, statistical models, or qualitative approaches used. Provide sufficient detail to permit independent evaluation and, where appropriate, reproduction of the work.

• Results: Present the findings in a logical and objective manner. Use tables, figures, equations, and supplementary materials where these improve clarity. Avoid duplicating the same information unnecessarily across text, tables, and figures.

• Discussion: Interpret the results in the context of existing literature, explain their theoretical and practical/managerial significance, address limitations, and distinguish empirical findings from assumptions or predictions. The Results and Discussion sections may be combined when appropriate.

• Conclusion: Summarise the principal findings and their broader implications without repeating the abstract verbatim. Identify relevant limitations and future research directions where appropriate. Practical, managerial, or policy implications must not exceed what the evidence supports.

3.5 Declarations

Authors should include the following statements, as applicable:

• Conflict of Interest: Disclose financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived to influence the research. If no relevant conflicts exist, provide an appropriate declaration.

• Funding: Identify all sources of financial support, including grant names and reference numbers where applicable. If the research received no external funding, state this explicitly.

• Author Contributions: Describe individual contributions using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) where appropriate.

• Acknowledgements: Recognise contributions from individuals or organisations that do not meet the criteria for authorship, with their permission where necessary.

• Ethics Approval and Consent: Provide relevant approval details and consent statements for research involving human participants, surveys, interviews, organizational data, or other regulated activities, as applicable.

• Data Availability: State where supporting datasets, survey instruments, or code can be accessed or explain any legitimate restrictions on their availability.

• Generative AI Use: Disclose material use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in manuscript preparation or research, in accordance with JSIB's applicable AI policy.

Authors must ensure that all declarations are accurate and consistent with the manuscript and the information entered into the submission system.

3.6 References

References must be accurate, complete, and relevant to the claims they support. Authors should verify bibliographic information against original publications and include a DOI whenever one is available.

The journal specifies a consistent reference style for all submissions. Authors should follow the specific formatting rules provided by the editorial office. References should be cited consistently in the text and listed in the required order. Authors must not include fictitious, unverifiable, or AI-generated references.

4. Diagrams, Data Visualizations, Tables, and Supplementary Materials

4.1 Visualizations, Frameworks, and Models

System architectures, theoretical models, flowcharts, and analytical diagrams must be clear, legible, and consistent with accepted scholarly conventions. Authors should maintain consistent formatting and terminology throughout the manuscript.

4.2 Figures and Image Quality

Figures, graphs, and visual charts should be clear, legible, appropriately labelled, and suitable for publication. Authors should provide high-resolution image files and editable source files where requested.

• Resolution: Raster images should normally be supplied at a resolution of at least 300 dpi at the intended publication size.

• Formats: Vector formats (e.g., PDF, EPS) or high-resolution images (TIFF, PNG, JPEG) are preferred depending on submission requirements.

• Captions: Figure captions should explain the content, define relevant abbreviations and symbols, and provide sufficient information for readers to understand the figure independently of the text.

4.3 Tables

Tables should have concise, informative titles and clearly labelled columns. Units, variables, statistical measures (e.g., $p$-values, standard errors), and sample sizes should be explained in the table or its footnotes.

Tables should be submitted in an editable format (Word or LaTeX) rather than as static image screenshots. Results must be reported accurately, and identical data should not be duplicated across text and tables.

4.4 Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials may include additional empirical data, extended survey instruments, mathematical proofs, software code, algorithm implementations, datasets, and extra model outputs.

Files should be clearly labelled, appropriately referenced in the main manuscript, and checked for completeness and consistency. Authors must ensure that supplementary files do not contain confidential organizational data or material for which they lack publication rights.

5. Peer Review and Editorial Assessment

JSIB applies a double-blind peer-review process, under which authors and reviewers are not identified to one another during the review process, subject to the journal's established procedures and any applicable exceptions.

To support anonymous review, authors should remove identifying information from the main manuscript and check document properties and file metadata. Author names, affiliations, acknowledgements that reveal identity, and other identifying details should be provided separately in the title page or designated submission fields.

All submissions are subject to an initial editorial assessment for relevance, originality, completeness, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and adherence to the journal's requirements. Manuscripts considered suitable may be sent to independent reviewers with relevant domain expertise.

Peer review does not guarantee acceptance. Editorial decisions are based on the available evidence, reviewers' assessments, the journal's standards, and the editor's independent judgment.

6. Publication Ethics and Research Integrity

JSIB expects all submitted work to comply with recognised principles of research integrity and responsible scholarly publishing.

Authors must ensure that their submissions:

• Represent original work and appropriately acknowledge prior research.

• Have not been published previously in a form that constitutes duplicate publication and are not under simultaneous consideration by another journal.

• Do not contain plagiarism, fabricated data, falsified results, deceptive data manipulation, or misleading attribution.

• Include appropriate ethical approval and consent documentation where human subjects or proprietary organization data are involved.

• Accurately disclose funding, conflicts of interest, and author contributions.

• Comply with applicable copyright, licensing, privacy, and data-protection requirements.

Suspected breaches will be assessed in accordance with the journal's publication-ethics procedures. Where appropriate, JSIB may request clarification, supporting data, corrections, or further documentation, or take other proportionate editorial action.

7. Plagiarism and Similarity Screening

Submitted manuscripts may be screened using similarity-detection software as part of the journal's editorial assessment.

A similarity score alone does not establish plagiarism or misconduct. Editors assess the nature, source, context, and extent of overlapping material, taking appropriate account of legitimate quotations, standard technical terms, references, and methodological descriptions.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources are properly acknowledged and that any reused text, figures, tables, or theoretical frameworks comply with applicable attribution and permission requirements.

8. Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy

JSIB permits responsible use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies, subject to its applicable AI policy.

AI systems must not be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, validity, and integrity of all submitted content, including material generated or modified using AI tools.

Material AI assistance in drafting, rewriting, translating, generating data visualisations, or developing analytical code must be disclosed where required by the journal's policy. AI used as part of the core research methodology (e.g., machine learning algorithms, NLP models) should be fully detailed in the Methods section.

AI must not be used to fabricate data, generate fictitious references, misrepresent empirical findings, conceal plagiarism, or manipulate visual evidence. Authors must independently verify AI-assisted claims, references, calculations, code output, and research interpretations.

9. Copyright, Open Access, and Licensing

JSIB provides open access to its published content in accordance with the journal's applicable publishing and licensing arrangements.

Before submission, authors should consult the journal's current copyright and licensing policies to understand the applicable terms governing publication, distribution, reuse, and author rights.

Authors must ensure that they have the necessary permissions for third-party material and that any applicable licence conditions are satisfied. Open access should not be interpreted as automatic permission for unrestricted reuse; specific article licensing terms apply.

10. Submission Procedure

All manuscripts should be submitted through the journal's official online submission system.

Authors should complete the following steps:

1. Register or Log in: Create an account on the JSIB submission platform or access an existing account.

2. Start a New Submission: Select the appropriate manuscript category and complete the required submission fields.

3. Enter Manuscript Metadata: Provide the title, abstract, keywords, author details, affiliations, and other requested information.

4. Upload Files: Submit the de-identified main manuscript, separate title page, figures, tables, and supplementary files.

5. Complete Declarations: Provide necessary disclosures concerning authorship, funding, conflicts of interest, research ethics, and AI use.

6. Review and Confirm: Verify all uploaded files and metadata before formally completing the submission.

Authors should retain a copy of all submitted files and the confirmation receipt. The editorial office may return incomplete submissions for correction prior to editorial assessment.

11. Pre-Submission Checklist

Before completing a submission, authors should confirm that:

• [ ] The manuscript falls within the aims and scope of JSIB.

• [ ] The work is original and not under consideration elsewhere.

• [ ] All authors have approved the submitted version and agreed to the authorship order.

• [ ] Formatting and structural requirements are followed.

• [ ] Abstract, keywords, figures, tables, and references are complete and accurate.

• [ ] Empirical methods, algorithms, and computational models are appropriately documented.

• [ ] The main manuscript is de-identified for double-blind review.

• [ ] Declarations, ethical approvals, and consent statements are included.

• [ ] Generative AI use has been properly disclosed.

• [ ] Permissions for third-party or proprietary material have been obtained.

• [ ] All supplementary files are complete and referenced.

12. Contact and Technical Support

For questions concerning manuscript preparation, submission requirements, or the online platform, authors should consult the journal's official website and contact the editorial office through verified channels.

• Journal: Journal of Sustainability and Intelligent Business (JSIB)

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