Journal Policy
AIMS AND SCOPE
Journal of Management Sciences and Applications (JOMSA) is an electronic journal of the Faculty of Management and Administration at the University of National and World Economy - Sofia, Bulgaria.
The journal is committed to publishing scientific empirical and theoretical research articles that have a major impact on governance, administration, regional development and marketing. The journal encourages new ideas or perspectives on existing research. The publications are published twice a year in December and June.
The journal publishes a wide range of topics in the fields of Management sciences, Strategic planning, Methodological research and Theoretical paradigms. Manuscripts that are suitable for publication in the Journal of Management Sciences and Applications may also include Regional policy, Entrepreneurship, Human resource management, Organizational behavior, Organizational theory and Earth sciences.
Our task is the Journal of Management Sciences and Applications to publish scientific empirical, theoretical and review articles of young scientists and distinguished specialists working in the field of Management and Administration around the world.
ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING
JOMSA is indexed in the following academic and scholarly platforms: CEEOL, ROAD, GOOGLE SCHOLAR, ACADEMIA EDU, ZENODO, OPENAIR, CROSSREF, DOI and ISSN National Centre for Bulgaria. It has a semiannual frequency.
FREE ACCESS
JOMSA provides immediate open access to its content, upholding the principle that freely available research promotes greater global knowledge exchange. The journal does NOT charge any fees. Full-text access to all scientific articles is available on the journal’s official website. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, and distribute the content for educational and scientific purposes without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as the article original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ANTIPLAGIARISM
The editorial board of JOMSA is committed to upholding high academic and ethical standards in line with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
All submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere. Authors are solely responsible for ensuring the authenticity and originality of their submissions. To safeguard academic integrity, each manuscript is subjected to a plagiarism screening process via StrikePlagiarism platform. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarized content, whether through unreferenced textual borrowing or duplication of previously published material, will be automatically rejected by the editorial committee. Any form of plagiarism including excessive text reuse, improper citations, or misappropriation of research results is deemed unethical and unacceptable. If a manuscript includes fragments or statements derived from other works, authors must provide accurate and complete bibliographic references, clearly identifying the author and the primary source.
The editorial committee strictly enforces these standards to ensure that JOMSA maintains the highest levels of scholarly credibility and ethical publishing practice.
PROCESS OF PEER-REVIEWING
All submitted manuscripts go through double-blind peer review. We strongly recommend that all reviewers get acquainted with and follow COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
The first step is to verify that the manuscript is prepared according to the rules described in the Author’s Guidelines. During this review step, all articles are checked for plagiarism.
The next step is to send the manuscript and review form to the reviewer. The reviewer refuses to review if considers that his qualification is insufficient or inappropriate for the direction of research. Reviewing is carried out within no more than seven days from the date of receipt of the article by the reviewer. The reviewer must provide a timely review to the editorial board of the journal.
After an expert evaluation of the article, the reviewer may recommend one of the following actions:
- Acceptance without revisions: the manuscript is ready for publication in its current form;
- Accept with minor changes: requires the author to make small adjustments based on reviewer comments;
- Accept with major changes: indicates that substantial changes are needed before further evaluation;
- Rejection: accompanied with a clear explanation for why the manuscript is not suitable for publication.
Based on the results of the manuscript review process, the first editorial decision is provided to the authors no later than 35 days after submission. If revisions are required, the article is returned to the authors along with the reviewer’s comments, without revealing their anonymity
The revised manuscript is then evaluated to ensure that the authors have adequately addressed the comments and/or sent for re-review.
The final decision on whether to publish the article is made by the editor-in-chief, considering the received reviews and the results of the plagiarism check.
SUBMISSIONS
JOMSA accepts original research articles for publication in an online format, as all manuscripts must be written in English (US).
Submitted articles must be original, not previously published, and not under consideration by another journal. Authors are solely responsible to ensure the novelty, validity, and reliability of the research and results presented.
The author guarantees the correct composition of the list of co-authors of the work who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the preparation of the presented work.
When using content from other sources, authors are required to provide clear and accurate citations, including full bibliographic references to the original author and source. The manuscript should not contain excessive borrowing and plagiarism in any form, including unmarked quotations, paraphrasing, or appropriating rights to the results of other people’s research, which are unethical and unacceptable actions. Any such attempt to conceal borrowed content or present others' work as one's own will result in immediate rejection.
Authors must also declare any potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, that could be perceived as influencing the results, analysis, or interpretation of the study. Where applicable, authors should disclose any funding sources or institutional affiliations related to the research.
By submitting a manuscript, the author agrees to comply with the journal’s publishing policies and supports the journal’s commitment to integrity, transparency, and academic excellence.
AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
To ensure transparency and accountability, JOMSA requires all authors to provide verifiable information regarding their identity and institutional affiliation. Therefore, each author must have a registered ORCID iD with publicly visible information, including at minimum their current affiliation.
In addition, authors are required to submit their manuscripts using an institutional email address associated with their declared affiliation. Exceptions may be granted only in cases where authors are independent scholars, subject to verification and editorial approval.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING
Licensing terms: the authors retain copyright, as well as the right to authorize the journal to publish original scientific articles containing the results of scientific studies that are not under consideration for publication in other editions. All published materials in JOMSA are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License International CC-BY. This license permits others to copy, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal is cited as the source of first publication.
By submitting an article, the author confirms that:
- the work does not infringe upon the copyrights of any third party;
- the content has not been previously published;
- the manuscript has not been submitted elsewhere for publication.
Upon acceptance, the author grants the journal the right to:
- publish the article in English;
- distribute the article electronically via the journal’s website, academic databases, institutional repositories, and other digital platforms.
Authors retain the unrestricted right to reproduce the content of the article in the course of teaching, to use the materials in any other article of its work, and to place a copy of the article for any other sources of mass media. In all cases, it is mandatory to provide a full bibliographic reference to the original publication in JOMSA, including a hyperlink to the article's official version on the journal's website.
