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Author Guidelines

EDITORIAL PROCESS FOR ARTICLE EVALUATION

First Stage: Internal Review

Submitted articles are initially reviewed by the Editorial Committee to ensure that they comply with the journal’s author guidelines and are relevant to its scope and subject areas. This process will take no longer than fifteen days.

Articles that do not meet the journal’s requirements will be returned to the authors with comments and recommendations for revision and possible resubmission.

Second Stage: External Review

Articles that successfully pass the internal review will undergo double-blind peer review, in which at least two specialists in the relevant field will assess the scientific quality and contribution of the manuscript.

The Editorial Committee will communicate with the authors by email to inform them of any comments and required revisions, ensuring a transparent and constructive review process.

Third Stage: Decision and Publication

Based on the results of the peer-review process, the Editorial Committee will make the final decision regarding publication and notify the authors accordingly.

The maximum time from initial manuscript submission to publication of an accepted article is one year.

EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

The editorial guidelines of Journal of Business are based on the Style Guide of the Editorial Fund of Universidad del Pacífico. For further details, please consult the guide at the following link: Style Guide.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

Journal of Business is an open-access publication that provides free, immediate, and unrestricted access to all its content, in accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

The journal promotes barrier-free dissemination of scholarly knowledge as a means of strengthening global academic exchange, with particular emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles and may use them for lawful purposes without prior permission from the publisher or authors, provided that appropriate attribution is given.

All content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits reuse, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original source.

The journal does not charge article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees. Editorial costs are fully funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research of Universidad del Pacífico through its Editorial Fund.

ANTI-PLAGIARISM POLICY

All submitted manuscripts are screened using SafeAssign and Crossref Similarity Check plagiarism-detection software.

The Editorial Committee reviews the results and, if plagiarism is confirmed, the manuscript will not be published.

For further information, please consult the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Journal of Business publishes all articles and reviews under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license in order to promote scholarly exchange worldwide.

Accordingly, articles and reviews may be distributed, remixed, adapted, and otherwise reused as authors and readers consider appropriate. The only requirement is that proper credit be given to the author or authors and to Journal of Business as the journal in which the work was originally published.

Authors are free to deposit pre-publication drafts of their work in repositories or other publicly accessible online platforms.

Authors may also archive both the peer-reviewed version of an article prior to publication in Journal of Business and the final published PDF, provided that they include the full bibliographic reference to the issue of the journal in which the article was published.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Names and email addresses entered on this journal website will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must comply with the following requirements:

  • Originality: The manuscript must be original and must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication by another journal.

  • File format: The manuscript must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

  • Citations and references: Authors must follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition. URLs should be included in references whenever available.

  • Text formatting: Use 12-point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, and justified alignment.

  • Abstract: The manuscript must include an abstract in English of no more than 300 words, clearly stating the main objectives, hypothesis or central argument, and research findings.

  • Author anonymization: The manuscript file must omit any information that could identify the author or authors or reveal their institutional affiliations.

  • Cover letter: The name of each author and their institutional affiliation must be provided in a cover letter signed by the corresponding author. For manuscripts with multiple authors, the corresponding author is responsible for obtaining the necessary consent from all co-authors. The letter must also indicate whether the manuscript is the result of a research project funded by an institution.

  • Declaration of AI use: If artificial intelligence tools have been used to facilitate information gathering, develop the methodology, classify or review the literature, edit the manuscript for language or style, or for any other purpose, authors must submit a separate document describing how AI was used.

  • Manuscript length: Articles must be between 6,000 and 8,000 words, including figures, tables, and footnotes, but excluding the reference list and abstract.

  • First page of the manuscript: The first page must include: → Article title → An abstract of no more than 300 words → A list of 4 to 8 keywords separated by semicolons → Separate word counts for the abstract and the manuscript, excluding references.

  • Tables and figures: Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively in the text and include a title and source. They must also be submitted separately in Excel or another editable format.

  • Data and equations: Data used in the research must be submitted in an Excel file for review. Equations must be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript, with the equation number aligned to the right margin. Lengthy equations should be placed in an appendix.

  • Structure: Manuscripts should follow the standard structure of introduction, data and methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments, references, and appendix. Section headings should not be numbered, and no more than three levels of headings should be used.

  • Document setup: → Letter-size paper (21.59 × 27.94 cm / 8.5 × 11 in) → 2.5 cm or 1-inch margins → Single-column format → Approximately 30 pages maximum → Page numbers at the bottom of each page.

  • Use of acronyms: Write out the full term at first mention and use the acronym consistently thereafter. Acronyms should not be used in the title, abstract, section headings, or background section.

  • Language: The journal accepts manuscripts in English and Spanish.

  • Publication requirement: If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author or authors must complete and sign the journal’s Declaration of Authorship and Transfer of Rights prior to publication.

Articles

The articles in this section correspond to original manuscripts not previously published and not submitted simultaneously to another journal. The articles must be sent in editable Word format, without identification of the authors of the document in the text nor in the attributes of the file.

Book Reviews

This section collects original reviews of management books.

Copyright Notice

Journal of Business of Universidad del Pacífico is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Copying and distribution in any medium or format are permitted provided that appropriate attribution is given to the authors and to the journal as the original place of publication.

Authors retain copyright and all publication rights without restriction, granting the journal only a non-exclusive license to disseminate their work.