Submissions

Author Guidelines

EDITORIAL ARTICLE EVALUATION PROCESS

First Stage: Internal Evaluation

Received articles will be initially reviewed by the Editorial Committee to ensure they meet the author guidelines and are relevant to the journal's themes. This process will take a maximum of fifteen days. Articles that do not meet the requirements will be returned to the authors with comments for adjustments and possible resubmission.

Second Stage: External Evaluation

Articles that pass the internal evaluation will undergo double-blind peer review, where at least two specialists in the field will assess the scientific quality and contribution of the article. The Editorial Committee will communicate with the authors via email to provide feedback and request necessary corrections, ensuring a transparent and constructive process.

Third Stage: Decision and Publication

Based on the peer review results, the Editorial Committee will make the final decision on the publication of articles and notify the authors. The maximum time for publication of accepted articles is one year from the initial receipt of the manuscript.

SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST

To facilitate the review process and ensure compliance with journal policies, authors are required to verify that their submission meets the following points:

Originality	Articles must be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Format	o Articles should be submitted in Word and PDF formats. o Documents must omit any references that could identify the author and their academic affiliation. o The author's name and institutional affiliation should be included in a cover letter signed by the corresponding author. If the article has multiple authors, the lead author is responsible for obtaining necessary permissions and must indicate if the article stems from a funded research project.
Article Length	Articles should range from a minimum of 6,000 to a maximum of 8,000 words, including figures, tables, and footnotes, but excluding bibliography and abstract.
First page	Must include: o Article title o An abstract of no more than 300 words o A list of 4 to 8 keywords separated by semicolons o Word count separately for abstract and manuscript (excluding references)
Abstract	The article must include an English abstract of no more than 300 words, specifying the main objectives, hypothesis or argument, and research findings.
Tables and Figures	o Sequentially numbered within the text with titles and sources. o Images should be in "jpg" or "bmp" formats and inserted into the main document. Supplementary files should be provided in standard formats.
Additional Material	Data used in the research must be submitted in an Excel file for review.
Page Layout	o Letter-sized document (21.59 x 27.94 cm) o Margins of 2.5 cm or 1 inch o Single-column format o Approximately not exceeding 30 pages o Page numbers at the bottom o Line numbers throughout the document
Text	o Font size 12, Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, justified alignment
Formulas	Number consecutively throughout the manuscript against the right margin. Long formulas should be placed in an appendix.
Acronyms	Define the full term on first use and use consistently thereafter. Do not use acronyms in the title, abstract, headings, or context section.
Article Structure	Follow the standard structure of introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and conclusions. Do not number section headings and use a maximum of three levels of headings.
Citations and References	Follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.
Language	The journal accepts manuscripts written in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Publication Requirement	If the article is accepted, the author(s) must complete and sign the Authorship and Rights Transfer Agreement before publication.

EDITORIAL POLICIES

The editorial policies of the Journal of Business are based on the Style Guide of the Editorial Fund of the University of the Pacific. For additional details, we recommend consulting the guide at the following link: [Style Guide].

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

Journal of Business is an open access journal that provides immediate, free, and unrestricted access to all its content, in accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). The journal promotes the barrier-free dissemination of scientific knowledge as a means to strengthen global scholarly exchange, with particular emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

All content is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows for use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, as long as proper credit is given to the original source.

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

PLAGIARISM POLICY

All submitted documents are reviewed using plagiarism detection software such as SafeAssign and Crossref Similarity Check. The Editorial Committee reviews the results, and manuscripts confirmed to contain plagiarism will not be published. For more details, refer to the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Journal of Business publishes all its articles and reviews under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license with the goal of promoting academic exchange worldwide. Therefore, articles and reviews may be distributed, remixed, adapted, or otherwise used as deemed appropriate by the author and readers. The only requirement is that the author(s) and Journal of Business as the publishing entity are properly credited.

Authors are free to post earlier drafts of their work in any repository or public online space. Authors may also archive both the peer-reviewed version of the article prior to its publication in Journal of Business and the final published version in PDF format in an online repository, provided that they include the bibliographic reference to the issue of the journal in which the article appears.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

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

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

Originality: The article must be original and not have been published or be under evaluation for publication in other journals.
Format: The article must be submitted in Word format.
Anonymization of authorship: The article document must omit any reference that allows the identification of the author and their academic affiliation.
Letter to the editor-in-chief: The author's name and institutional affiliation must be indicated in a letter to the editor signed by the corresponding author. If the article has multiple authors, the lead author is responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions from the other authors and must indicate whether the article is the result of a research project funded by an institution.
Article length: Articles must have a minimum length of 6,000 and a maximum of 8,000 words, including figures, tables and footnotes, excluding bibliography and abstract.
Citations and references: Follow the style of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition. Include URLs for references whenever possible.
Abstract: The article must be accompanied by an English abstract of no more than 300 words, specifying the main objectives, hypothesis or argument, and research results.
Data and formulas: The data used in the research must be submitted in an Excel file for review. Formulas must be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript against the right margin. Long formulas should be placed in an appendix.
Text format: Text size 12, Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, justified alignment.
Use of acronyms: Define the full term the first time it is used and use it consistently thereafter. Do not use acronyms in the title, abstract, subtitles, or context section.
Language: The journal accepts manuscripts in English and Spanish.
Publication Requirement: If the article is approved, the author(s) must complete and sign the Declaration of Authorship and Transfer of Rights before publication.
Document settings: → Letter size document (21.59 x 27.94 cm) → 2.5 cm or 1 inch margins → Single column format → Do not exceed approximately 30 pages → Page numbers at the bottom
Structure: The standard structure of introduction, data and methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments, references, and appendix is followed. Section headings are not numbered, and a maximum of three levels of headings are used.
Tables and Figures: These must be numbered sequentially within the text with a title and source. They must also be submitted in a separate document in Excel or another editable format.
First Page of the Manuscript: This should include: → Title of the article → 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)
AI Use Statement: If you are using AI as a tool to accelerate data collection, develop methodology, categorize literature, edit text to improve language, or otherwise, authors are requested to include a separate document describing the use of AI.

Articles

Peer-reviewed 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.