Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

FIBA: Finance and Banking Analysis aspires to be a leading peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information. We publish original research papers, review articles, and case studies that focus on financial management and related topics. All submissions must be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere in any language. This statement outlines the ethical responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher. These guidelines are based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards: Authors should provide an accurate account of their original research and discuss its significance objectively. Results should be presented honestly, without fabrication, falsification, or improper data manipulation. Manuscripts should include sufficient detail and references for others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable. Manuscripts must adhere to the journal's submission guidelines.

Originality and plagiarism:

Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original and not concurrently submitted to multiple publications without prior agreement. Proper acknowledgment of previous work, whether by other researchers or the authors themselves, is essential. Direct quotes from other publications must be appropriately cited.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publications:

Authors should avoid submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals or publishing redundant work. Multiple publications from the same research project should be clearly identified, with the primary publication referenced.

Acknowledgment of Sources: Authors must acknowledge all sources of data used in their research and cite influential publications. Proper attribution of others' work is mandatory.

Authorship of the paper:

The authorship should accurately reflect individuals' contributions to the research. Those who significantly contributed to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study should be listed as co-authors. Minor contributors may be acknowledged in a separate section. All authors must approve the manuscript before submission.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or substantive conflicts of interest that could potentially influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All financial support sources for the project must be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works:

Authors should promptly notify the editor if they discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their submitted manuscript, cooperating with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects:

Authors should clearly identify any hazards related to the use of chemicals, procedures, or equipment in their work.

Duties of Editors

Publication Decisions:

Editors decide whether to accept, reject, or request modifications to manuscripts based on peer review reports. The importance and validity of the work must guide these decisions. Editors are bound by the journal's policies and legal requirements, such as libel, copyright, and plagiarism. Editors may consult with other editors or reviewers when making decisions and must take responsibility for the quality of the content they publish.

Review of Manuscripts:

Editors must ensure that each manuscript is evaluated for originality and organize peer review fairly. The peer review process should be transparent to authors. Appropriate peer reviewers, selected for their expertise and without conflicts of interest, should be chosen.

Fair Play: Editors must ensure unbiased and fair decision-making processes without regard to authors' demographics. Editorial independence and integrity are essential principles.

Confidentiality:

Editors must protect the confidentiality of authors' submissions and assess data protection and patient confidentiality issues. Informed consent should be ensured for research and publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:

Editors must not use unpublished materials from submitted manuscripts for their research without written consent from the author and avoid decisions on manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

Duties of Reviewers

Confidentiality:

Reviewers must treat submitted manuscripts as confidential and privileged information, sharing them only with authorized individuals.

Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should ensure that authors acknowledge all data sources and identify relevant published work not cited in the manuscript.

Standards of objectivity:

Reviews must be objective and constructive, with clear feedback to help authors improve their work.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:

Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of privileged information and not use it for personal gain. Reviewers should not assess manuscripts where they have conflicts of interest.

Promptness:

Reviewers must provide timely reviews or promptly inform the editor if they cannot meet the deadline.

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Copyright Notice

An author who publishes in FIBA: Finance and Banking Analysis agrees to the following terms:

The author retains the copyright and grants the journal the right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal
The author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book) with the acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
The author is permitted and encouraged to post his/her work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of the published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Read more about the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

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Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.