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About the submission process

Management and Economics Review is committed to advancing scientific research in management and economics by encouraging innovative thinking, critical analysis, and the exchange of new academic knowledge.
We welcome original manuscripts that contribute to theory and practice across the broad spectrum of management and economics disciplines.

All manuscripts must be written in English and follow the formatting rules described in the Manuscript Style Guidelines.
Papers should be prepared electronically in Microsoft Word (.doc) and PDF format and submitted via e-mail to:
📩 mer@man.ase.ro

After an initial editorial screening to confirm the manuscript’s suitability for Management and Economics Review, all papers undergo a double-blind peer review conducted by at least two independent experts.
The review process typically takes around two months and evaluates key criteria such as:

 

  • Relevance to management and economics research
  • Originality and contribution to knowledge
  • Theoretical and practical significance
  • Methodological soundness and structure
  • Quality of writing and language accuracy

 

Following the review, authors will receive one of the following decisions:


✅ Accept
📝 Revise and Resubmit
❌ Reject

In case of revisions, authors are encouraged to carefully address reviewers’ comments. Final acceptance is granted once the revised version meets the reviewers’ expectations and editorial standards.

Article publication charges — No fees for authors

Management and Economics Review is a free-access academic journal. We support open and equitable access to research.

At Management and Economics Review, we believe that knowledge should be freely shared, not sold.
That’s why our journal does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or publication fees.
All manuscripts are reviewed and published free of cost, ensuring that every researcher — regardless of funding — can contribute to advancing management and economics research.

This policy reflects our commitment to open access, academic integrity, and equal opportunity for authors worldwide.

 

OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

Management and Economics Review publishes fully open access articles. According to the Budapest Open Access Initiative, by open access articles we understand the permission to “to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself” (http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read).

Management and Economics Review journal publishes open access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).The CC BY-NC License permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited.

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PLAGIARISM POLICY

All articles submitted to Management and Economics Review will be checked using the sistemantiplagiat.ro plagiarism detection software.
In the case of suspected plagiarism in a submitted article:

  • The corresponding author of the article in question is contacted with documentary evidence of the case of plagiarism and is asked for a response.
  • If the authors are found guilty of plagiarism the paper is rejected and the authors will not be able to publish any article in Management and Economics Review for a period of 5 years.
PUBLICATION ETHICS

It is necessary that all parties participating in the process of publication for Management and Economics Review, meaning authors, reviewers, members of the editorial team and publisher, to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

Authors’ responsibilities

The responsibility for the opinions expressed by articles belongs to authors.

Authors must certify that:

  • The paper represents an original work;
  • The paper has not previously been published elsewhere;
  • The paper is not being considered for publication elsewhere;
  • The paper contains real and authentic data;
  • All sources used in the creation of their paper are presented or cited;
  • The author and co-authors of the paper had a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the presented work.

Authors must notify the journal editor if they find errors or inaccuracy in their own published work.

Before publication, authors of accepted manuscripts must sign a Copyright Agreement Form.

 

Reviewers’ responsibilities

The best possible review should be developed taking into consideration that each reviewer should:

  • Review only articles that matches the reviewer’s expertise;
  • Address issues mentioned in the Reviewers Guidelines when starting the process of review.
  • Allocate sufficient time for the review process in order to meet the deadline stated in the invitation to review;
  • Report to the Editor existing conflicts of interests of any kind and scale that may influence the reviewing process;
  • Keep the suggestions and comments confidential;
  • Keep the manuscript as a privileged communication;
  • Not send the comments made upon an article directly to the author(s) of that article.
Editor’s responsibilities
  • The Editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.
  • The Editor should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
  • The Editor should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.
  • The Editor should keep confidentiality upon each submitted manuscript.
Publisher’s responsibilities

The ASE Publishing House (Editura ASE), as publisher of the journal Management and Economics Review, recognizes its ethical responsibilities and carefully attends all stages of publishing. As a publisher, ASE Publishing House is committed to ensure that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.