Journal of Economic Studies and Analytics

The Journal of Economic Studies and Analytics (ECONESTA) welcomes original scholarly contributions that fall within the journal's aims and scope. These guidelines explain the requirements for preparing, submitting, and revising manuscripts for consideration for publication.

Authors are expected to ensure that manuscripts meet appropriate standards of academic writing, methodological rigor, research integrity, publication ethics, and referencing before submission. Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee acceptance.

1. Scope and Types of Manuscripts

Manuscripts must be relevant to the journal's published Focus and Scope. Authors should explain the research problem, its relationship to the existing literature, and its contribution to knowledge or practice.

The journal accepts the following manuscript types:

• Original Research Articles: Empirical, theoretical, or analytical studies that provide a clear research question, appropriate methodology, and a substantive contribution to the relevant literature.
• Review Articles: Critical and analytical examinations of existing literature that provide a transparent review method where systematic review claims are made, and that offer a meaningful synthesis or conceptual contribution.

Before submission, authors should confirm that their manuscript falls within the journal's current Focus and Scope and complies with any specific requirements announced by the editorial office.

2. Language and General Requirements

Manuscripts must be written in clear, grammatically correct academic English. Authors are responsible for checking spelling, grammar, terminology, tables, figures, and references before submission.

Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word (.docx). The main document should use a readable font, consistent heading levels, page numbering, and standard page margins. Tables and figures must be legible and numbered consecutively.

Authors should use the journal's official manuscript template if one is provided. Where a template specifies different formatting requirements, the official template takes precedence.

3. Manuscript Length

The following word limits are recommended for submissions to ECONESTA:

• Original Research Articles: 5,000–8,000 words.
• Review Articles: 6,000–9,000 words.

These word counts exclude the reference list, tables, figures, and supplementary materials. Authors should present their arguments efficiently and avoid unnecessary repetition. Exceptions may be considered by the editor when justified by the scholarly requirements of the manuscript.

4. Title and Author Information

The manuscript title should be concise, informative, and accurately reflect the main topic or contribution of the research. Unnecessary abbreviations should be avoided.

The title page must include:

• The full title of the manuscript.
• The full name of each author.
• The institutional affiliation of each author.
• The country associated with each affiliation.
• The email address of the corresponding author.
• The ORCID iD of each author, where available.
• Acknowledgements and funding information, where applicable.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have approved the submitted manuscript and agree to its submission to ECONESTA.

5. Abstract and Keywords

Each manuscript must include an informative abstract of approximately 150–250 words. The abstract should explain the research purpose, methodology or approach, principal findings, and contribution.

For empirical research, the abstract should summarize the main results without unsupported claims. For review articles, it should explain the review objective, literature search or synthesis approach, principal findings, and implications.

Authors should provide four to six keywords immediately after the abstract. Keywords should represent the main concepts, variables, methods, or subject areas of the manuscript. Authors should avoid repeating the entire title as a list of keywords.

6. Recommended Manuscript Structure

Original research articles should normally follow the structure below, adapted where appropriate to the research design and disciplinary conventions.

1. Introduction: Background, research problem, research objectives, research questions or hypotheses where appropriate, research gap, and contribution.
2. Literature Review and Theoretical Framework: Critical engagement with relevant literature, conceptual foundations, and hypothesis or proposition development where appropriate.
3. Methodology: Research design, data sources, sampling or case selection, variables or analytical concepts, instruments where applicable, analytical procedures, and relevant ethical considerations.
4. Results: Clear presentation of empirical or analytical findings supported by appropriate evidence.
5. Discussion: Interpretation of the findings, comparison with previous studies, theoretical contribution, and practical or policy implications where relevant.
6. Conclusion: A concise summary of the principal findings, contribution, limitations, and opportunities for future research.
7. Declarations and References: Required disclosure statements and the complete list of works cited, as appropriate to the review workflow.

Review articles should provide a structure appropriate to their review method. Systematic literature reviews must report sufficient methodological detail to allow readers to understand and, where feasible, reproduce the search, screening, eligibility, and synthesis process.

7. Research Methodology and Data Transparency

Authors must describe their research methods clearly and accurately. The manuscript should provide sufficient information about data sources, sampling procedures, measurement, analytical techniques, and assumptions to enable readers to evaluate the validity and reliability of the findings.

For quantitative research, authors should explain the model specification, variable definitions, data sources, estimation strategy, and relevant diagnostic or robustness checks where applicable.

For qualitative research, authors should explain the research approach, case or participant selection, data collection procedures, analytical process, and measures used to support the credibility of the findings.

Authors should provide a Data Availability Statement where relevant. Data, code, research instruments, and supplementary materials should be made available when appropriate, subject to legal, ethical, confidentiality, and contractual restrictions. Any restriction on data access should be explained.

8. Tables, Figures, and Supplementary Materials

Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively and cited in the manuscript text. Each table and figure must have a descriptive title or caption and, where applicable, notes explaining units, abbreviations, data sources, and statistical significance.

Authors must ensure that figures are readable and that tables present information clearly without unnecessarily duplicating the main text. Images or other materials reproduced from external sources must have appropriate permissions where required and must be properly acknowledged.

Supplementary files may be submitted when they provide useful supporting information that cannot be presented adequately in the main manuscript. Such files must be clearly identified and referenced where appropriate.

9. References and Citations

ECONESTA recommends the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition, referencing style. In-text citations and reference entries must be consistent and correspond to one another.

Authors should cite original and relevant sources, prioritize credible scholarly literature, and verify the accuracy of author names, publication years, article titles, journal names, volume, issue, page range or article number, and DOI.

Where a DOI is available, it should be presented as a resolvable link in the form https://doi.org/ followed by the registered DOI. Authors must not invent or assign DOI identifiers themselves.

Every work cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and every reference-list entry must be cited in the text, subject to the conventions of the selected referencing system. Authors are responsible for ensuring that references accurately support the associated claims.

10. Originality and Simultaneous Submission

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that the work is original, that all sources have been appropriately acknowledged, and that the manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.

Previously published material, substantial overlap with earlier publications, translations, conference papers, and preprints must be disclosed to the editor where applicable. Any reuse of text, data, figures, or other material must be properly attributed and must comply with applicable copyright and publication policies.

The journal may conduct similarity checks and investigate possible plagiarism, redundant publication, citation manipulation, data fabrication, data falsification, or other research misconduct. Similarity percentages alone do not determine whether misconduct has occurred; reports must be assessed in context.

11. Research Ethics and Informed Consent

Research involving human participants, identifiable personal data, or other ethically sensitive material must comply with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements.

Where applicable, authors must provide details of ethics committee approval, informed consent, participant confidentiality, and relevant permissions. If formal ethical approval was not required, authors should provide an appropriate explanation when relevant.

Authors must not disclose personal or confidential information without appropriate authorization. Research methods and findings must be reported accurately, without fabrication, falsification, or misleading omission.

12. Authorship and Contributions

All listed authors must have made a substantial scholarly contribution to the work, participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approved the final version, and accepted accountability for their contributions.

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately, with their permission where necessary. Changes to the author list after submission require a justified explanation and the agreement of all affected authors, subject to editorial approval.

13. Funding and Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose all funding sources that supported the research and indicate the role of the funder, where applicable. If the research received no specific external funding, an appropriate statement should be included.

Authors must disclose financial and non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research or its interpretation. Any relevant competing interests must be declared transparently.

14. Generative Artificial Intelligence

Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and proper attribution of all submitted material, including content prepared with generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

The use of generative AI for substantive content generation, data analysis, image creation, or other material contributions must be disclosed clearly in the manuscript, including the tool used and the nature of its contribution where relevant. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.

Authors must verify AI-assisted outputs and ensure that AI tools have not introduced fabricated references, unsupported claims, inaccurate results, or misleading interpretations. Confidential, personal, and unpublished information must not be disclosed inappropriately to external AI services.

15. Double-Blind Peer Review and Anonymization

ECONESTA uses a double-blind peer review process. Authors must prepare an anonymized manuscript that does not disclose their identities to reviewers.

Author names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, acknowledgements that reveal identity, and other identifying information should be placed in a separate title page or entered in the appropriate OJS metadata fields. Authors should remove identifying information from document properties and file metadata where practicable.

Authors must follow the submission workflow and upload designations provided by the journal. Anonymization reduces the risk of identification but cannot guarantee complete anonymity in every case.

16. Submission Procedure

Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's official online submission system. Authors should not send a manuscript directly to individual editors unless specifically instructed by the editorial office.

During submission, the corresponding author must provide accurate metadata, including the title, abstract, keywords, author details, affiliations, and other information requested by OJS. All listed authors must be informed of the submission and approve the final manuscript.

Authors must upload the anonymized manuscript and any additional files required by the submission workflow. Incomplete submissions may be returned for correction before editorial screening.

17. Editorial Decisions and Revisions

Submitted manuscripts undergo initial editorial screening before external peer review where appropriate. Possible editorial decisions include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, or rejection.

Authors asked to revise a manuscript must submit a revised version and a point-by-point response to the editor's and reviewers' comments. The response should explain how each concern was addressed or provide a reasoned explanation where a suggestion was not adopted.

Revised manuscripts may undergo further editorial assessment or another round of peer review. A revision request does not guarantee acceptance. The final decision rests with the editor authorized to handle the manuscript.

18. Open Access, Copyright, and Publication Fees

Authors should consult the journal's official Open Access, Copyright and Licensing, and Publication Fees policies before submitting a manuscript. The applicable terms must be clearly disclosed on the journal website.

Any applicable publication charges must be communicated transparently in accordance with the journal's published policy. Payment does not guarantee acceptance or influence editorial decisions.

19. Post-Publication Corrections and Retractions

Authors who identify a substantial error in a submitted or published manuscript should promptly inform the editorial office. The journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction when justified by the available evidence and its publication ethics policy.

Authors are expected to cooperate reasonably with editorial investigations concerning the integrity of their work.

20. Submission Checklist

Before completing a submission, authors should confirm that:

• The manuscript fits the journal's Focus and Scope.
• The manuscript is original and is not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere.
• The manuscript follows the applicable formatting and word-limit requirements.
• The title, abstract, and keywords are complete and accurate.
• All author details and affiliations are entered correctly in OJS.
• The main manuscript is anonymized for double-blind peer review.
• Tables, figures, citations, and references are complete and consistent.
• DOIs and bibliographic details have been checked where available.
• Research ethics, funding, conflicts of interest, and other required declarations are addressed.
• Any applicable use of generative AI is disclosed.
• Permissions have been obtained for reused materials where required.
• All authors have approved the manuscript and its submission.

21. Contact Information

Questions concerning manuscript preparation, submission requirements, or the editorial process should be directed to the ECONESTA editorial office through the official contact information provided on the journal website.