Author Guidelines

1. Research Integrity and Publication Ethics

Commitment to Ethical Publishing

The Journal of Global Economics, Public Policy and Development (JGEPD) is committed to maintaining high standards of scholarly publishing and research integrity. Authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members are expected to adhere to recognized ethical principles throughout the submission, review, and publication process. The Journal reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate action in cases of suspected misconduct.

Originality and Academic Integrity

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must represent original work and must not have been published previously or be under consideration elsewhere.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all ideas, data, illustrations, and text obtained from other sources are properly acknowledged. Plagiarism, duplicate publication, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, image manipulation, and other forms of research misconduct are strictly prohibited and may result in rejection, correction, or retraction.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, personal, or other interests that could influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, the conduct or presentation of their research.

A separate section entitled Conflict of Interest should be included in every manuscript. If no conflict exists, authors should state: "The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding the research, authorship, and publication of this article."

Ethical Approval and Participant Consent

Research involving human participants, personal information, surveys, interviews, observations, or experiments must comply with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements.

Where appropriate, authors should clearly indicate:

• Ethical approval obtained from a recognized review body.
• Name of the approving ethics committee or institutional review board.
• Approval reference number (where applicable).
• Confirmation that informed consent was obtained from participants.

Funding Disclosure

All sources of financial support must be disclosed.

Funding statements should identify the Funding organization(s) and Grant or award number(s), where applicable. Example: "This research was supported by [Funding Agency Name] (Grant No. XXXXX)."

Where no external funding has been received, authors should state this clearly.

2. Before You Submit

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online submission and tracking platform using the journal’s Online Submission System. Prior to submission, authors should verify that:

✓ The manuscript falls within the scope of the Journal.

✓ The work is original and unpublished. The manuscript is not being considered by another publication.

✓ All authors have reviewed and approved the final version. Authors contribution and conflict-of-interest statements have been included

✓ References have been checked for accuracy and completeness. DOI numbers, URLs, and other identifiers have been included where available.

✓ Figures, tables, and illustrations are correctly numbered and cited.

✓ Permissions have been obtained for all copyrighted materials.

✓ Funding and ethical approval statements have been included where required

✓ The manuscript complies fully with the Journal's Author’s guidelines.

3. Manuscript Preparation

Language

Manuscripts should be prepared in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English.

Basic Instructions

Avoid excessive use of the first person unless it is necessary to present or justify an argument.

Prefer the active voice where appropriate, as it generally improves clarity and readability.

In the main text, write out commonly used terms rather than using abbreviations or symbols (e.g., "percentage" instead of "%", and "analysis of variance" instead of "ANOVA"). Standard abbreviations may be used in tables, figures, and where repeated use would otherwise impair readability, provided they are defined at first mention.

Maintain a consistent verb tense within each section of the manuscript and use tenses appropriately to distinguish between previous research, methodology, results, and conclusions.

When listing numbered items in the text, use (1), (2), (3) rather than “1.” or “1)”.

Italicize foreign words, Latin expressions, and non-English scholarly terms when they appear in the manuscript (e.g., a priori, in vivo).

Carefully verify the accuracy of Greek letters, formulas, and special characters during submission and again at the proof read stage to prevent formatting errors.

File Format

Submissions must be provided in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) or LaTeX. All submissions to Journal of Global Economics, Public Policy and Development should be accompanied by a “Title page”. The title page should combine article’s title, author(s) full name, affiliation and email addresses, corresponding author(s)’ name, institutional affiliation/address, and e-mail.

Authors should also present a short 'running title'. The title, running title, and keywords (as shown in the original manuscript) should be rewritten in the title page.

Manuscript Length

The Journal does not prescribe a fixed word limit. However, most accepted articles generally range between 12 and 30 pages. Authors should ensure that their manuscripts are sufficiently developed to present the research comprehensively while avoiding unnecessary repetition, excessive detail, or redundant content.

Types of Contributions

The Journal welcomes the submission of:

• Original Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Theoretical Papers
• Methodological Studies
• Technical Reports
• Scholarly Commentaries
• Other contributions relevant to the Journal's scope

4. Organization of the Manuscript

Research articles should generally include the following components:

• Title
• Author Names and Affiliations
• Corresponding Author Information
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Author Contributions
• Funding
• Conflict of Interest
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Appendices (if applicable)
• Supplementary Material (if applicable)

5. Article Components

Title

The title should accurately reflect the subject and scope of the manuscript while remaining concise (preferably no longer than 15 words), informative, and suitable for indexing and retrieval purposes.

Abstract

The abstract should provide a concise overview of the study, including:

Research objectives

Methodology

Principal findings

Main conclusions

Significance of the study

Abstracts should generally contain 250–300 words and should be presented as a single paragraph without subheadings.

Keywords

Authors should provide six to eight keywords that accurately represent the central themes of the manuscript and enhance discoverability.

Introduction

The Introduction should establish the background and significance of the research, identify relevant knowledge gaps, and clearly state the objectives or research questions.

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention. Where numerous abbreviations are used, a separate list may be included after the main text.

Review articles should critically evaluate existing literature, identify emerging trends, and provide original insights rather than merely summarizing previous studies.

Materials and Methods

This section should provide sufficient detail to enable readers to understand, assess, and where appropriate reproduce the study. Where previously published methods or techniques have been adapted, the original source must be appropriately cited, and any modifications introduced by the authors should be clearly explained.

In this section authors should describe:

• Research design
• Data sources
• Participants or study materials
• Instruments and procedures
• Software and analytical tools
• Statistical methods

Information relating to ethical approval, informed consent, funding support, and specialized equipment should also be included where relevant.

Results

The Results section should present the principal findings in a logical and objective manner.

Tables, figures, and other visual materials should be used where they improve clarity. Data already presented in tables or figures should not be unnecessarily repeated in the text.

Discussion

The Discussion should interpret the findings within the context of existing knowledge and explain their significance.

Authors should discuss:

• Implications of the findings
• Comparison with previous research (but excessive literature repetition should be avoided)
• Alternative interpretations where appropriate
• Study limitations
• Future research opportunities

Results and Discussion may be presented separately or combined into a single section.

Conclusion

The Conclusion should summarize the major findings and contributions of the study and may identify practical implications or future directions for research.

Author Contributions

A contribution statement is required for all submissions.

Contributions may include:

• Conceptualization
• Methodology
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Software Development
• Supervision
• Project Administration
• Funding Acquisition
• Writing – Original Draft
• Writing – Review and Editing

Acknowledgements

Authors may acknowledge individuals, institutions, organizations, or other contributors whose support does not meet the criteria for authorship.

6. Authorship Policy

Authorship should be restricted to individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research. All authors must:

• Participate meaningfully in the work.
• Approve the final manuscript.
• Accept responsibility for the integrity of the publication.

Contributors who do not satisfy authorship requirements should be acknowledged rather than listed as authors.

Corresponding Author

For multi-author manuscripts, one author must be designated as the Corresponding Author who will be responsible for:

• Communication with the Journal.
• Coordinating responses during peer review.
• Confirming author approval of the manuscript.
• Ensuring the accuracy of information submitted to the Journal.

7. References and Citation Style

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all references are accurate, complete, and consistent with the Vancouver referencing style. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they first appear in the text. Citation numbers should be inserted in the text using Arabic numerals in square brackets (e.g., [1], [2,3], [4–6]).

The reference list should appear at the end of the manuscript and should be arranged numerically according to the order of citation rather than alphabetically. Every reference cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all references included in the list must be cited in the manuscript.

Authors should provide complete bibliographic information for all references and include Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), URLs, or other persistent identifiers where available. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to recognized indexing standards when applicable.

Authors should prioritize primary and relevant scholarly sources and avoid excessive self-citation. As a general guideline, self-citations should not exceed 10% of the total references unless clearly justified.

8. Appendices and Supplementary Materials

Appendices

Appendices may contain supporting information necessary for understanding, evaluating, or reproducing the study but too extensive for inclusion within the main text. Examples include:

• Detailed methodologies
• Interview schedules
• Questionnaires
• Coding frameworks
• Mathematical derivations
• Extended tables

Appendices should appear after the References section and be labeled Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, and so forth.

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials may include:

• Datasets
• Multimedia files
• Software code
• Extended analyses
• Video demonstrations
• Audio recordings
• Additional figures and tables

Supplementary files should be submitted separately and cited appropriately within the manuscript. These materials will be published online alongside the article.

9. Headings, Figures, and Tables

Headings and Numbering

Authors should use a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings. Up to three levels of numbering may be used (e.g., 3; 3.1; 3.1.1).

Figures

Figures should:

Be numbered consecutively.

Include informative captions.

Be cited in numerical order.

Be submitted in high-quality formats such as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, PowerPoint, or Word.

All symbols, abbreviations, and notations should be explained in the figure legend.

Tables

Tables should:

Be numbered in Arabic numerals consecutively. (Table number in bold font, i.e., Table 1, should follow a concise title. The title should be in small case with the first letter in caps)

Be submitted in editable format (Microsoft Word or Excel).

Be cited in sequence within the text.

Authors should ensure that all tables are clearly presented and easy to interpret.

10. Article Processing Charges (APC)

The Journal of Global Economics, Public Policy and Development (JGEPD) operates under a fully Open Access publishing model. All published articles are freely available to readers worldwide without subscription fees or access restrictions.

An Article Processing Charge (APC) of GBP 330 is payable only after a manuscript has successfully completed peer review and has been formally accepted for publication.

No submission fees, review fees, or pre-acceptance processing charges are applied.

The APC contributes toward:

• Peer-review management
• Copyediting and proofreading
• Typesetting and production
• DOI registration
• Online hosting
• Digital preservation
• Long-term archiving
• Website maintenance
• Indexing support

Authors may pay via:

• Debit Card
• Credit Card
• Bank Transfer

For bank transfer payments, the total amount payable is GBP 350, inclusive of standard banking charges.

Payment of an APC does not influence editorial decisions. Acceptance is based solely on scholarly merit, originality, quality, and relevance.

11. Privacy and Data Protection

The Journal of Global Economics, Public Policy and Development (JGEPD) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, and website users and is committed to protecting personal information.

Information Provided by Users

Information collected may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Institutional affiliation
• Funding information
• Employment details
• Payment information
• Information Collected Automatically

The Journal may collect:

• Browser type
• Operating system
• Date and time of access
• Download activity
• Search history on the website
• Geographic location data
• Device information
• Use of Personal Information

Personal information may be used for:

• Processing manuscript submissions
• Managing peer review
• Editorial communication
• Publication administration
• APC processing
• Technical support
• Improving website services
• Sharing of Information

Information may be shared with:

• Journal staff and contracted service providers
• Editors and reviewers involved in manuscript evaluation
• Financial institutions processing payments
• Technical support providers

The Journal does not sell or distribute personal information to third parties except where required by law.

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The Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. Questions concerning privacy practices should be directed to the Journal through the contact information provided on Journal of Global Economics, Public Policy and Development (JGEPD) website.