About the Journal

EPH – International Journal of Business & Management Science (IJBMS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published on a quarterly basis. The journal serves as an international platform for the dissemination of original, high-quality research in the fields of business and management.

IJBMS publishes original research articles, review papers, conceptual studies, and case studies that contribute to the advancement of academic knowledge and professional practice. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure academic integrity, originality, relevance, and methodological soundness.

The journal addresses an international audience comprising researchers, academicians, professionals, and policymakers, and promotes research with both theoretical and practical significance.

The scope of International Journal of Business & Management Science (IJBMS) includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Accounting and Financial Management
• Advertising and Marketing Management
• Business Economics
• Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
• Business Intelligence and Analytics
• Business Information Systems
• Business Law
• Operations and Performance Management
• Business Statistics and Decision Sciences
• Change and Innovation Management
• Communication and Organizational Management
• Human Resource Management
• Strategic Management and Leadership

The journal encourages interdisciplinary, empirical, and theoretical research with implications for business organizations, public policy, and society.

IJBMS is a fully open-access journal, providing immediate and unrestricted access to all published content. All articles published in this journal are freely accessible online without subscription or access fees, allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, provided the original work is properly cited. The journal supports open-access publishing to promote the broad dissemination and visibility of scholarly research.

The journal supports the ethical and global dissemination of scholarly research.

The journal adheres to internationally accepted standards of publication ethics and follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Policies are in place to address plagiarism, data fabrication, redundant publication, authorship disputes, and conflicts of interest.

IJBMS is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Personal information collected through the journal website—such as names, affiliations, and contact details—is used exclusively for editorial and publishing purposes, including manuscript processing, peer review, publication, and communication.

Appropriate administrative and technical measures are implemented to ensure the security and integrity of personal data. The journal does not share personal information with third parties for commercial purposes.

The journal maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism and unethical publishing practices. All submitted manuscripts are screened using standard plagiarism detection tools.

Submissions found to contain plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or improper citation are rejected immediately. Authors are solely responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and the proper acknowledgment of all sources.

This journal is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation and accessibility of its published content.

The journal uses the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) infrastructure through Open Journal Systems (OJS) and participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) to provide secure and permanent archiving of all published articles. PKP PN ensures that journal content is preserved in a distributed network and remains accessible even in the event that the journal website is no longer available.

In addition, the journal allows authors to archive the published version of their articles in institutional repositories, personal websites, and other scholarly platforms, in accordance with the journal’s open-access policy.

This archiving strategy ensures the long-term availability, integrity, and accessibility of scholarly content published by the journal.

Authors publishing in EPH – International Journal of Business & Management Science (IJBMS) retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits sharing, adaptation, and reuse for any purpose, including commercial use, with appropriate citation of the original work.