Journal

ASB-IJMT, International Journal of Management and Technology is a blind peer reviewed journal. ASB follows utmost standards of publication ethics to avoid publication malpractices. The practice of peer review is to ensure that only good research work is published. All manuscripts submitted are peer reviewed following the procedure outlined below:

All manuscripts submitted are first evaluated by the editors and plagiarism is checked through plagiarism software. Editors can reject manuscripts at this stage on the ground of originality, poor grammar or language comprehension, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Rejection of manuscripts at this stage will be informed to authors within 1-2 weeks of receipt.

At the next stage, accepted manuscripts are passed on to at least 2 experts for review. Here we follow blind review process, wherein the author and reviewer remain anonymous throughout the process.

Reviewer evaluates the manuscript on the following parameters.

1. Content
   Engagement with title
   Abstract describing paper content
   Relevance of the topic in present context
   Consistent and appropriate theoretical framework
   Methodology
   Research methods used
   Originality or novelty of approach
   
2. Style
   Quality of writing
   Structure of argument
   Paragraph and sentence structure
   Appropriate phrasing and grammar
   
3. Presentation
   Handling of primary and/or secondary source material
   Referencing and bibliographic material
   Formatting
   Legibility of figures/tables
   Appropriateness of figures/tables
4. Reviewer Recommendation
   Accepted without revision
   Accepted subject to minor revision
   Accepted subject to major revision
   Rejected