Instructions for the Reviewers

Reviewers are asked to determine the appropriateness of a manuscript for publication. The review process is intended to be confidential and anonymous. If you are unable to act on the manuscript within six weeks, please notify the Secretary to the Editor who contacted you at orp@aiub.edu or arahman@aiub.edu . It would also be helpful if you would notify the Editorial board your inability as soon as possible to review the manuscript.

When you have completed your review, we would like you to report your results in two parts. The first part should be a report for the authors that may point out flaws in the research or exposition and may offer suggestions for improvement. The second part should be a letter to the editor which recommends the disposition of the manuscript.

The usual alternatives are rejection, acceptance (possibly contingent on minor revisions), and revise and resubmit. The latter would imply that the revisions are more substantial and the manuscript should be reviewed again.

Referees are requested to keep the following points in mind while preparing the review comments on the research paper referred by the editorial board:

1. Do you recommend publication of this paper in its present form?
      a. Yes.
      b. Yes with some revisions.
      c. No.
2. If revision is required, what changes would you recommend before its acceptance for publication?
3. Are parts of the paper unclear, or does it contain errors of fact or logic?
4. Should any parts be omitted or shortened?
5. Are there parts which should be expanded, or are there any gaps in coverage?
6. Should all tables, diagrams and graphs be reproduced?
7. Does the abstract bring out the main points of the paper?
8. Are the references to the literature sufficient, relevant up to date?
9. Do you recommend that the paper will make a significant contribution to its stream of research?
10. Any other comments?

We do not wish to waste valuable referee resources. If a manuscript is clearly inappropriate for the journal or badly executed in some way, a simple letter to the editor is all that is required.

We are grateful for your help in making our journal of quality and excellent one.

The Editor
AIUB Journal of Business and Economics – AJBE
Editorial Office
83/3, Kemal Ataturk Avenue
Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh


Registered Referees of AJBE

Dr. Kanata A. Jackson
Professor and Head of the Department of Management
School of Business, Hampton University, USA

Dr. Jamal Uddin Ahmed
Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor
Stamford University Bangladesh.

Dr. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics
Chittagong University, Bangladesh

Dr. Saumen Chattopadhyay
Senior Economist,
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy [NIPFP], New Delhi, India

Dr. Szabolcs Deak
Faculty Member, Faculty of Economics & Business Administration
University of Szeged, Hungary

Dr. A. Salman Al-Azami
Post-Doctoral Fellow, ICDES
Edge Hill University College, Lancaster University, UK

Dr. Belal Husain Joy
Director
London International Business School, UK

Ms. Hairong Mu
Economics Division, School of Social Science
University of Southampton, UK

Mr. Arief Ramayandi
Asia Pacific School of Economics and Governance
Australian National University, Canberra

Mr. Charles Ombuki
Lecturer, Department of Economics
Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Mr. Neaz Ahmed
Associate Professor, Institute of Business Administration [IBA]
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mr. Yoannis Kingdom
Economics Division
Southampton University, UK

Mr. Md. Abdur Raquib
Faculty Member, Faculty of Business and Law
Multimedia University, Malaysia

Mr. Omar Khalid M. R. Bashar
Department of Economics,
National University of Singapore [NUS], Singapore

Mr. Shibly S. Abdullah
Faculty of Business
University of Technology of Sydney [UTS], Australia

Mr. Alfred Mariadas
Faculty Member, Department of Economics
University of Jafna, Sri Lanka


Invitation for Membership in the AJBE Referees Panel

Interested academicians or professional experts in Business and Economics can apply for membership in the registered panel of referees of the AJBE. Please download and fill out the sample registration form and send it to the Editor of AJBE at orp@aiub.edu or HyperLink or clamagna@aiub.edu preferably with cc to the ORP coordinator at arahman@aiub.edu . The form can be expanded as per the necessity of the applicant.