About the Journal

Focus and Scope
As a double-blind peer review and open access journal, Advanced Journal of Economic Data Analytics (AJEDA) publishes original research manuscripts (articles), applied research, letters to the Editor, and systematic reviews covering varying topics in the disciplines of Economics, Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Research, and Transport Economics and Logistics Management. The topics include, but are not limited to, those below:

Peer Review Process
AJEDA does its peer-review via online. The manuscript is submitted online by the researcher. Afterwards, the editorial team screens the manuscript based on scientific quality. Only articles that meet the scientific quality requirements of AJEDA are sent for peer review. The peer review process is rigorous; it consists of at least two (2) peer reviewers who are appointed by the editor. Reviews are conducted objectively, that is, avoiding personal attacks. Reviewers are appointed on merit, that is, they are appointed based on research expertise and experience in the discipline. Once the reviewers are invited and accepted to review, the editorial team furnishes the peer reviewers with the manuscript together with the AJEDA peer review policy. For the review process, the peer reviewers are required to adhere to the manuscript guidelines and peer review policy. The AJEDA peer review is blind, where the author's identity and affiliation are anonymous. Reviewers are given a time frame of six weeks to complete the review. Upon completion of the review, reviewers are obliged to submit a report to the editorial team which details the suitability of the manuscript for possible publication in the AJEDA. The editorial team collates the reports from the two reviewers and decides on the suitability of the manuscript. The manuscript may be accepted with provision for major, minor, and or no revisions. The manuscripts may be rejected or returned to authors for further amendments before resending for further peer review. If reports from reviewers are conflicting, members of the editorial team may be called to make additional recommendations. Overall, the peer review process is double blind, meaning that the names of reviewers are anonymous to authors. The Editor can make final decisions on accepting or rejecting all the manuscripts.

Enrol as a reviewer
AJEDA focuses more on quality review, so readers are encouraged to enrol to be part of our reviewers. To do so, active scholars and PhD holders are welcome to serve as our reviewers:

  1. Registered users? Login to the journal website, edit your current profile, and add the Reviewer's role. Email to the Editor, please show that to serve as a reviewer.
  2. Not registered? Reviewers are expected to register on the journal website. Please show your interest in serving as a reviewer in your email to the Editor.

Accepted an Invitation to Review
A link will be sent to the reviewer who is expected to log in to the journal online system using the link. A reviewer is expected to accept or decline the review request upon login.

Performing/submitting a Review
Reviewers are encouraged to accept the review before reviewing by consulting the Review Guidelines. To perform the review, log in to the online system, click the article's title, and select the reviewer in the active submissions. Steps 2 - 7 should be completed, and click "Submit Review to Editor." Please contact the editor for any assistance.

Publication Frequency
AJEDA publishes two issues per year in the months of June and December; however, manuscript submission and publication are continuous.

Open Access Policy
To promote visibility, readership, availability, and reusability of the research papers published, the journal offers the authors the opportunity to publish their papers open access. If you opt to publish open access, authors are expected to pay the article publication fee after their paper has been published. Your paper will then be made freely accessible online immediately after it is published.

Comment Policy
In terms of journal policy, AJEDA only allows posting of comments to published articles through the journal website. Random comments are not accepted. However, AJEDA advocates transparency in terms of posting and retractions of information. The AJEDA reserves the right to revoke any defamatory material, a personal attack, or inappropriate content. Comments that are defamatory or personal attacks are not accepted. AJEDA only accepts comments that are objective, constructive, and related to published articles. However, comments posted on published articles represent the opinions of respective users, not the opinions of AJEDA.

Notifications
AJEDA is an open-access journal; however, readers are encouraged to register with the journal on its website to receive notification when new issues are published.

  1. Registered users? Login to the journal website, edit your current profile, and add "Reader" as a role. Email to the Editor, please show that to serve as a reviewer.
  2. Not registered? Register on the journal website and select "Reader" as a role. For further assistance, contact the Editor.

Plagiarism
Papers with evidence of any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will be automatically rejected. Authors are advised to use plagiarism detection tools to check and edit their papers before submission. Copying and non-acknowledgement of other sources used in the papers is unethical and will not be tolerated. The journal reserves the right to withdraw papers at any stage, including published papers, if any acts of unethical academic practices are noticed.

AJEDA have zero tolerance to plagiarism (at most 15% plagiarism similarity percentage is allowed).

Publishing Fees
Article processing charge (APC) is FREE.

Copyright and License Terms
The copyright of every published article belongs to the author.

Digital Preservation Policy
As an institution-hosted journal, AJEDA uses the North-West University to archive all published articles permanently. Archiving serves the purpose of permanent preservation.

Indexing/Listing

  • Google Scholar
  • Zenodo

Editorial Policy
The editorial policy involves a rigorous process to ensure that the papers considered for publication contribute novel scientific ideas in the application of Economics, Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Research, and Transport Economics and Logistics Management to solve real-life problems. New methods are welcome, but they need to have a clear potential to influence practice, and the journal adheres to ASSAf National Code of Best Practice in Editorial Discretion and Review for South African Scholarly Journals.

Sponsors
AJEDA is a scholarly journal that publishes research based on evidence and operates without any financial sponsors. It is hosted at the School of Economic Sciences at North-West University, which provides the necessary infrastructure.

Sources of Support
AJEDA is backed and supported by the North-West University, South Africa.