About the Journal

Focus and Scope

BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting Journal is published by Perkumpulan Dosen Muda Bengkulu (PDM Bengkulu) and distributed twice a year. BIMA JOURNAL is dedicated to researchers and academics intent on publishing research, scientific thinking, and other original scientific ideas.

BIMA JOURNAL scientific periodical publication on Business, Management and Accounting issue as a media for information dissemination of research result for lecturer, researcher and practitioner.

The article published in theÂ BIMA JOURNALÂ is the author's original work with a broad spectrum of topics. Detailed scopes of articles accepted for submission to :

Marketing Management,
Finance Management,
Strategic Management,
Operation Management,
Human Resource Management,
E-business,
Knowledge Management,
Management Accounting,
Management Control System,
Management Information System,
International Business,
Business Economics,
Business Ethics and Sustainable, and
Entrepreneurship
Management and Accounting as a system which comprehensive and integrated from subsystems up-stream
Management subsystem on farm and off farm
Management subsystems down-stream
Management subsystems support and the impact of their interrelationships with government policy economics and business
Natural Resources Management
Environmental Management
Business Development and Business Local Institutional

Peer Review Process

Publication of articles in BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting Journal is dependent solely on scientific validity and coherence as judged by our editors and/or peer, reviewers, who will also assess whether the writing is comprehensible and whether the work represents a useful contribution to the field. BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting Journal acknowledged the effort and suggestions made by its reviewers.

Initial evaluation of manuscripts

The Editor will first evaluate all manuscripts submitted. Although rare, yet it is entirely feasible for an exceptional manuscript to be accepted at this stage. Those rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, or are outside the aims and scope of the BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting Journal. Those that meet the minimum criteria are passed on to experts for review.

Type of peer review

Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates the already published works, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The method is a double-blind review

Review reports

Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:

Is original by stating the objectives and gap clearly
Is methodologically sound
Follows appropriate ethical guidelines
Has results/findings which are clearly presented and support the conclusions
Correctly references previous relevant work
Reviewers are not expected to correct or copyedit manuscripts. Language correction is not part of the peer-review process.

Decision

Reviewers advise the editor, who is responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board. Editorâ€™s decision is final.

Becoming a Reviewer

If you are not currently a reviewer forÂBIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting JournalÂ but would like to be added to the list of reviewers, please contact us. The benefits of reviewing for BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting JournalÂ include the opportunity to see and evaluate the latest work in the related research area at an early stage, and to be acknowledged in our list of reviewers. You may also be able to cite your work for BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting JournalÂ as part of your professional development requirements. BIMA JOURNAL: Business, Management, and Accounting JournalÂ reviewers are volunteers who contributeÂ their expertise to the science, thus no financial payments are made.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Benefits of open access for the author, include: