SUBMISSION & POLICY

Dear Authors and Reviewers,

Our goal is to make our submission guidelines and policy as author/reviewer-friendly and user-friendly as possible. Below, you will find all the necessary information for submitting/reviewing your paper to JEMI.

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Manuscripts with the required documents listed below (Title Page, Blinded Manuscript, and Declaration by Authors) should be submitted via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(Our Manuscript Center is under reconstruction).

By submitting to JEMI, authors confirm that the manuscript is original, has not been published previously, and is not under consideration by another journal, book, or proceedings outlet. Authors further confirm that all co-authors have materially contributed to the work, approve the submitted version, and agree to the journal’s editorial and ethical procedures. Manuscripts that materially overlap with previously disseminated content must include transparent disclosure and clear justification of scholarly novelty. Any prior posting of preprints, working papers, or conference abstracts must be declared at submission and must not compromise anonymized peer review.

Submissions are accepted throughout the year. During periods in which the manuscript platform is under maintenance, manuscripts are submitted by email to the official JEMI submission address, and editorial queries should be directed to the official editorial contact address listed on the journal website.

Each submission must include a complete Title Page file, a fully anonymized Manuscript file, and a signed Declaration by Authors file (after accepting manuscript for "Under review"). The Title Page must contain manuscript title, full author names, institutional affiliations, full postal address details, ORCID iDs for all authors, concise biographical notes, funding information, and conflict-of-interest disclosures. The Blinded Manuscript file (in Word) must contain no identifying information and no metadata that could reveal authorship, including author names, affiliations, acknowledgments identifying individuals or institutions, self-identifying author notes, or file properties with author identity. 

JEMI requires a standardized Declaration by Authors in every accepted manuscript and may require it at initial submission when necessary for ethical screening. The Declarations package must include statements on Funding, Conflicts of Interest, Author Contributions, Ethics Approval or Exemption, Consent to Participate where applicable, Consent to Publish identifiable information where applicable, Data Availability, and Code Availability where computational methods are material to the findings. Statements must be specific, verifiable, and internally consistent with the manuscript body, supplementary files, and submission forms. Manuscripts lacking complete declarations may be returned for correction, placed on hold, or rejected when omissions are material. All authors remain jointly accountable for the truthfulness and completeness of declarations. The Declaration by Authors must be signed at least by one author and must confirm originality, exclusive submission, authorship transparency, conflict-of-interest disclosure, and compliance with ethical and legal standards.

Manuscript submission must include three separate files based on the provided templates:

  1. Title Page
  2. Blinded Manuscript
  3. Signed Declaration by Authors

For double-anonymous review, the manuscript file must contain no author-identifying information (names, affiliations, acknowledgments, author notes, self-identifying metadata, or funding statements that reveal identity). All author information must appear only in the Title Page file.

Below are the mandatory templates for Title Page, Blinded Manuscript, Declaration by Authors; then the review forms (general and statistical) with the review criteria to gain more knowledge on how we review the manuscripts, and an example of a reference list:

 

Formatting manuscript

Manuscripts should be written entirely in English. Enhancing the structure and content guidelines for research papers (quantitative or qualitative) can significantly elevate the quality and impact of manuscripts submitted for review, ensuring that each section meets the highest standards of academic rigor and contributes to the advancement of knowledge in the field. Below, the general description of each section is outlined:

  • Title

    The title should succinctly encapsulate the essence of the research while remaining engaging and informative. It must strike a balance between brevity and descriptiveness, providing a clear indication of the study's focus and scope.

    Abstract

    The abstract should offer a comprehensive summary of the paper, including the purpose, methodology, findings, implications for theory and practice, and originality/value. It should be between 250-350 words. Additionally, include 5-10 keywords that reflect the paper's core themes and concepts to facilitate indexing and retrieval.

    • Purpose: Clearly articulate the research's objectives and rationale.
    • Methodology: Describe the research design, sample, and data analysis techniques succinctly.
    • Findings: Summarize the main results.
    • Implications for theory and practice: Briefly articulate the implications for theory and practice.
    • Originality/Value: Highlight the unique contribution of the study to the literature.

    Introduction

    The introduction should establish the research context and demonstrate its relevance and importance. It should clearly state the research aim and questions, and identify the research gap relative to existing theories and literature. The introduction must also define key terms and outline the manuscript's structure and objectives.

    • Ensure the rationale for the study is compelling and clearly linked to identified gaps.
    • Review pertinent literature to justify the research focus.
    • Clearly articulate the research aim and questions.
    • Outline the manuscript's structure.

    Literature Review

    This section must demonstrate a thorough understanding of the relevant literature, incorporating up-to-date sources and seminal works. It should reflect the author's engagement with and critique of existing research and, if applicable, culminate in the development of hypotheses.

    • Critically evaluate and synthesize the literature to establish the study's foundation.
    • Present a balanced view of previous research, indicating both agreement and dissent.
    • Clearly articulate the research hypotheses.

    Methodology

    This section should detail the research design, sample selection, data collection, and analysis methods with sufficient precision to enable replication. It must justify the methodological choices and describe the procedures (including ethical) followed during the study.

    • Assess the appropriateness of the sample and describe the sampling strategy.
    • Detail data collection methods and instruments, ensuring they are adequately described.
    • Explain the analytical techniques used, ensuring they align with the research questions and design.

    Results (Results and Discussion sections can be combined)

    The results should be presented clearly and logically, using tables and figures effectively. The presentation must be neutral, allowing data to speak for itself.

    • Ensure results are presented in alignment with the research questions or hypotheses.
    • Articulate how tables and figures support the findings.
    • Maintain an unbiased tone throughout the presentation of results.

    Discussion

    This section should interpret the findings in the context of the research questions or hypotheses, the literature review, and the study's objectives. It should outline the implications of the findings for theory and practice.

    • Provide a comprehensive analysis of how the findings relate to the original research questions and hypotheses.
    • Compare and contrast the study's outcomes with those of previous research, highlighting both concordances and discrepancies.
    • Offer theoretical and practical implications of the research findings, supported by the literature.

    Conclusion

    Conclusions should succinctly summarize the key findings and their relevance to the research questions and hypotheses. This section should also outline the study's limitations, implications for practice, and suggest directions for future research.

    • Ensure conclusions are directly tied to the research objectives and questions.
    • Discuss the broader implications of the findings for both theory and practice.
    • Clearly outline potential avenues for further research and acknowledge limitations.

    Additional Sections

    • Acknowledgments: Acknowledge any support received during the research.
    • References: Ensure all citations are accurately presented in APA Style 7th edition, including DOIs, for ease of access to cited works.
    • Biographical Notes: Provide a brief professional biography of each author.
    • Author Contributions Statement: Detail the specific contributions of each author to the manuscript (see the Declaration by Authors).
    • Conflicts of Interest: Disclose any potential conflicts of interest (see the Declaration by Authors).
    • Citation: Provide a recommended citation for the manuscript to facilitate proper referencing (will be added by the Editors).

 

Manuscripts must be written in clear academic English and prepared in an editable Word format according to the journal template, using Times New Roman 12-point font, single spacing, and no multi-column layout. The recommended article length is normally 8,000 to 12,000 words excluding references, tables, and figures, unless the editorial office grants an exception based on methodological or documentary necessity. Tables and figures must be integrated into the manuscript near first citation, numbered consecutively, titled clearly, and accompanied by source notes where required. Authors are responsible for securing permission for third-party copyrighted material before submission.

The manuscript should present a coherent scholarly structure that includes an informative title, a 250-350 word abstract, and 5-10 keywords. The abstract should state objective, methodological approach, principal findings, theoretical and practical implications, and originality. JEL classification codes are required where relevant to the contribution. The main text should articulate a clear research problem, theoretical framing, and analytical logic, include a method section with sufficient transparency for evaluation and, where possible, replication, present results with methodological integrity, and provide a discussion and conclusion that delimit contributions, implications, limitations, and future research directions.

JEMI welcomes diverse methodological traditions, including qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, field, comparative, experimental, and evidence-synthesis designs, provided that methodological choices are coherent with research questions and claims are warranted by evidence. Authors must report procedures, sampling logic, measurement decisions, analytical steps, and robustness or credibility checks with a level of detail appropriate for expert appraisal. Where data, code, instruments, or supplementary materials are available, authors are encouraged to provide persistent access information to strengthen transparency and reproducibility.

References and in-text citations must comply with APA Style, 7th edition. Authors must provide accurate bibliographic metadata for every source and include DOI links in standard DOI format https://doi.org/... whenever a DOI exists. If a cited source has no DOI, authors should provide another stable locator where appropriate, such as a persistent repository link or stable publisher URL. Authors must not fabricate DOI identifiers, must verify that all citations are retrievable, and must ensure full consistency between in-text citations and the reference list. in the format https://doi.org/... whenever available. Authors may use the free DOI lookup here: https://www.crossref.org/guestquery/

Before submitting a manuscript, each author should read the EASE Guidelines for Authors of Scientific Articles to be Published in English.

 

Reviewing procedure

JEMI applies a double-anonymous peer-review model. After submission, manuscripts undergo editorial screening for scope fit, baseline scholarly quality, policy compliance, and technical completeness. The editorial office acknowledges receipt and normally communicates either desk rejection or progression to external review within approximately one to two weeks. Manuscripts sent to review are typically evaluated by at least two independent reviewers, and the usual review window is approximately six to twelve weeks, subject to reviewer availability and manuscript complexity. The editor may request additional reviews when methodological specialization or adjudication is required.

Peer-review outcomes include rejection, major revision, minor revision, or acceptance. When revision is invited, authors should submit a revised manuscript within the deadline stated in the decision letter, normally around four weeks for standard rounds unless otherwise specified, together with a detailed point-by-point response to reviewer and editor comments. Substantive revisions should be clearly traceable, and authors should explain where recommendations were implemented or, when not implemented, provide reasoned scholarly justification. Revised manuscripts may be returned to original reviewers or assessed editorially, and additional revision rounds may be initiated when necessary to meet publication standards.

Final acceptance is granted only when scientific, ethical, and formal requirements are satisfied. Following acceptance, manuscripts proceed through copyediting, bibliographic verification, and production checks before publication. Editors reserve the right to introduce non-substantive linguistic and formatting edits and to request targeted clarifications during production. Responsibility for the accuracy of all factual claims, quotations, references, and permissions remains with the authors.

All manuscripts that pass initial editorial suitability checks are screened for textual similarity using recognized anti-plagiarism systems, including Crossref Similarity Check and Turnitin, and may be re-screened at later editorial stages. Similarity indicators are interpreted contextually; editorial decisions are based not on a numerical threshold alone but on qualitative assessment of overlap type, attribution quality, and originality of contribution. JEMI aligns its editorial-ethics practice with internationally recognized guidance frameworks, including COPE principles, and expects authors to follow high-standard scholarly writing guidance for manuscripts submitted in English.

Editorial and reviewer conflicts of interest must be declared promptly. Editors and reviewers with conflicts must recuse themselves from manuscript handling, and peer-review materials must remain confidential throughout and after the review process. Any request for non-essential or coercive citation is prohibited. The use of generative AI or external tools by reviewers or editors must not compromise confidentiality, and no confidential manuscript content may be uploaded to systems that cannot guarantee secure and policy-compliant processing.

Authors may submit a reasoned appeal of an editorial decision within 30 days of decision notification, provided the appeal identifies a material error of fact, procedure, or evaluation. Appeals are adjudicated by an editor not involved in the original decision whenever feasible, with additional independent expert input obtained when required by subject complexity or methodological dispute. Ordinarily, one appeal per manuscript is permitted and the appeal decision is final. Complaints concerning editorial conduct, peer-review integrity, publication ethics, or post-publication actions are handled under COPE-informed procedures with documented intake, impartial assessment, and written outcome communication to the complainant. Frivolous, abusive, or repetitious complaints may be closed with explanation.

 

Ghostwriting and guest authorship

JEMI enforces strict publication-ethics standards and rejects ghostwriting, guest authorship, honorary authorship, plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, image manipulation that distorts evidence, and undisclosed conflicts of interest. Authors must provide a transparent contribution statement in the Declaration by Authors, and any suspected misconduct may trigger editorial investigation, requests for institutional clarification, rejection, correction, retraction, or notification of relevant institutions and bodies, as warranted by evidence and due process.

Authorship requires substantial scholarly contribution to conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation, drafting or critical intellectual revision, final approval of the version to be published, and accountability for the integrity of the work. Individuals not meeting full authorship criteria must not be listed as authors and should be acknowledged appropriately with permission. Gift, guest, honorary, and ghost authorship are prohibited. Author Contributions must be provided in structured form aligned with CRediT roles and must correspond to the Declaration by Authors. Any authorship change after submission, including order changes, additions, or removals, requires written consent from all listed and affected contributors and editorial approval prior to acceptance. Post-acceptance changes are permitted only in exceptional circumstances with documented justification.

 

IMPORTANT NOTES - Copyright and Open Access License

JEMI publishes under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication under CC BY 4.0 terms. Under this license, users may share and adapt published content for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate attribution is given, the license is acknowledged, and changes are indicated when made. Attribution should preserve scholarly traceability by citing authors, article title, journal title, year, volume, issue, pages or article identifier, and DOI where applicable.

More information on the CC-BY 4.0 license is available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=en  
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

JEMI supports open dissemination and permits self-archiving of accepted and published versions in appropriate repositories and scholarly platforms in accordance with the journal’s current archiving policy record. Authors who deposit versions outside the journal website should provide complete citation metadata and persistent links to the version of record to maintain citation integrity and discoverability.

Published version and Accepted version - post-print are allowed to be open-access in several depositories (e.g., Academic social network, Any repository, Any website, Author’s homepage, Funder designated location, Institutional repository, Institutional website, Non-commercial institutional repository, Non-commercial repository, Non-commercial social network, Non-commercial subject repository, Non-commercial website, Subject repository, Journal website, Named academic social network, Named repository).

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Privacy statement and ethics

JEMI requires explicit research-ethics reporting for studies involving human participants and identifiable personal data. Manuscripts must name the approving ethics committee or institutional review body, provide approval or protocol reference information where issued, and state the ethical basis for any exemption. For human-participant research, manuscripts must report informed consent procedures, including consent for publication of identifiable information where relevant. Authors must ensure that legal and ethical obligations for privacy, data protection, and third-party rights are satisfied before submission. Failure to provide adequate ethics documentation when requested may result in rejection or post-publication action.

Personal data provided through the journal’s website, submission workflow, and editorial correspondence are processed solely for editorial, peer-review, production, and publication purposes, in compliance with applicable data-protection law, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The data controller is the Cognitione Foundation for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Science. Names, affiliations, and contact details are used strictly for journal operations and are not released for unrelated purposes. By submitting a manuscript, authors consent to the processing of their data as required for editorial administration and scholarly publication.

Information duty on GDPR: The new European Data Protection Regulation is applicable as of May 25th 2018. The Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) – GDPR. The administrator of your personal data is the "Cognitione" Foundation for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Science. The Foundation is a legal entity certified by the National Court Register number: 587704, issued on 25 November 2015 by the District Court for Kraków-Śródmieście in Kraków, 11th Commercial Division of the National Court Register.

Privacy Policy: The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

At JEMI, we adhere to the digital archiving policy and deposit policy directory of the National Library of Poland. It is important for all potential contributors to the Journal, reviewers, and readers to adhere to the academic ethics policy to ensure the integrity of academic writing.

To maintain publication standards, editors and reviewers follow the guidelines explicitly outlined by COPE http://publicationethics.org. We have a strict policy on plagiarism and check for any issues using two methods: a plagiarism prevention tool (Similarity Check, Turnitin) and a review check. All submissions that were accepted for the Under review status are screened through Similarity Check, Turnitin, before being sent to reviewers.

JEMI requires transparency in research outputs and reproducibility. Every manuscript must contain a Data Availability Statement that clearly indicates whether data are openly available, available upon reasonable request, included in supplementary materials, or restricted, and, in restricted cases, must provide a lawful and ethical justification. Where analysis depends on software scripts, code, models, or computational pipelines, a Code Availability Statement is required, including repository location and version details when shareable. Authors are strongly encouraged to use persistent identifiers for datasets, code, and protocols, and to provide sufficient methodological detail to permit expert verification of analytical claims. Non-disclosure without justified reason may be treated as insufficient transparency.

JEMI adopts a fully specified post-publication record-correction framework. Where warranted, the journal may issue a Correction, Expression of Concern, Retraction, or, in exceptional legal circumstances, Removal. Such notices will be clearly labeled, dated, and permanently linked to the article record and DOI metadata, with transparent explanation of the reason, scope, and responsible initiating party when disclosure is legally and ethically permissible. The scholarly record will be preserved with clear status signaling to readers. Editorial decisions on post-publication actions are evidence-based, proportionate to the severity of concerns, and may involve consultation with institutions or relevant bodies when misconduct is suspected.

JEMI operates an open-access model and charges no submission fee or article processing charge, unless explicitly revised in a future policy notice. If any charge category is introduced, it must be publicly disclosed in advance, with eligibility criteria for waivers or discounts, and without influencing editorial decisions. Editorial assessment and peer review remain independent from financial considerations in all cases.

JEMI strengthens metadata and publication-history transparency by publishing key manuscript dates, including received, revised, accepted, and published dates, and by maintaining DOI-linked update metadata for corrections and other post-publication notices. These metadata are part of the formal scholarly record and are used to support discoverability, citation integrity, and indexing reliability across bibliographic systems.

The Editorial Board at JEMI follows rules on academic writing and academic ethics as outlined by M. Roig (2003; 2006) in "Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing," which is available online at http://www.cse.msu.edu/~alexliu/plagiarism.pdf.

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in manuscript preparation: Authors are required to disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools or technologies in the preparation of their manuscript. This disclosure ensures transparency and proper attribution of any contributions made by AI tools. The use of AI tools does not exempt authors from their responsibility for the originality, accuracy, and ethical compliance of the content. Authors are solely accountable for the integrity of the manuscript, including ensuring that it meets the journal’s ethical standards and does not contain plagiarized or fabricated content. AI tools should not be listed as co-authors. Authorship attribution is reserved for individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research as defined by the journal's authorship criteria. Authors must use AI tools ethically and in a manner that does not violate copyright, data privacy, or other applicable legal and ethical standards. The use of AI to summarize or paraphrase copyrighted materials without proper citation is prohibited. Authors must verify the accuracy and validity of any outputs generated by AI tools to ensure that they meet the highest standards of academic integrity. AI-generated content should be critically evaluated and, where appropriate, supported with independent evidence or reasoning. Failure to disclose the use of AI tools or the unethical application of such technologies may result in the rejection of the manuscript or retraction of the article post-publication, in accordance with the journal’s ethical policies.

 

 

Submission to JEMI constitutes acceptance of this policy text and agreement to cooperate with editorial checks, integrity screening, and documentation requests at any stage from submission through post-publication oversight. Non-compliance with these requirements, including incomplete declarations, ethics non-disclosure, authorship irregularities, confidentiality breaches, or material misrepresentation, may result in desk rejection, review termination, rejection after review, withdrawal of acceptance, correction, retraction, or notification of relevant institutions, as appropriate to the gravity of the case. Submission of a manuscript to JEMI constitutes acceptance of this Submission & Policy statement in its current version. Authors are advised to consult this page before each submission to ensure compliance with any updated procedural, ethical, or technical requirements issued by the Editorial Office. Effective date of this policy version: 12 February 2026.