Journal of Smart Accounting and Financial Technologies (JSAFT)

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. 

Submission Template

For our Microsoft Word Research Article submission template, please download the File Template

Article Types

The following article types are included in the Journal of Smart Accounting and Financial Technologies (JSAFT):

1. Research Article: Report of original research findings and data.
2. Review Article: Critically examines the body of research on a particular subject and gives insights/informed opinions on the direction and future of the research field.
3. Case Study: A research report that presents detailed findings and analysis based on a specific case or situation.

Manuscript Presentation

1. Length: Original research articles submitted to this journal should exceed 4,000 words but less than 12,500 words and 22 references minimum. Reviews submitted to this journal should exceed 5,000 words but less than 12,500 words, and 100 references. These guidelines include all content, such as the abstract, figures, and references. If the article exceeds the above-suggested length, please contact the editorial office. Please kindly note that it may take substantially longer for us to make decisions on overlong submissions.
2. Language, Spelling, and Grammar: This journal only accepts English manuscripts. If English is not your first language, it is strongly suggested that you ask an English-speaking colleague to proofread your paper.
3. Author Affiliations: These should immediately follow the title. For multiple-authored articles, list the full names of all the authors, followed by their email addresses. If an author's present address is different from the address at which the work was carried out, this should be given as a footnote. All co-authors must be listed on the manuscript submission and peer review sites as part of the submission process.
4. Abstract: The recommended length for the abstract should be within a range of 200–350 words. The abstract should not exceed 350 words in total. It should indicate the general scope and also state the main results obtained, the methods used, the value of the work, and the conclusions drawn. The (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Implications) format is recommended to organize the structure of your abstract. No figure numbers, table numbers, or references should be included.
5. Keywords: Please include at least 4 and up to 7 pertinent keywords.
6. Tables: The text should make clear references to the tables. Tables should be inserted in an editable format. Tables should be referred to in numerical order.
7. Funding: You should list all funding sources in the Funding Support Section.
8. Reference Style: This journal uses the APA reference style. Each in-text citation must be matched by a corresponding reference in the reference list, and vice versa.
9. ORCiD: ORCiD provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that researchers own and control. It can help researchers record and report their work. Authors are encouraged to register with ORCiD and include ORCiD information when submitting. For more information on how to register an ORCiD, please visit https://orcid.org/.
10. Cover Letter: Authors are encouraged to submit a cover letter with the manuscript. If you would like to submit one, please include a summary of your manuscript that highlights the key findings and main contributions. If your manuscript was previously a conference paper, please attach the paper and details of how the manuscript has been expanded.

Revisions

If your manuscript needs revision to meet the journal's requirements, please prepare the following files and include them at the time of uploading your revised submission:

1. Author Response Letter: Provide detailed responses that address each editor and reviewer comment. Please provide a polite, objective rebuttal if you disagree with the comments.
2. Revised Manuscript (Tracked Changes Copy): A marked-up copy of your manuscript file demonstrating the modifications you have made should be included.
3. Revised Manuscript (Clean Copy): Upload an unmarked copy of your revised manuscript.

After Acceptance

1. Check by Editorial Office: Once your paper has been accepted, it will be checked by the editorial office to ensure that it is ready for production. If any updates are necessary, you may be contacted. Otherwise, your paper will be forwarded to the production team.
2. Publishing License: When the production team receives the accepted article, the corresponding author will be contacted by email to ask them to sign a publication license.
3. Proofs: The corresponding author will receive an email for approval before it is typeset. Authors should check their proofs carefully to confirm that all the information is accurate. Proofs must be returned within 4 working days of receiving the email.

Authorship

This journal adheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines, which specify that the following requirements must be met to qualify for authorship of a manuscript:

1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
2. Drafting the work or reviewing it critically for important intellectual content; AND
3. Final approval of the version to be published; AND
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Authors are expected to carefully consider the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide a definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Those who contributed to the work but do not qualify for authorship should be listed in the acknowledgments.

Any addition, deletion, or rearranging of author names in the authorship list should only occur prior to the manuscript's acceptance and with the Journal Editor-in-Chief's approval. To request such a change, the Editor-in-Chief must receive the following items from the corresponding author:

1. The rationale for the revised author list.
2. Written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal, or rearrangement.

Artificial Intelligence

This journal follows Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in manuscript writing, which state that authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript:

AI tools cannot meet the requirements for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright and license agreements.

Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, the production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or the collection and analysis of data must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.