International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises

The International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises (IJSMEs) is a Double-Blind Peer-Reviewed Refereed International Journal.

Aims & Scope

The Journal aims to serve as a leading platform for disseminating high-quality research and knowledge related to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This peer-reviewed journal is dedicated to advancing the understanding of various aspects that impact SMEs, such as entrepreneurship, innovation, management practices, marketing strategies, financial issues, and policy frameworks. By providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, the journal aims to foster scholarly discussions and promote practical insights that can contribute to SMEs' growth, sustainability, and competitiveness worldwide. Through its publications, the Small and Medium Enterprises Journal seeks to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world challenges SMEs face, making it a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, policymakers, and all those interested in the SMEs sector. The subject areas include, but are not limited to, the following fields:

• Technology/ICT for SMEs
• Joint Venture
• Organizational Design and Rules
• Value Chain Analysis
• Entrepreneurship
• Capital Formation
• Family-Owned Businesses
• SMEs Banking
• SME Cluster Development
• Performance Measurement and Business Improvement
• Impacts of market structure and market competition on SMEs
• Recruitment, training, and development for SMEs
• Innovation in International SMEs
• Business Models
• Women Entrepreneurship
• Branding of SMEs Products & Services and Other Relevant Issues

Subject Area (Subject Category)

Scopus: Business, Management, and Accounting. Subject Category – Business and International Management (1403); Strategy and Management (1408); Management of Technology and Innovation (1405).

Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC): Strategy, management and organisational behaviour

Academic Journal Guide (ABS): Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

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IJSMEs follows APA style.

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Author Guidelines

1. Authors must ensure that their papers are free of spelling and grammatical errors and typos.

2. Research papers should not exceed 6,000 words.

3. A separate title page of an article should contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s).

4. The first page of an article should contain an abstract not exceeding 250 words and a maximum of eight keywords.

5. Equations in the text should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals within simple brackets and aligned against the right margin.

6. All appendices should be numbered consecutively using uppercase roman numerals and shown after the list of references.

7. References should be cited within the text as follows: According to Wickremasinghe (2005), foreign exchange market … These results are inconsistent with those of other studies (Perera, 1995; Silva, 2000)

8. List of references should show each citation in alphabetical order and follow the style of APA

9. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. The corrected manuscripts should be submitted within 10 working days.

10. This Diamond/Platinum Open Access journal makes all articles free to read, share, and download under the CC BY 4.0 license. There are no publication fees or extra charges for article length, color figures, or supplementary materials. 

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NOTE:

The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (turnitin.com).

Turnitin will check all submissions before being sent to reviewers.

Keep a Similarity Index <10% and single-source matches are not <1%.

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