Authors Guidelines

The Journal of Economic and Business Sciences publishes scientific and professional papers as well as other relevant papers. The category of the paper is proposed by the author, and the final assessment is based on peer review and made by the Editor-in-Chief. The published papers are reviewed.

In the preparation of scientific paper, please observe the following instructions:

1. Papers in printed form with your details and the abstract in accordance with the instructions should be sent to the Editorial Board of Journal of Economic and Business Sciences, Na Loko 2, SI-8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia. We also accept papers sent to our email address. The material received will not be
2. The paper and the abstract should be submitted on the relevant data The file name should include the surname of the author or the title of the paper – which should also be clearly marked on the data media. The paper should be writ- ten with Microsoft Word text editor. If the paper is sent only in electronic form (not in printed form as well), is should also be sent in PDF format.
3. Scientific papers may include up to 30,000 characters.
4. Each paper should have a cover page on a separate sheet, containing the author’s name and surname, year of birth, home address, telephone number, title, academic and professional title, the address of the institution where the author works and the email If there are several authors, the form should include the required information for each author separately. The primary author must be written in the first place.
5. Scientific and professional papers should have an abstract in Slovene (from 1,000 up to 1,200 characters with spaces) and in English. The abstract and key words should be written at the beginning of the paper. There should also be an extended abstract (10,000 characters with spaces) in English.
6. Tables and figures should be included in the text where they belong. As separate files, images should also be attached in the corresponding image (jpeg) or vector (eps, pdf, png) format with the resolution of at least 600 dots per Inch. Images that do not meet the minimum requirements shall be omitted in the final technical preparation of the Journal.
7. When quoting, summarising and citing literature, we recommend following the APA 7 (American Psychological Association) standard as follows:
   • For books: the author’s surname and name, year of publication, title, place.
     Example: Samuelson, P. A. and Nordhaus, W. D. (2010). Economics. Boston: McGraw Hill.
   • For articles in journals: the author’s surname and name, year of publication, title of the journal, volume, number.
     Example: Mauer, P. (2013). V posel s treznim premislekom. Podjetnik, 22(7-8), 52–55.
   • For articles in proceedings: the author’s surname and name, year of publication, title, information about the book or the journal, pages.
     Example: Senjur, M. (2009). Strategija razvoja Slovenije in gospodarska recesija. In: Nared, J. and Perko, D. (ed.). Razvojni izzivi Slovenije (pp. 21-28). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
   • In the case of online references, the exact website must be cited, together with the name of the document and the date on which the information was summarised.
     Example: Gostiša, M. (2001). Vloga kadrovskih služb pri razvoju delavskega samoupravljanja. Paper at HR Managers Days in Portorož. Available at: http://www.delavska-participacija.com/clanki/vlogakadrovsluzb.doc (retrieved 25. 11. 2021).
8. The inclusion of references in the text: If it is an exact reference, the surname, the year of publication and the page should be written in brackets (Starc, 2013, str. 15). If it is a general reference, the page is omitted (Bobek, 2013).

For any further clarification and information not covered in these instructions with regard to the preparation and publication of papers, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. For general information and technical assistance in preparing the paper, please contact the editorial office or send your questions to our e-mail address: urednistvo@eb-nm.si.