About the Journal

The Journal is registered by the Library of Congress, listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), indexed with CABELL's, BASE, EBSCO, ProQuest, Ulrich, Google Scholar, Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, OAI WorldCat Digital Collection, each article has assigned an individual CrossReff DOI address, and positively evaluated in Citefactor indexing.

JCR 2023 Status Report

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR) is a multidisciplinary journal related to Eurasia's regional business disciplines with a focus on CEE and CA countries.

Research Topics:

1. Economics
2. Management
3. Strategy
4. Marketing
5. Banking and Finance
6. Organizational Development and Human Resource Management
7. International Affairs

To learn more about the Journal, please go to About.

Any paper submitted to the Journal must be original, previously unpublished, and currently not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All articles in the printed version of the Journal are peer-reviewed. The review process is double-blind. Neither the authors nor the reviewers know who wrote or reviewed the article. Per standard practice, only the Editor assigned to handle a paper knows the identity of the authors and the reviewers.

All paper submissions should be submitted through JEECAR's submission page.

The proposed manuscript should be formatted according to the JEECAR Article Template.

Remember to submit your article online. You will need to register as an Author.

Peer Review Process

The practice of peer review is to ensure that good science is published. It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is standard practice at all reputable scientific journals. Our referees, therefore, play a vital role in maintaining the high standards of the Journal of East European and Central Asia Research, and all manuscripts, including those that appear in Special Issues, are peer-reviewed following the procedure outlined below.

Initial manuscript evaluation: The Editor first evaluates all manuscripts in 3-4 days or less. Those rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, have poor grammar or English language, or are outside the aims and scope of the Journal. Those that meet the minimum criteria are passed on to at least two experts for review; these may include members of the Editorial Board.

Type of peer review This Journal employs double-blind reviewing, where the referees remain anonymous to authors throughout the process.

How referees are selected Referees are matched to papers according to their expertise and recent history of review. Our database is constantly being updated. We welcome suggestions for referees from the author(s) through these recommendations that may or may not be used.

Referee reports Referees are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:
• is original• is methodologically sound• follows appropriate ethical guidelines• has results that are clearly presented and support the conclusions• correctly references previous relevant work.

Referees are not expected to correct or copy-edit manuscripts. Language correction is not part of the peer-review process.

How long does the review process take? Typically, manuscripts are reviewed within 4 weeks of submission. However, substantially longer review times are not uncommon. Should the referees' reports contradict one another or a report is unduly delayed, further expert opinion is often sought. Revised manuscripts are usually returned to the initial referees upon receipt. Referees may and frequently do request more than one revision of a manuscript. In the case of a second or third round of reviews, a review and corrections may take up to 3 months. On average, articles are published in a 4 -5 month period. However, we expect that the authors will revise and resubmit their article in 90 days or less.

Final report: A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript is sent to the author, along with any final recommendations made by the Editor. It usually includes verbatim comments from the referees.

The Editor's decision is final. Referees advise the Editor, who is responsible for the final decision, to accept or reject the article.

Becoming a referee: If you are not currently a referee for the Journal of East European and Central Asia Research but would like to be added to the list, please contact the editorial office. The benefits of refereeing include the opportunity to see and evaluate the latest work in your research area at an early stage. You may also be able to cite your work for the Journal as part of your professional service contributions. It is recommended that peer reviewers complete the certified WoS Academy peer-review courses, "An Introduction to Peer-Review" and "Reviewing in the Sciences," and become certified experts in research integrity.

English Language Proficiency Requirement: When the Editor recommends that the submitted article needs grammar improvement, authors would have to refine the use of English in their manuscripts and might consider using the services of professional English-language editing companies.

Publication Frequency

At the beginning of 2025, the Journal JEECAR publishes its regular issues quarterly (March, June, September, and December).

Open Access Policy

This Journal provides immediate access to its content and does not require subscriptions to access some or all of its content.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statements

The Journal JEECAR is committed to the editorial principles of all aspects of publication ethics and publication malpractice as assigned by the Committee on Public Ethics. For specific information on the Journal's ethical principles, visit JEECAR's Ethics Statement.

Plagiarism Prevention

The JEECAR Ethics Statement states that we take plagiarism issues very seriously. We seek to protect our Journal's reputation against malpractice, and we reserve the right to remove an article from the Journal, inform the head of department or dean of the author's institution, and/or ban the author from publication in the Journal. All submissions received will be checked for plagiarism using the iThenticate service provided by CrossCheck.

Open Access Licensing

Open-access articles in the JEECAR journal are published under Creative Commons licenses. These provide an industry-standard framework to support the easy re-use of open-access material. Under Creative Commons, authors retain the copyright of their work.

Retraction and Correction Policy

A Retraction of an article will be performed by the JEECAR editor, either following an author's request or a 3rd party's report of scientific misconduct.

A retraction will be issued when there is clear and conclusive evidence of the following:

• unethical research practices
• data fabrication
• detection of plagiarism
• double publication
• copyright infringement - e.g., if the article uses copyrighted figures without permission
• any other practice or act considered potentially harmful to the scientific community

A Correction will be issued by the JEECAR editor when:

• only a small portion of an article is defective in a way that does not severely affect the findings reported in it
• it is determined that a correction would better serve the scientific community than a retraction

Fees:

The Journal has NO Article Submission charges. A $750 Article Processing Fee applies ONLY if peer reviewers recommend a paper for publication and is payable on acceptance. Publications are free for students from developing countries, and decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. The fee covers printing paper copies, post-mailing domestic and international costs, website technical support, and OJS/DOI hosting. It should be paid via PayPal account, bank wire transfer, or other payment methods.

Advertising Policy

This Journal does not accept advertising.

Journal History

Dr. Nikolay Megits founded JEECAR in 2013.