About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Aims & scope
ECOFORUM is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research papers on all areas related to economics.

The journal is indexed in the following international databases: RePEc, CEEOL, EconBiz, ZDB, EZB, JISC, Scope, SSRN, BASE, Europub, Citefactor, Sindexs, ResearchBib, Scispace and many other.

Topical Areas

Areas of research that we consider include, but not limited to, the following:

_{Core Economic Theory and Methodology}

_{Microeconomic Theory: Consumer and firm behavior, market structures, game theory.}
_{Macroeconomics and Economic Policy: Growth, inflation, unemployment, monetary and fiscal policy.}
_{Econometrics and Quantitative Methods: Statistical analysis, modeling, and forecasting.}
_{Behavioral and Experimental Economics: The psychological foundations of economic decisions.}

_{Applied Economics and Business}

_{Finance, Accounting, and Corporate Governance: Financial markets, corporate finance, investments, and reporting.}
_{Strategic Management and Organizational Economics: Firm strategy, competition, and organizational design.}
_{Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Pricing, advertising, and market analysis.}
_{Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management: Production, efficiency, and network economics.}

_{Interdisciplinary Topics}

_{Economics of AI, Digitization, and Innovation: Technological change, automation, and platform economics.}
_{Entrepreneurship and Small Business Economics: New venture creation and innovation diffusion.}
_{Labor, Health, and Education Economics: Human capital, labor markets, and non-market valuation.}
_{International Economics, Trade, and Business: Globalization, trade policy, and multinational firms.}
_{Public Economics and Policy: Governance, regulation, taxation, and public sector management.}
_{Environmental, Urban, and Regional Economics: Sustainability, resource management, and economic geography.}
_{Sector-Specific Economics: (e.g., Tourism, Agriculture, Energy)}

Peer Review Process

Submitted papers are subject to a blind peer review process in order to select articles for publication that meet the highest possible standards.

As a first step, the editor sends the received papers, without the authors' names and affiliations, to two experts in the field using the online web management system.

The electronic evaluation form used by reviewers contains a checklist to help referees cover all key aspects relevant to the publication decision.

Checklist

Characteristics/criteria that can be applied	5	4	3	2	1
Adequate enouncing of the paper's title
Relevance of abstract, key words and framing to JEL classification in conformity with the paper's content
Paper's structure is well defined and chosen in accordance with the approached theme
Scientific quality
The paper's novelty level
Originality in approaching the paper's issues
Clarity, concisely character in presenting the paper's content
Sound argumentation of the presented case study
Lack of errors, wrong ideas, ambiguities
The paper's subject is compatible with the journals' purpose
The used references illustrate the idea of the text
Citations from international ISI journals
Citations from international databases journals
Citations from previous issues of Ecoforum

The final section of the evaluation form requires reviewers to provide constructive feedback for the authors. These comments are sent anonymously.

Reviewers remain anonymous and act independently throughout the evaluation. They are from different affiliations and locations and are not aware of one another's identities. If the first two reviewers reach conflicting decisions (e.g., accept vs. reject), the paper is sent to a third reviewer.

The Editor-in-Chief makes the final publication decision based on the reviewers' recommendations and the journal's scope. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the overall quality and selection of published manuscripts, while authors are ultimately responsible for the content of their articles.

After the reviewing process, authors receive the decision from the editorial board as follows:

Accepted
Accepted with slight changes
Revise and resubmit
Rejected (not in compliance with the journal)

Publication Frequency

The journal ECOFORUM is published three times a year, in January, May and August. For the issues published in January, the manuscripts must be submitted online until 1st October, for the ones published in May, until 1st of March and the ones for the issue published in August, until 1st of June.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Policy of screening for plagiarism

Papers submitted to EcoForum Journal will be screened for plagiarism using plagiarism detection tools.

EcoForum Journal will immediately reject papers with notable degrees of plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement

(based on Elsevier recommendations and COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors)

Ethical guidelines for journal publication

Ecoforum Journal is committed to ensuring ethics in publication and quality of articles. Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and the Publisher.

In particular:

Authors: Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of research work as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the experiments. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive, and accurate accounts of the state of the art. The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Authors should not submit articles describing essentially the same research to more than one journal. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication.

Editors: Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

Reviewers: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them for improving the paper. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.