GUIDELINES

 GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Institute of Economics of ANAS, AZ 1143, H. Javid Avenue, 115

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Nazim Muzaffarli (Imanov), D.Sc. (Econ.)

 Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Professor Mushfig Atakishiyev, D.Sc. (Econ.)

 Executive Secretary: Associate Professor Nasimi Ahmadov, Ph.D in Economics

 E-mail: econspaper@gmail.com

 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOURNAL

 Journal of Economic Growth and Social Welfare publishes original scientific papers, scientific information, up-to-date reviews, and case studies. Only the authors are responsible for the content and writing of the manuscript. The content of the manuscript must be original and compiled in accordance with the guidelines of the journal. Papers are published in Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish. Manuscripts must be grammatically and linguistically correct in order to avoid problems that may arise in the process of receiving the manuscripts. 

The journal is published 4 times a year (quarterly).

Submission of the manuscript to the Editorial Office

Manuscripts must be sent in electronic form to the e-mail of the journal. The manuscript must be submitted in a perfectly edited form. Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements of paper format are not received.

Authors must submit the manuscript in electronic form together with the Author's Declaration (must be signed and scanned after it is completed and printed electronically). It must be sent to the e-mail of the journal.

The authors are fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the manuscript (as well as its revised versions and the cover letter sent to reviewers).

The manuscript of the paper must not contain any information identifying its author(s). Avoid any reference to yourself or try to minimize it. If you are referring to your own work, be sure to refer to your work in the third person; for example, “We have determined that, (Mammadli and Guliyev, 2012)” should be replaced by “Mammadli and Guliyev (2012) have determined that…”

Guidelines for reviewing and publishing manuscripts

Evaluation by the Editor-in-Chief – The editor-in-chief checks whether the manuscript is appropriate for the journal, enough original and interesting. If these are not available, the manuscript may be rejected without being reviewed.

Papers submitted to the Editorial Office are considered by the Editorial Board. The principle of mutual confidentiality is applied to the manuscripts submitted to the journal, which means that the authors and reviewers are anonymous to each other during the reviewing process. Papers that meet the requirements of the journal are sent by the Editorial Board to at least two confidential reviewers. Reviews are then submitted to the journal with a recommendation for acceptance (without change, minor revision, major revision) or rejection. The Editor-in-Chief considers the reviews before making a general decision. If the reviews differ significantly (in case, one is positive and the other is negative), the editor may send the manuscript to a third reviewer or make a final decision. The editor decides on the publication of papers, taking into account the reviews, the scientific significance of the paper and the recommendations of the members of the Editorial Board. The names of the reviewers remain confidential and the reviews are kept in the archives for five years.

The reviews can be formulated as:

- The paper is accepted;

- The paper requires minor revision;

- The paper requires major revision;

- The paper is rejected.

The Editorial Staff communicates with the author of the paper only by e-mail. The author receives information on the decision of the Editorial Board on the paper by e-mail.

STRUCTURE AND FORMAT OF PAPER WRITING

- Papers must not exceed 7,000 words, including summaries and references. The most preferred average number of words is 3000-4000 words (about 8-12 pages). The title of the paper should be short and informative (no more than 100 letters or 12 words);

 - The name of the file which contains the paper must include the surname of the author (if there are several authors, the correspondening author) (for example, Hasanli.doc);

 - The text of the manuscript must be clearly structured, omitting one line and starting with a new line, which are carried out in sequence: “Author's full name (first name, middle name, surname)”, “Author’s affilation”, “Corresponding author e-mail address and phone number”, “ORCID number”, “Manuscript title”, “Abstract”, “Keywords”, “JEL”, “UDC”, “Introduction”, “Main text”, “Conclusion”, “References”. Abstracts and Keywords must be written in English, Azerbaijani, and Russian;

 - If there are several authors of the manuscript, only the e-mail address of the author corresponding with the Editorial Office must be indicated. Manuscripts with three or more authors must indicate ORCID numbers of at least two authors. ORCID is the unique number of the author of a scientific paper. To get the ORCID ID number, simply register on its official website (https://orcid.org/register). To make the information in the ORCID number available to everyone (including the journal), you must select the “Everyone” or “Публичный доступ” section.

Abstract

The abstract must briefly state the purpose, method and results of the scientific paper (provided that it does not exceed 200 words). Its text must be seriously edited from a scientific and grammatical point of view, reflecting the purpose, methodology, results, limitations, practical significance, originality and novelty of the research. The abstract must describe all the main facts of the paper and provide basic numerical information (including statistical estimates). The abstract must consistently indicate the author's full name (first name, middle name, surname), academic degree, position, the name of the institution, and the title of the paper.

Index and Keywords

Scientific directions of the paper must be indicated by JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) and UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) classification codes. JEL and UDC codes are given after the keywords (5-10 words).

You can identify JEL and UDC codes from the following web addresses:

JEL (https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel)

UDC (https://teacode.com/online/udc/33/33.html)

Introduction

The introduction must provide information on the current state of research in the field under study, with reference to selected bibliography sources. Here, the research is briefly substantiated, the issues to be investigated or the hypotheses (probabilities, assumptions) to be tested are clearly identified, and the purpose(s) are indicated.

Main text

In general, scientific papers that reflect empirical research should include (but not limited to) sections of Literature review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.

Materials and methods

The whole methodology must be described only if it is new; in other cases it is sufficient to indicate the author of the method and to point out specific differences. Data used in the paper should be clearly stated and its sources must be referred to in the reference list. Statistical processing methods, as well as the software used, must be listed. Methods and models of statistical analysis must be specified, sufficient statistical information must be provided.

Discussion

The author should comment on the results obtained. Data should be analyzed, compared with other relevant published results, and differences should be noted. Discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusion

In the conclusion, the main points of the paper are summarized and its novelty or contribution to the present state of research in the field concerned is indicated.

GUIDELINES FOR COMPILATION OF MANUSCRIPT

The text of the manuscript must be typed in Microsoft Office Word in A4 format, Times New Roman - 12 font (black), 1 space, intend -1.25 cm, 2 cm blank space on all margins of the pages.

The title of the manuscript must be in capital letters (maximum 10-12 words), and the subheadings must be in bold, with only the first letter capitalized. A line space must be left before and after the headings and subheadings, tables and figures. Pages must be numbered consecutively below and in the middle.

Tables and figures must have a name and the name must be placed in the left corner above the table for tables and in the left corner below the figure for figures and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, after the words “Table” and “Figure” respectively. The titles of tables and figures must be written in bold, with the first letters capitalized. The names of the rows and columns of the table must be short, and the units of measurement must be shown in parentheses.

Figures must be submitted in electronic format in “jpg”, “tiff” type in CMYK colour mode, not less than 300 dpi. Graphic illustrations must be submitted in one of the programs Word Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDraw and PowerPoint.

Tables, figures, diagrams etc. must not duplicate each other, and indicators must be given in the International System of Units (IU). When a table, a figure etc. are given in the manuscript, they must also be numbered and the word “Table”, “Figure” etc. must be written. The quantity and explanation of the symbols and numerical coefficients found in the formulas used in the manuscript are given directly below the formula, taking into account the order of their placement in the formula. The formula must be numbered in parentheses on the right, the value of each character and number must be placed on a new line, and the first line of the explanation must be written with the word “here”.

Equations and formulas must be separated from the text by blank lines. Each formula must have a blank line before and after.

The text of the paper must be clear, with the exception of a few commonly accepted abbreviations and frequently used acronyms (e.g., USA, UN).

REFERENCES

Compilation of reference list

The compilation of reference list and the guidelines for references must be in APA style. The list must include at least ten scholarly references. Only papers cited in the manuscript should be included in the references. A maximum of two papers published in the Journal of Economic Growth and Social Welfare can be included in the reference list. All sources used must be listed in alphabetical order in the references.

Sources of scientific literature must be given with the surname of the author(s), the first letter(s) of the name(s), year of publication, source name, volume (number for multi-volume works), place of publication, name of the publisher and number of pages.

All sources cited in the text are listed in the References section in the following examples:

1. Books by one or more authors:

Muzaffarli N. (2014). The Social Orientation of the Economy in the Right and Left Systems. Baku: East-West.

Musayev A.F., Gahramanov A.G. (2011). Introduction to Econometrics. Baku: Chashyoglu, 173 p.

2. Books by more than four authors:

Mammadov F.A. et al. (2011). Theoretical and Methodological Fundamentals of Taxation. Baku: Ozan, 416 p.

3. Articles in proceedings (conference, symposium, etc.):

Hüseynli M.S. (2010). Some Issues of Fiscal Policy in Azerbaijan. Materials of the republican scientific-practical conference on actual problems of the economy of Azerbaijan (pp. 216-221). Baku: “East-West”.

If the article in the conference, symposium and other materials is taken from the website:

Aliyev S.N. (March 2009). Prospects for Innovative Development of Azerbaijani Industry. Materials of the international scientific conference on innovation problems in economic development. http: //actualecon.sd.u7/3/Aliyev24/pdf.

4. Journal articles: Hasanli S.A., Guliyev A.K. (2018). Features of Financial Market Development in Azerbaijan. Economics and Auditing, 2, 83-87.

5. Electronic journal articles, references to databases must be in the form of a full address (link), provided that the date is indicated (those with a DOI code do not indicate the date):

Ismayilov M.A (2018). Social Aspects of Agrarian Relations. Agrarian Economics, 4, 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1093/ai/576;

Guluzade A.R. (2014) The Main Features of Azerbaijan's Foreign Trade. Economic integration, 3, 28-34. http://integ.ab.ed/43/34/pdf_file/0110. Accessed November 8, 2019.

Literature references guidelines

References in the text must be as follows:

Muzaffarli (2014)

Mammadov et al. (2011)

(Musayev and Gahramanov, 2011, p.38)

(Aliyev, 2009, p.10)

Huseynli (2010, p. 27); Guluzade (2014, p.93)

For example:

Hasanli and Guliyev (2018, p.17) show that low capital mobility leads to the financing of domestic investments through domestic savings.

Or

It has been established that low capital mobility leads to the financing of domestic investments through domestic savings (Hasanli and Guliyev, 2018, p.17).

If the number of authors of a scientific work is three or more, the references in the text should contain “surname of the first author and others”. For example, Nadirov et al. (2003)

If more than one work of the author published in the same year are referred to, they must be shown in the bibliography and references as “year of publication, a; year of publication, b; year of publication, c”. For example:

Nabiyev, 2002, a

Nabiyev, 2002, b

Other sources (statistical collections, legislative acts, government programs, reports, online publications, etc.) must be shown with their appropriate abbreviations in order to be listed in the references and refer to.

For example, “Industry of Azerbaijan. State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Baku: Sada, Statistical yearbook, 2015, 344 p.” must be shown in the refererences as “SSCAR AI (2015). Industry of Azerbaijan. State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Baku: Sada, Statistical yearbook, 2015, 344 p.”

In a similar way “Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2015” must be indicated as “SSCAR SIA (2015) ...”.

Or

“Annual Report 2017. State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan” must be written as “SOFAZ (2017). Annual Report. The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.

References to such sources in the text must be as follows:

SSCAR SIA (2015) or SOFAZ (2017, p.18).

ETHICAL NORMS

Authors must adhere to the following ethical norms of the Journal of Economic Growth and Social Welfare:

- The submitted manuscript is original, has not been published previously and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

- The author is fully responsible for the authenticity of the manuscript, materials used, data and originality of the research submitted to the editorial office.

- While using the scientific works of other authors, it is necessary to refer to scientific sources.

- Plagiarism is unacceptable. The author is fully responsible for plagiarism and must provide a written guarantee that the submitted manuscript is not plagiarism (Declaration of Authors).

- A manuscript found to be plagiarized is rejected and any paper by that author is prohibited from being published in the journal (within 2 years).

Declaration of Authors

The Declaration of Authors must be signed, scanned, and sent to the journal's e-mail with the manuscript. This document must be signed and scanned after it is completed and printed electronically.

You can the Declaration of Authors here (download).