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Name of the Journal: |
Rabindra Bharati University Journal of Economics |
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ISSN: |
0975-802X |
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Nature of Publication: |
Hard Copy |
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Frequency: |
Annual |
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Chief Editor: |
Prof. Prankrishna Pal, Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University
Email ID: journal.economics@rbu.ac.in |
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Co-Editor: |
Prof. Debolina Saha, Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University |
Editorial Board
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Professor Prankrishna Pal, Department of Economics |
- Chief Editor |
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Professor Swati Ghosh, Department of Economics |
- Member |
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Professor Debolina Saha, Department of Economics |
- Co-Editor |
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Dr. Srobonti Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics |
- Member |
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Dr. Sulekha Hembram, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics |
- Member |
Professor Rajarshi Majumder, Department of Economics,
University of Burdwan |
- Member |
Professor Siddhartha Mitra, Department of Economics,
Jadavpur University |
- Member |
Advisory Board
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Prof. Anjan Mukherji, CESP, JNU, New Delhi (Retired)
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Prof. Anup Sinha, IIM Calcutta (Retired)
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Prof. Sankar Kumar Bhaumik, Pataliputra School of Economics, Patna (Retired)
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Prof. Tarun Kabiraj, ISI, Kolkata (Retired)
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Prof. Soumyen Sikdar, IIM Calcutta (Retired)
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Prof. Anjan Kumar Chakrabarti, University of Calcutta
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Prof. Achin Chakraborty, IDSK
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Prof. Priya Sangameswaran, CSSS, Kolkata
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Prof. Sukanta Bhattacharya, University of Calcutta
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Prof. Runa Sarkar, IIM Calcutta
About the Journal
Rabindra Bharati University Journal of Economics (RBUJE) is a UGC-CARE Listed Peer-Reviewed Journal that focuses on both theoretical and empirical research in the discipline of Social Science, particularly in Economics and allied areas.
Hard-copy of the journal is being published annually since 2007, with the ISSN Number: 0975-802X.
At present Volume XVII of the journal has been published (2023).
Peer Review and Publication Policy
After receiving the manuscript, the Editors or the Members of the Editorial Board perform the initial review. This preliminary review is made on the basis of the importance of research topic and depth of the subject-matter. If the manuscript is found unsuitable for publication by the Editorial Board members of the journal, it is directly rejected. If the manuscript appears acceptable, it is sent to the reviewers for evaluation. RBUJE follows a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy. On the basis of the reviewers’ recommendations, the manuscript is Accepted/Accepted subject to minor revision/Accepted subject to major revision/Rejected. The RBUJE aims to arrive at this initial decision within three months after the last date of submission of manuscripts followed by the date of call for papers. The changes recommended by the concerned reviewers are intimated to the corresponding author through email. The revised version of the manuscript must be submitted within two weeks from the date of intimation. The revised manuscript is examined by the same reviewers. On the basis of the reviewers’ report, the paper is either Accepted or Rejected at the final stage. The RBUJE aims to intimate the final decision within two months from the date of receipt of the revised manuscript. The Editorial Board takes the final decision on publishing a manuscript based on the recommendations of the reviewers. The Editorial Board also reserves the right to edit or to reject any manuscript submitted for publication without stating any reason to the author/s.
A Pre-Publication Author’s Disclosure Form will be sent to the corresponding author after the acceptance of manuscript. Each author will have to sign the form, and the scanned copy of the same is to be sent to the Chief Editor of the Journal at journal.economics@rbu.ac.in within a week. Copyright of published papers will rest with Rabindra Bharati University Journal of Economics (RBUJE). Each author will receive a copy of the journal that contains his/her paper.
Publication Charges
RBUJE is fully funded by Rabindra Bharati University. The Journal claims NO PROCESSING FEES at any stage of publication process.
Publication Ethics
Publishing an article in this journal is a direct reflection of the authors’ individual creative endeavors so far as the subject domain is concerned. Therefore it is expected that a quality should be maintained by the author/s and the affiliated institution/s that support them. Contents of the submitted paper should be original. It is expected to agree upon the standard of ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: The author/s, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher.
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Simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript by the author/s to different journals will not be accepted.
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All those who have made a significant contribution should be cited as authors.
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Reproducing text from other papers without properly crediting the source (plagiarism) and producing many papers with almost the same content by the same author/s (self- plagiarism) are not acceptable.
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Author/s should refrain from misrepresenting research results.
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Members of the Editorial Board will not use the data of the submitted papers for the purpose of their own research.
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Confidentiality will be maintained in the review process.
We try our best in maintaining ethics before publishing any article. Sincere efforts are made to avoid copyright violation and plagiarism. Author/s will be asked for a declaration in this regard in terms of Author’s Disclosure Form. A similarity check report is also asked from the author/s at the stage of submission of the final revised manuscript. Similarity up to 10 percent is acceptable.
Guidelines for Authors
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The first page of the manuscript (Title page) should contain (i) Full Name, (ii) Designation, (iii) Affiliating Institution with Address, and (iv) Email IDs of the author/s of the manuscript. Corresponding author must also be mentioned therein.
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The second page of the manuscript should contain the (i) Title, (ii) Abstract (within 150 words), (iii) 4-6 Keywords, and (iv) JEL Classification of the manuscript.
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The author/s name/s and affiliation/s should not appear anywhere in the manuscript except the first page (Title page).
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Length of the article should be kept to a maximum of 6000 words, including title page, abstract, figures, tables, notes and references. Articles with more than 6000 words will not be considered for review.
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The abstract should cover the research problem, the methodology used, a concise discussion of a few significant research findings and an overview of the main conclusions of the article.
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The main body of the manuscript should be under four headings: Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, and Conclusions.
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The manuscript must be typed in MS-Word (Font: Times New Roman, Font size: 12, 1.5 line spacing with Normal margin on all sides)
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Footnotes should be indicated consecutively in the text using superscript numbers. Use of footnotes and italics should be kept at the minimum.
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Mathematical expressions should be presented in a way that will be easily printable.
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Tables both in text and/or in appendices should be consecutively numbered using numerals on the top with appropriately titled. Sources and explanatory notes (if any) should be given below the table.
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Figures should be clearly drawn in black with all axes clearly positioned. Figures should be inserted in the text with appropriate numbering and title. Source should be given below the figure.
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Tables and Figures should be in compatible formats, within the text, not at the end of the manuscript.
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Cite sentences or words taken from other works with single quotation mark; use double quotation marks only within quotations.
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Write numerals between one and ten in words, and 10 and above in figures. However, the following are to be in figures only: distance: 3 km; age: 32 years; percentage: 64 percent; century: 20th century; and year: 2000.
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Write a series of years in full, for example, 2000-2020 (not 2000-20); refer to a decade without an apostrophe, for example, the 1990s (not the 1990's); for specific dates, cite day, month and year in the order like 25 May, 2004.
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Use international units in the manuscripts.
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Abbreviations should be spelled out at their first occurrences.
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Bibliographic references should be given in full, in alphabetical order at the end of the manuscript.
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The journal follows the APA style in in-text citations and bibliographic references.
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Every in-text citation must have a corresponding citation in the reference list and vice versa.
Where to Send your Article?
The author/s should send a soft copy of the article to the Chief-Editor of the Journal to the following email id: journal.economics@rbu.ac.in. Every submission should be accompanied by a cover letter to the Chief Editor, mentioning the novelty of this research work.
After the Call for Journal Papers in every year in the month of January, submission can be made up to the month of April of that year. Only the papers received during January-April in a year will be considered for review and subsequent publication for that year.
After the acceptance of manuscript, a hard copy of the final version, Author’s Disclosure Form and similarity check report are to be sent to the following address:
To
Prof. Prankrishna Pal
Chief Editor of the Rabindra Bharati University Journal of Economics
Department of Economics
Rabindra Bharati University
56A, B.T. Road, Kolkata - 700 050, West Bengal, India.
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