About the Journal

FOCUS AND SCOPE

Journal of Intelligent Transformation in Business and Economics (INTRIBE) is committed to publishing original, high-quality research that advances understanding at the intersection of business, economics, and artificial intelligence (AI). The journal serves as a scholarly platform for studies that explore how intelligent technologies, data-driven systems, and computational models are transforming business practices, economic structures, and strategic decision-making across diverse contexts.

INTRIBE welcomes empirical studies, theoretical contributions, methodological innovations, and conceptual explorations, as well as review papers authored by leading scholars in the field. The journal prioritizes manuscripts that demonstrate methodological rigor, theoretical relevance, and practical significance, offering insights for both academics and practitioners.

The scope of INTRIBE includes (but is not limited to) the following areas:

1. AI applications in finance, accounting, marketing, operations, and human resource management
2. Predictive modeling, data analytics, and machine learning for economic analysis and business forecasting
3. Intelligent decision support systems for corporate strategy, governance, and public policy
4. AI-driven innovation in entrepreneurship, supply chain management, and digital commerce
5. Business intelligence, big data, and real-time strategic decision-making
6. The role of AI in organizational transformation, governance structures, and performance measurement
7. Ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI adoption in business and economic domains
8. Conceptual and theoretical frameworks linking AI with economic thought, managerial practices, and organizational theory

Through this scope, INTRIBE aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and provide actionable insights into how AI and intelligent technologies shape the future of business and economic landscapes worldwide.

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PEER REVIEW PROCESS

INTRIBE operates a conventional doubled-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer's name is always concealed from the submitting author. Authors should present their papers honestly without fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or inappropriate data manipulation. The review process for the manuscript is undertaken by at least two reviewers and requires at least 8 weeks to complete. This review period depends on the editors and reviewers' duration in reviewing the manuscript. Should there be no update on the manuscript's status within three months, authors are encouraged to reach out to the editor for further information. The stages of the review process applied at INTRIBE are as the following:

1. Submission of manuscripts. It is only processed via online i.e. OJS of INTRIBE at the website: http://journal.nusaksara.org/index.php/intribe/
2. The submitted manuscripts would be checked whether it complies INTRIBE’s author guidelines and template for submission, also whether the manuscript matches the focus and scope of the journal. If appropriate, the next process will be carried out, and if not, we would recommend the manuscript to be submitted to another journal. The editor of INTRIBE will notify immediately via email.
3. The manuscripts would be checked with Turnitin (similarity check). If the total manuscript similarity exceeds 20%, or if more than 5% of the content matches a single source, the manuscript will be rejected during the desk evaluation phase. This decision is entirely the prerogative right of the editor in chief and cannot be contested.
4. The manuscripts would be reviewed by an assigned editor to find out whether it contributes sufficiently to the development of science and practice in the field of accounting and investment. The manuscripts that qualify at this stage would be proceeded to the review stage by at least two external peer reviewers.
5. The manuscript that is accepted with revisions (minor or major), it would contain comments from peer reviewers and would be returned to the author for revision. Referring to the INTRIBE policy, reviewers only give suggestions on whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected. Meanwhile, the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is in the hand of the editor and editor in chief.
6. The author is given the time to revise the manuscript no later than 4 weeks (minor revisions) or 12 weeks (major revisions). Extra time to revise should be asked to the editor via email (intribe.journal@nusaksara.org). If there is no notification after the specified period, then the Author is deemed to resign.
7. Manuscripts that have gone through final revisions and accepted by the editor would be published in the INTRIBE in the edition determined by the editor in chief. The author may ask the editor in chief if he/she prefers to publish his/her article in specific editions (volumes and numbers). For this purpose, the author must submit the request to the INTRIBE editor in chief via email (intribe.journal@nusaksara.org).

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OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

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PUBLICATION ETHICS

Our Publication Ethics are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

 

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards:

Authors should present an accurate account of the original research performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Researchers should present their results honestly and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. A manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Manuscripts should follow the submission guidelines of the journal.

Originality and Plagiarism:

Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work. The manuscript should not be submitted concurrently to more than one publication unless the editors have agreed to co-publication. Relevant previous work and publications, both by other researchers and the authors’ own, should be properly acknowledged and referenced. The primary literature should be cited where possible. Original wording taken directly from publications by other researchers should appear in quotation marks with the appropriate citations.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications:

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources:

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper:

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works:

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects:

The author should clearly identify in the manuscript if the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use.

 

Duties of Editor

Publication Decisions:

Based on the review report of the editorial board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. Editors have to take responsibility for everything they publish and should have procedures and policies in place to ensure the quality of the material they publish and maintain the integrity of the published record.

Confidentiality:

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Review of Manuscripts:

Editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. Editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

Fair Play:

The editor must ensure that each manuscript received by the journal is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors. An important part of the responsibility to make fair and unbiased decisions is the upholding of the principle of editorial independence and integrity. Editors are in a powerful position by making decisions on publications, which makes it very important that this process is as fair and unbiased as possible.

Confidentiality:

The editor must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential. Editors should critically assess any potential breaches of data protection and patient confidentiality. This includes requiring properly informed consent for the actual research presented, consent for publication where applicable.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:

The editor of the Journal will not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript for his own research without written consent of the author. Editors should not be involved in decisions about papers in which they have a conflict of interest

 

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions:

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Confidentiality:

Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Acknowledgement of Sources:

Reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. The reviewers should notify the journal immediately if they come across any irregularities, have concerns about ethical aspects of the work, are aware of substantial similarity between the manuscript and a concurrent submission to another journal or a published article, or suspect that misconduct may have occurred during either the research or the writing and submission of the manuscript; reviewers should, however, keep their concerns confidential and not personally investigate further unless the journal asks for further information or advice.

Standards of Objectivity:

Review of submitted manuscripts must be done objectively and the reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. The reviewers should follow journals’ instructions on the specific feedback that is required of them and, unless there are good reasons not to. The reviewers should be constructive in their reviews and provide feedback that will help the authors to improve their manuscript. The reviewer should make clear which suggested additional investigations are essential to support claims made in the manuscript under consideration and which will just strengthen or extend the work

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. 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. In the case of double-blind review, if they suspect the identity of the author(s) notify the journal if this knowledge raises any potential conflict of interest.

Promptness:

The reviewers should respond in a reasonable time-frame. The reviewers only agree to review a manuscript if they are fairly confident they can return a review within the proposed or mutually agreed time-frame, informing the journal promptly if they require an extension. In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.

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Screening for Plagiarism

Papers submitted to INTRIBE will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin plagiarism detection tools. INTRIBE will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Before submitting articles to reviewers, those are first checked for similarity/plagiarism tool, by a member of the editorial team. The papers submitted to the INTRIBE must have a similarity level of less than 20% (Exclude Bibliography), and the similarity score to each source is no more than 5%.

Plagiarism is the exposure of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. To accurately judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

1. An author can literally copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledge or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source and the manuscript/work who is suspected of plagiarism.
2. Substantial copying implies an author to reproduce a substantial part of another author, without permission, acknowledge, or citation. The substantial term can be understood both in terms of quality as quantity, being often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
3. Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to be identified.

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PUBLICATION FEE POLICY

Journal of Intelligent Transformation in Business and Economics (INTRIBE) is an open-access journal that does not charge any fees at any stage of the publication process. Authors are not required to pay submission fees, article processing charges (APCs), or publication fees.

By adopting this policy, INTRIBE ensures that high-quality scientific knowledge remains accessible to a global audience without financial barriers. The journal is committed to promoting open science and advancing interdisciplinary research in informatics, behavioral science, and sustainability while supporting authors regardless of their financial resources.

All accepted papers are published online free of charge and made available to readers worldwide under our open-access policy.