Journal scope
Aims and Scope
NEJSR is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes systematic reviews and related evidence-synthesis research that advances understanding across business and management disciplines.
Aims
What NEJSR Seeks to Advance
NEJSR provides a dedicated venue for systematic reviews and related evidence-synthesis research in business and management. The journal seeks manuscripts that organize existing research transparently, evaluate the strength and limitations of the evidence, identify patterns and gaps, and produce insights that are useful to scholarship and practice.
The journal also seeks to strengthen the visibility of evidence-synthesis methods across management disciplines and to support research that connects fragmented bodies of literature.
Disciplinary scope
Business and Management Disciplines
NEJSR welcomes evidence-synthesis research across a broad business and management scope. The initial disciplinary structure includes:
- Management
- Project Management
- Organizational Studies
- Accounting
- Finance
- Operations
- Strategy
- Information Systems
- Human Resources
- Leadership
Interdisciplinary reviews are also within scope when the manuscript has a clear connection to management, organizations, business decision making, or related professional practice.
Research focus
Systematic Reviews and Related Evidence Synthesis
The journal's primary focus is research that uses explicit, reproducible, and transparent approaches to identify, select, evaluate, and synthesize relevant evidence.
Editorial approval required
The final list of accepted review types and the reporting requirements for each type will be defined in the Submission Guidelines. Until that policy is approved, this page does not establish acceptance rules for specific evidence-synthesis designs.
Scholarly contribution
What a Strong NEJSR Manuscript Should Contribute
A manuscript should do more than summarize a collection of publications. It should present a clear research question or synthesis objective, document the review process, evaluate the evidence in a structured manner, and explain what the synthesis adds to existing knowledge.
Transparent Method
The review process should be documented so readers can understand how the evidence base was constructed.
Analytical Synthesis
The manuscript should integrate and interpret evidence rather than reproduce study summaries.
Scholarly Value
The review should clarify what is known, identify limitations or gaps, and explain the implications for research or practice.
Before submission
Determining Journal Fit
Prospective authors should review the journal scope together with the Submission Guidelines before preparing a manuscript for NEJSR.