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African Journal of Commercial Studies
Commercial studies, business, management, economics and applied scholarship.
Three journals · one editorial standard
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Guidance with the right context.
Each journal applies shared standards with discipline-specific screening and review priorities.
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Light blue identityEAFJ
East African Finance Journal
Finance, accounting, banking, investment and financial-sector research.
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African Multidisciplinary Scholarship Journal
Multidisciplinary African scholarship across social sciences and applied research.
AJOCS RESOURCE DESK
African Journal of Commercial Studies
Screening focus
Confirm a clear commercial or managerial contribution, relevant business context and actionable implications supported by evidence.
Review & reporting
Check transparent quantitative, qualitative or mixed-method reporting and consistency between business claims, results and conclusions.
EAFJ RESOURCE DESK
East African Finance Journal
Screening focus
Confirm relevance to finance and the East African or comparable context, a defensible contribution and clear policy or practice value.
Review & reporting
Scrutinise variable definitions, data provenance, model assumptions, robustness tests and causal or forecasting claims.
AMSJ RESOURCE DESK
African Multidisciplinary Scholarship Journal
Screening focus
Confirm genuine multidisciplinary value, relevance to African scholarship and a contribution understandable beyond one specialist field.
Review & reporting
Apply the reporting standard appropriate to each method while checking cross-disciplinary terminology, integration and accessibility.
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⌁Editor
Initial manuscript screening
A consistent check for scope, originality, structure, ethics and submission completeness.
8-point checklist · 4 min read
✦Reviewer
Constructive peer review
Evaluate rigour, contribution and clarity—and turn observations into actionable comments.
Review framework · 7 min read
◎Ethics
Publication ethics desk guide
Practical responses to plagiarism, duplicate submission, authorship disputes and data concerns.
Decision guide · 6 min read
↗Editor
Writing editorial decisions
Clear, fair language for accept, minor revision, major revision and rejection decisions.
4 templates · 5 min read
¶Author
Preparing a revision
Respond point-by-point, track changes and resubmit a clean, complete package.
Author guide · 3 min read
◫Workflow
Issue production checklist
Move accepted papers through copyediting, layout, metadata, DOI registration and publication.
12 steps · 8 min read
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A rigorous workflow,
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Fair & independent review
Choose reviewers for expertise, manage conflicts and assess scholarly merit.
Research integrity
Use proportionate, documented procedures for ethical concerns.
Complete metadata
Accurate names, ORCIDs and references make work discoverable.