About the Journal
Journal Information and Submission Guidelines
Issues in Contemporary Accounting and Business (ICAB) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes high-quality and original research in Accounting, Finance, and Business-related disciplines. The journal is published twice a year (April and October) by the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Administration and Management Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
ICAB is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to submit unpublished manuscripts for consideration. Submitted manuscripts must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
The journal accepts papers in all areas of Accounting, Finance, and Business, including but not limited to:
- Financial Accounting and Management Accounting
- Auditing and Assurance
- Taxation and Fiscal Studies
- Public Sector Accounting and Governance
- Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting
- Accounting Information Systems and Digital Transformation
- Corporate Finance and Capital Markets
- Sustainability and Environmental Accounting
- Business Strategy and Management
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Corporate Governance
- Ethics and Risk Management
Submission Procedure
First-time authors are requested to register themselves on the registration page on the website or send their manuscript through the Journal’s email addresses. Once registered, authors can submit and know the status of their papers.
Researchers and practitioners are expected to submit on or before the stipulated deadline. Authors of accepted papers will be notified before the stipulated deadline about the status of their papers. All submitted articles in full text are expected to be submitted before the stipulated deadline.
Review Procedure
All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. In this model, the identities of both the authors and the reviewers are concealed to ensure impartiality and minimize potential bias. Each submission is initially screened by the editorial office to assess its relevance, originality, and compliance with the Journal’s scope and ethical standards. Manuscripts that pass this preliminary evaluation are then reviewed by at least two independent experts in the relevant field. Reviewers assess the manuscript’s scientific quality, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, and contribution to the literature. Based on the reviewers’ reports, the editorial board makes the final decision regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection of the manuscript.
Format for Citing Papers
Author surname, Initial(s) (2025). Title of paper. Issues in Contemporary Accounting and Business (ICAB), 1(1), XX – XX.
Peer Review Statement
All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. In this model, the identities of both the authors and the reviewers are concealed to ensure impartiality and minimize potential bias. Each submission is initially screened by the editorial office to assess its relevance, originality, and compliance with the journal’s scope and ethical standards. Manuscripts that pass this preliminary evaluation are then reviewed by at least two independent experts in the relevant field. Reviewers assess the manuscript’s scientific quality, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, and contribution to the literature. Based on the reviewers’ reports, the editorial board makes the final decision regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection of the manuscript.
Plagiarism Policy
Issues in Contemporary Accounting and Business (ICAB) is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity through a rigorous peer-review process and strict adherence to ethical publishing practices. The journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism in all its forms, including self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, and the fraudulent use or manipulation of data.
ICAB follows the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and applies COPE Flowcharts when investigating suspected cases of plagiarism or other publication misconduct.
In order to avoid cases of plagiarism in Issues in Contemporary Accounting and Business (ICAB), authors are required to strictly adhere to the following guidelines:
- Authors are required to submit original work and must ensure that all ideas, data, or words derived from other sources are appropriately cited or quoted.
- Submitting substantially similar manuscripts to more than one journal or engaging in concurrent submission is considered unethical and unacceptable.
- Proper acknowledgement of prior studies that have influenced the reported work is mandatory, and any breach of these standards may result in rejection, correction, retraction, or other actions in accordance with COPE recommendations.
Open Access Policy
Issues in Contemporary Accounting and Business (ICAB) is an open access journal, and all publications on its website are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This means that all content is freely and permanently available to users without charge or subscription barriers. Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of articles, and use them for any other lawful purpose, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal. Authors retain copyright and full publication rights to their work, while granting ICAB the right to publish and disseminate the content in accordance with open access principles.
Copyright
Copyright Department of Accounting Publications 2025. All right reserved. No part of this Journal may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Issues in Contemporary Accounting and Business (ICAB) is published by:
Department of Accounting,
Faculty of Administration and Management Sciences,
University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
PMB 1115, Calabar, Nigeria
