CALL FOR PAPERS — INAUGURAL ISSUE (VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1)

1. Key Dates & Fast-Track Peer Review Schedule (Vol. 1, No. 1)

Milestone / Stage

Timeline & Editorial Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Submission Portal Status

OPEN NOW — Rolling Submissions (Online First Continuous Publication)

Initial Editorial Desk & Compliance Triage

Within 48 Hours of Submission (iThenticate <15% similarity check)

Double-Blind Peer Review Decision (Round 1)

Within 14–21 Days of Submission (Minimum 2 independent blind referees)

Inaugural Issue (Vol. 1, No. 1) Closing Date

January 31, 2027 (Submissions received from Feb 1 onward automatically enter Vol. 1, No. 2 — June 2027)

Final Revised Manuscripts & Galley Proofs

February 20, 2027

Official Volume 1, Issue 1 Publication Date

March 1, 2027 (All accepted papers appear Online First immediately upon acceptance)

 

2. About the Journal & Five Core Research Pillars (Scopus ASJC Aligned)

Global Review of Finance and Economics (GRFE) is an international, quarterly, double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Summit Publisher LLC. Engineered from inception to meet the rigorous technical and editorial standards of Scopus (CSAB), Clarivate Web of Science (ESCI/SSCI), and DOAJ, GRFE invites high-impact empirical, theoretical, and policy-oriented manuscripts across five core disciplinary pillars:

Core Research Pillar

Representative Topics & Sub-Disciplines

Pillar 1: Financial Systems & Institutional Risk

Global banking architecture, systemic risk, Basel IV regulatory capital frameworks, credit and liquidity risk management, financial intermediation, and Islamic banking, Sukuk, and Takaful markets.

Pillar 2: Digital Transformation & Financial Technology

Blockchain infrastructure, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, decentralized finance (DeFi), central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), algorithmic trading, and AI/machine learning applications in econometrics and risk modeling.

Pillar 3: Financial Sustainability, Ethics & Governance

Sustainable capital flows, green bonds and transition finance, climate physical and transition risk pricing, carbon markets, socially responsible investing (SRI), and ESG disclosure and corporate governance.

Pillar 4: Macro-Finance & Economic Policy

Monetary and fiscal policy transmission, central banking, sovereign debt sustainability, international trade and capital flows, exchange rate dynamics, inflation, and structural economic transformation (including Vision 2030 and emerging market reforms).

Pillar 5: Corporate Strategy, Value & Investment Behavior

Capital structure, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate valuation, financial reporting and audit quality, empirical asset pricing, market anomalies, and behavioral finance.

 

3. Eligible Article Categories & Manuscript Specifications

Article Tier

Scope & Word Count Standard (Excl. References)

Original Research Articles
(4,500–6,500 Words)

Substantive empirical, econometric, or theoretical studies presenting original findings and rigorous robustness checks (word count excludes references and appendices).

Systematic Literature & Meta-Analytical Reviews
(Up to 8,000 Words)

Comprehensive critical syntheses, PRISMA-compliant systematic reviews, or bibliometric/meta-analytical evaluations charting future research agendas in high-impact areas.

Short Communications & Policy Insights
(3,000–4,500 Words)

Concise empirical notes, central bank / regulatory policy evaluations, or timely institutional analyses of emerging financial and economic reforms.

 

4. Why Publish in the Inaugural Issue of GRFE?

Author Benefit

Institutional Commitment

100% Diamond Free Open Access

Zero submission fees and zero APCs for all Volume 1 articles. Authors retain 100% copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Rapid, Constructive Peer Review

48-hour initial editorial desk screening followed by a 14–21 day double-blind peer review conducted by at least two independent domain specialists.

Immediate Online First Visibility

Accepted articles do not wait in a print queue; they are typeset and published online immediately with full citation metadata and bundled into Vol. 1, No. 1 (March 2027).

Indexing-Ready Digital Infrastructure

Built on OJS 3 with JATS XML full-text generation, Highwire Press (Google Scholar) and Dublin Core metadata tags, ORCID verification, and Portico/CLOCKSS digital preservation.

 

5. Mandatory Submission Protocol & Editorial Leadership

Submission & Governance Item

Details & Requirements

Submission Portal URL

https://summitpublisher.com/index.php/grfe/about/submissions

Three-File Upload Requirement (Double-Blind)

1. File 1 — Confidential Title Page (GRFE_File1_Title_Page_Template.docx): Author names, affiliations, 16-digit ORCIDs, CRediT roles, funding, and AI disclosure.
2. File 2 — Anonymized Manuscript (GRFE_File2_Anonymized_Manuscript_Template.docx): Strictly blinded main text in 12pt Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, APA 7th Edition references with Crossref DOIs.
3. File 3 — Signed Ethics, AI & COI Form (GRFE_File3_Author_Ethics_AI_Conflict_Disclosure_Form.docx).

Plagiarism & AI Integrity Policy

Mandatory editorial screening via iThenticate (< 15% overall similarity; < 2% from any single source). Generative AI cannot be listed as an author or used to fabricate data/citations; language polishing must be declared on File 1 & File 3.

Editorial Leadership

• Chief Editor: Associate Prof. Dr. Mohamad Yazis Ali Basah, FCIS (CS) (CGP), Faculty of Economics and Muamalat, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Malaysia.
• Section Editor: Dr. Mohammed Alhaddar, Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.