Guidelines

1. Submission

All academic papers related to management topics that has not been published in other academic journals are eligible to be published in the Commerce & Management Quarterly. Manuscripts that have been submitted to other journals and are currently under review and published papers should not be submitted to the Journal.
All manuscripts are submitted online. At the homepage of the Commerce & Management Quarterly (https://www.cabmt.org.tw/front/cmquarterly.php?indexable=1).

2. Peer-Review Process

When submitting the manuscript, the author should include a cover letter, the manuscript file, and any supporting documents (e.g., submission fee receipt).
The submission will be evaluated by area editor and two anonymous reviewers.
Authors are required to revise the manuscript within two months after being notified of the required revisions; otherwise, the manuscript may be rejected without further notice.
Submitted manuscripts will be evaluated and categorized as follows: Accept, Major Revision, Minor Revision, and Reject.
The editorial committee has the right to revise the manuscript without the authors’ consent, unless the revision substantially affects the original content.

3. Manuscript Preparation

Each manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter from the corresponding author who outlines the significance of the findings of the paper. The cover page of submitted manuscripts must include the following information. Please do not include the author's name anywhere outside the cover page.
- Chinese and English titles
- Author’s English job title and affiliation
- Correspondence address
- Telephone number
- Email address
Submitted manuscripts should be written in the following order: Chinese and English titles, Chinese and English abstracts, Chinese and English key words, main text, reference, and appendixes.
Submitted manuscript should not exceed 15 pages (including title, Chinese and English abstracts, key words, tables, figures, works cited, appendixes, etc.).
Submitted manuscript must include a Chinese abstract of 500 characters or less and an English abstract of 300 words or less, and a maximum of five key words.
Place the figure title and notes below the figure, and the table title above the table with the notes below.
Citation and reference should be formatted according to the APA 7th edition guidelines.

Commerce & Management Quarterly strictly adheres to internationally recognized guidelines and standards for publication ethics as outlined by leading professional bodies including the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; https://publicationethics.org/) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://doaj.org/bestpractice). We commit to following COPE’s flowcharts for addressing instances of research and publication misconduct.
All listed authors of the submitted manuscript agree that after publishing the submitted manuscript on the Commerce & Management Quarterly, authors’ economic rights are transferred to the Chinese Association of Business & Management Technology. Authors retain moral rights and the rights to collectively publish or use the work for teaching and other personal, non-profit uses.

A registration fee of NT$1,000 is charged for each submission. Payment should be made via postal giro transfer to account number: 22591561, under the name: 中華商管科技學會.
For manuscripts accepted for publication, a publication fee of NT$3,000 will be charged for articles up to 15 pages. An additional NT$200 will be charged for each extra page. The journal does not provide remuneration for published articles. Upon publication, the author(s) will receive one copy of the journal issue and 10 reprints of the article.