No active special-issue call is currently listed. Approved calls and deadlines will appear on this page.

A special issue brings together scholarship around a focused question that fits the journal’s scope and offers clear added value. Special issues do not operate outside normal editorial and ethics policies. Guest editors may recommend decisions, but the Editor-in-Chief retains oversight and final authority.

Information displayed for each special issue

• Title, rationale, scope and connection to JEBSS.
• Guest editor names, affiliations, countries and conflicts of interest.
• Submission opening date, deadline and expected publication window.
• Article types, author requirements and submission instructions.
• Peer-review model and confirmation that guest-editor submissions receive independent handling.
• Status: proposed, open for submissions, in review, forthcoming or published.

Safeguards

• All research content undergoes double-anonymous review by independent experts.
• Guest editors must not handle their own work or manuscripts from close collaborators.
• The journal may decline individual papers or cancel a collection that does not meet quality or integrity standards.
• Publication is based on article quality; a special-issue invitation is not a promise of acceptance.
• Accepted articles should be published promptly rather than held solely to complete a collection, where platform workflow permits.

Proposing a special issue

A prospective guest editor should submit a concise proposal explaining the theme, contribution, audience, timetable, recruitment strategy, proposed editor team, relevant expertise and conflicts. The proposal should show that a sufficient pool of independent reviewers is available and that the collection can attract submissions beyond the guest editors’ immediate networks.

Decision criteria

• Fit with JEBSS aims and interdisciplinary or disciplinary value.
• Originality, coherence and likely contribution of the theme.
• Guest-editor expertise, diversity, availability and integrity record.
• Realistic timetable and reviewer pool.
• Safeguards against conflicts, invited-paper bias and acceptance promises.
• Capacity of the journal to manage the collection without delaying regular manuscripts.

Send proposals to the Editorial Office.