About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Prestise publishes scholarly contributions in economics and business, encompassing both empirical research and community-service activities. The journal encourages research that advances academic knowledge and community engagement that applies scholarly insights to practical economic and business challenges.

The journal welcomes empirical studies using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and other appropriate research approaches, as well as reports and evaluations of community-service programs. Submissions should demonstrate academic rigor, relevance to the journal's scope, and a clear contribution to theory, practice, policy, or community development.

The journal's scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Economics and Economic Development: economic growth, regional development, poverty alleviation, labor markets, financial inclusion, and socioeconomic welfare.
2. Management and Business Strategy: strategic management, organizational performance, business development, decision-making, and organizational innovation.
3. Human Resource and Marketing Management: human resource development, organizational behavior, consumer behavior, marketing strategy, and digital marketing.
4. Accounting and Financial Management: financial reporting, managerial accounting, corporate finance, investment, financial literacy, and financial risk management.
5. Islamic Economics and Finance: Islamic banking and finance, sharia-compliant business, zakat, waqf, Islamic social finance, and Islamic economic empowerment.
6. Entrepreneurship and MSME Development: entrepreneurship, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), business mentoring, innovation, and digital business transformation.
7. Halal Industry and Tourism: halal product development, halal certification, halal business management, halal tourism, and Muslim-friendly services.
8. Community Empowerment in Economics and Business: community-based economic development, financial education, entrepreneurship training, business assistance, institutional capacity building, and sustainable livelihood initiatives.
9. Digital Economy and Business Innovation: e-commerce, financial technology, digital transformation, technology adoption, and technology-enabled economic activities.
10. Sustainable Business and Community Development: social entrepreneurship, sustainable business practices, local economic potential, environmental responsibility, and community resilience.

Empirical Research Articles

Empirical research submissions should address relevant research questions through appropriate theoretical foundations, research designs, data, and analytical methods. Manuscripts should clearly explain their research objectives, methodology, findings, and contributions to the existing literature or practical decision-making.

Community-Service Articles

Community-service submissions should describe initiatives designed to address identified needs in communities, enterprises, cooperatives, public institutions, or other relevant organizations. Manuscripts should explain the program's objectives, target participants, implementation methods, activities, outcomes, and implications for community empowerment or sustainable development.

Both empirical research and community-service manuscripts must demonstrate a clear connection to the journal's focus and scope.

Manuscript Types

Prestise accepts the following principal manuscript types:

• Original Research Articles: Empirical or theoretical studies that contribute to knowledge in economics, business, management, accounting, finance, and related disciplines.
• Community-Service Articles: Reports and evaluations of community engagement, training, mentoring, consultation, technology transfer, and empowerment programs related to economics and business.
• Review Articles: Critical reviews or systematic syntheses of relevant literature that identify important developments, research gaps, and future research directions, subject to the journal's editorial requirements.

All submissions must be original, relevant to the journal's scope, and prepared according to the Author Guidelines. Manuscripts must be written in English. Submissions that do not meet the journal's language requirements may be returned or rejected before peer review.

Publication Frequency, Open Access, and Fees

Publication Frequency

Prestise is published twice a year, with issues scheduled for June and December. Each issue contains manuscripts that have completed the journal's editorial assessment, peer-review process, and publication requirements.

Open Access Policy

Prestise provides immediate open access to its published content on the principle that freely available scholarly knowledge supports the global exchange of ideas. All published articles are accessible through the journal website without subscription fees or payment for access in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) principles.

Publication Fees

Prestise does not charge submission fees or publication fees. Authors are not required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to submit or publish an accepted manuscript. Editorial decisions are strictly based on scholarly quality and relevance.