welcome to the journal of commercial education

 The Journal is administered by the Commercial Education Society of Australia (CESA). All emails, submissions, queries, payments and refunds are processed by the Managing Editor and office staff on the first Saturday of each month.

The Journal of Commercial Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal registered with the National Library of Australia (ISSN 2982-3978 / E-ISSN 2982-3986). Two editions are published each year: 1 February and 1 August.

• Final submissions for the February issue are due 30 December.
• Final submissions for the August issue are due 30 June.

• Authors submit their article and a signed Declaration of Originality and Authorship to: journal@commercialeducation.com.au
   
• A non-refundable processing fee of AUD 50 is payable at the time of submission.
   
  • Account name: Commercial Education Society of Australia
     
  • Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
     
  • BSB: 062-005
     
  • Account number: 0000-1925

Submissions will not be processed without payment. Please provide evidence of payment.
 

Submission confirms that:

• The work is original, not under review elsewhere, and free from plagiarism.
   
• All authors consent to submission and order of authorship.
   
• Acknowledgements and conflicts of interest are clearly stated.
   
• Any use of Generative AI in producing or editing the manuscript has been disclosed at the end of the paper before the reference list.

• Each paper is sent for single-blind peer review to three independent reviewers from the Editorial Board.
   
• Reviewer identities remain confidential.
   
• Reviewers have two weeks to provide comments and recommendations.
   
• Reviews must be objective, constructive, and free from conflicts of interest.

• The Managing Editor compiles the reviewers’ reports and returns them to the author.
   
• Authors are given two weeks to revise their paper.

• Once revisions are received, the paper is either:
   
• Accepted,
   
• Sent back for minor or major revisions, or
   
• Rejected.
   
• At least two strongly positive reviews are required for acceptance.
   
• Final approval is made by the Managing Editor in consultation with the Editorial Board and the Editor-in-Chief.

• Accepted papers are copy-edited and prepared for inclusion in the next scheduled issue.
   
• Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution–Non-Commercial–No Derivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
   
• Readers may read, download, print, and share the article for non-commercial purposes, with proper attribution.
   
• Commercial use, redistribution, or derivative works are prohibited unless written permission is obtained.

• Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to uphold high ethical standards.
   
• Errors identified before publication will be corrected; errors discovered post-publication may result in an erratum, corrigendum, or retraction, depending on severity.
   
• Misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, copyright infringement, unethical peer review) may result in removal of reviewers, rejection, or retraction of published work.