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Submission Quidelines

Contribute to The Maritime Economist

ME Mag has five fundamental functions:
1. Encouraging scholars to present their research
in plain language for wider audiences of the
maritime industry;
2. Promoting and encouraging R&D partnerships
with
non-academic
institutions
(firms,
governmental offices, among others) of the
maritime industry;
3. Encouraging young scholars to conduct research
in maritime topics;
4. Encouraging provocative and critical research;
5. Support collaboration among academia and
professionals.

Authors should keep in mind that, ME Mag is NOT
only published for scholars, but it is also circulated
to large society of the maritime industry and policy
makers. Readers of ME Mag may not have a
background on the presented topic, and authors are
responsible for presenting the content of their article
in a language that is clear to business and policy
makers. ME Mag does not publish articles with many
mathematical functions, long theoretical discussions
and/or lack of practical value. Authors should always
consider the perspective of professionals, business
practitioners and policy makers and any other people
who have general knowledge of maritime while have
limited knowledge on the intended specific topic.
ME Mag encourages narrative style, story-telling,
metaphorical expressions and other methods of
non-fiction authorship. On the other hand, each
article should ensure at least one of the following dimensions:
• Presenting a new topic, method, theory,
perspective or model;
• Presenting an existing academic research (already
published in a scholarly-refereed journal);
• Analyzing data, models, systems or a market with
novel interpretations;
• Criticizing an existing approach, system or thought;
• Challenging the conventional wisdom on a
particular topic of maritime;
• Presenting a knowledge created in the business/
industry practice;
• Introducing an innovative solution to a common
problem;
• Presenting a policy or strategy;
• Sharing information about available data and tools
of interest to maritime professionals.
Four major sections are established to perform
some of functions of ME Mag, and each has its own
concept. Authors should first review the concept of
sections below and define which section fits for their
(proposed) article.

ME Mag

The Maritime Economist (henceforth ME Mag) is a
magazine edited by the International Association
of Maritime Economists. The aim of ME Mag is to
combine both theoretical and practical knowledge
and promote collaborations among scholars and
professionals in the maritime industry. ME Mag is
interested in the following topics with maritime focus:
• Economics of maritime transportation (theory,
models, practical controversies, etc.);
• Port governance, port competition, port
utilization and other port related issues;
• Finance, asset management and investments;
• Management and leadership in the shipping
business;
• Operations research, optimization and industrial
engineering for maritime problems;
• Maritime policy and governance;
• Maritime business strategy;
• Maritime geography and spatial analysis ;
• Behavioral science and human factor;
• Marketing;
• Cruise and ferry industries;
• Short sea shipping;
• Environmental issues and sustainability;
• Risk management;
• Intermodal transport;
• Other related topics.
ME Mag has a particular focus on Maritime Economics
and Business while covering many related fields.

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