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Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

About This Journal

Contents

Aims and Scope

The Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan/Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) is an international peer-reviewed journal. This is a quarterly journal, published four times a year.

The Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) focuses on a broad range of topics covering monetary economics, banking, macro-prudential, payment systems, financial stability, financial markets, and economic growth (including policy coordination) that are of regional and global relevance. The BMEB’s scope is global and the journal endeavors to publish high quality research that contributes to the literature and/or has an impact on policy making. In this regard, the Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) welcomes research papers from both central bank and non-central bank economists, academics, and policy makers regardless of their institutional affiliation and geographic location.

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Peer Review Process

The Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) employs a double-blind manuscript review process. With a double‐blind review approach, the identity of the both the author(s) and reviewer are unknown to both parties.

Editorial management is conducted through Digital Commons (DC), which systematically handles BMEB’s double-blind review process. Once a manuscript is submitted through Digital Commons, it is automatically logged in and checked (by the journal manager) to ensure that the submission is complete and has been prepared according to the Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) submission instructions. At this time a receipt of manuscript acknowledgement is sent to the corresponding author confirming that his/her manuscript has been received and is been considered for possible publication in BMEB.

All manuscripts submitted for publication in the Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) are first evaluated by the Managing Editor, either individually or in consultation with the Editorial Board member(s), to assess its suitability for the journal in line with the journal’s aims and scope. This is an important step to ensure that the content falls within the scope of the journal in terms of quality and/or impact on policy. Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s expected standards are rejected with an explanation of reasons behind a desk-reject decision. Those manuscript’s meeting the journal’s expected standards are then checked for ‘similarity’ (similarity index (SI)) using the iThenticate software. The BMEB allows a SI of 20%. Those papers having a SI > 20% are returned to the authors for further re-writing to bring the index to 20% or less. Papers are assigned to at least two reviewers. The reviewers are experienced researchers who have published at least 20 papers in high impact factor SCOPUS journals, and are part of the BMEB reviewer database.  Reviewers are given 21 days to provide a detailed report on the manuscript with their recommended decision, which can either be ’accept‘, ’minor revision‘, ’major revision‘, or ’reject‘. Where reviewer reports are in conflict the Managing Editor reads the report(s) and the paper, and conveys the final decision to the corresponding author.

When a 'revise' decision is made, authors are given 2–3 months to complete minor revisions and 3–6 months to complete major revisions. When revised papers are submitted, in the case of minor revisions, the Managing Editor reads the paper and the rejoinder and makes a final decision. In the case of a major revision, resubmitted papers are again assigned to reviewers and the editorial decision proceeds from there.

In all cases, regardless of the reviewer recommendation, the final decision on whether or not to publish a paper rests solely with the Managing Editor who in making the editorial decision keeps in mind the scope/aims of the journal.

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Publication Frequency

The Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) publishes 4 issues in a calendar year (between January to December). From time-to-time, the BMEB will also publish special issues on themed topics of policy/academic interests, including special issue(s) of papers presented at the BMEB’s annual conference. When such special issues are published, they will be considered independent of the 4 regular issues; in other words, special issues will not be considered as a substitute for the scheduled regular issues.

Author wished to submit their article please follow this author guideline link : https://bulletin.bmeb-bi.org/bmeb/styleguide.html

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Author Fee

The Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) is a fully open-access scholarly journal. In accordance with the journal’s mission to promote the dissemination of high-quality research in monetary economics, banking, and finance, BMEB applies a no-fee policy for all authors and readers.

1. No Submission Fee

Authors are not required to pay any submission fees at any stage of the manuscript submission or initial review process. Manuscripts are received, processed, and evaluated solely based on their academic merit and alignment with the journal’s scope, without any financial consideration.

2. No Article Processing Charges (APCs)

BMEB does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APCs). All accepted papers are published online and made freely accessible to readers worldwide without cost to the authors. The publication costs are fully supported by Bank Indonesia as the journal’s official publisher.

3. Free Access for Readers

All published articles are immediately and permanently free to access under the journal’s Open Access Policy governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Readers may download, share, and use the content for non-commercial purposes with appropriate citation of the original source.

4. Commitment to Research Accessibility

BMEB is committed to maintaining equitable access to academic publishing. The journal supports open science and the global exchange of knowledge by removing financial barriers for authors from any country or institution.

5. Sponsorship and Funding

The journal’s operational and publication expenses, including peer review management, online hosting, and digital preservation, are fully covered by Bank Indonesia. No external commercial funding is involved in the editorial or publication processes, ensuring editorial independence and academic integrity.

There are no hidden costs, charges, or fees at any stage of the publication process.

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Sources of Support

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Journal History

The vision of the Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) is: "To be the most prominent journal for policy makers, academicians, and practitioners".

The BMEB was first published in July 1998 in printed version in Bahasa, before beginning to publish in both English and Bahasa (bilingual). In 2015, the BMEB launched as an electronic journal (e-journal).  

The BMEB is accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia from 2005. The BMEB is indexed in Scopus since 2019. The BMEB also indexed in Crossref, ACI, ABDC, Google Scholar, SINTA, and ISSN-BRIN/ISDJ.

Starting April 16, 2018, the Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) changed its domain address from http://journalbankindonesia.org/index.php/BEMP to http://bmeb-bi.org/index.php/BEMP and on January 1, 2024 the domain address moved to https://bulletin.bmeb-bi.org/.

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