Get your Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 10 August, 2026
Submitting to Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Decision Making Appl Manag Eng requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract (without headings) of approximately 200 words maximum. Must follow this sequence: 1) Background: Place the question addressed in a broad context and highlight the purpose of the study; 2) Methods: Describe briefly the main methods or treatments applied; 3) Results: Summarize the article's main findings; and 4) Conclusion: Indicate the main conclusions or interpretations. The abstract must not contain results which are not presented in the main text and should not exaggerate the main conclusions |
| Main text | Organize sections for the chosen article type; no single overall word limit is stated in the accessible guide |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Three to ten pertinent keywords need to be added after the abstract. Keywords should be specific to the article, yet reasonably common within the subject discipline |
| References | APA (American Psychological Association) style. Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association. In the reference list, references should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication |
| Peer review | Double-blind peer review. DMAME uses a double-blind peer review process where the Handling Editor invites at least three independent experts for peer review. Peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer |
| Submission | dmame-journal.org/index.php/dmame/about/submissions |
Read the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Decision Making Appl Manag Eng papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.