Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until March 2020. Observe the works are the fruit of research and publications of undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

            It is important to mention that all the works are showed without any kind of payment. All of them are published free from payments or taxes.

            The publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

            As chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board and reviewers, which contributed to achieve a very decent job during the evaluation and revision. Moreover, that they have contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community.

            In addition, with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our Journal.

            On July 20, 2018, the journal was notified via E-mail of its indexing and abstracted in: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science - Thompson Reuters. With the availability of journal data on August 20, 2018.

            The Table 1 presents how our collaborators, by their categories of study and sex are.

Table 1: Distribution of users by degree

 

Dr.

Ph.D.

MSc.

Dr./Ph.D. Student

MSc. Student

Specia-

list

Profes-sors

Stu-dents

Others

Total

Male

1,138

277

258

61

38

32

70

114

1,988

Female

428

120

138

21

13

2

54

29

805

            From the data provided in Table 1 on the distribution users by titration, Figure 1 shows the percentage of each titration.

Figure 1: Distribution chart for degree

            The Table 2 shows the preview data and journal access, since its creation in 2010.

Table 2: views by volume/number

Year

Country

Cities

Access

Users

Viewers

2010

25

75

340

181

5,474

2011

75

343

1,510

1,024

12,942

2012

83

444

2,187

1,406

15,499

2013

118

1,208

11,946

6,006

71,264

2014

146

1,978

17,440

10,503

68,340

2015

147

2,307

23,017

14,460

96,735

2016

162

2,911

26,654

17,847

112,928

2017

184

4,078

37,171

27,129

109,535

2018

190

5,220

57,157

44,400

187,729

2019

194

4,750

55,825

42,873

158,101

2020

185

3,759

33,761

25,853

107,999

            In the period from January, 01 to May, 31 2020, the journal was accessed by approximately 107,999 users, of approximately 3,759 cities and 185 countries, in the Figure 2 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access (GOOGLE, 2020).

Figure 2: Countries that have accessed the journal

            In Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 is shown a graph of the amount of hits that the journal received between January 1, 2014 and Mach 31, 2020; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2020

            The Figure 4 shows the comparison of the number of cities, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 4: Amount of cities between 2014 and 2020

            The Figure 5 shows the averages of views on the journal in the period between the years of 2014 and 2020.

Figure 5: Amount of average between 2014 and 2020

            The Figure 6 shows the comparison of the number of countries, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 6: Amount of countries between 2014 and 2020

            The Figure 7 shows the comparison of the number of users, around the world, that have accessed the journal. 

Figure 7: Amount of users between 2014 and 2020

            The Figure 8 shows the comparison of the number of viewers, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 8: Amount of Viewers between 2013 and 2020

            Figure 9 shows the overall evolution accumulated in the 12 months, as well as the visualizations between the years of 2013 and 2020 and that can be compared with Figure 8.

Figure 9: Global evolution of views between 2013 and 2020

            Figure 10 shows the evolutionary chart of resolutions address the articles registered in Crossref since 2014, which is based on monthly report. This graph can be seen the evolution of the journal has achieved.

Figure 10: Resolution Report for prefix 10.14807 from between 2014 and 2020

            We appreciate the intense participation of all colleagues, which has made our journal become a place of wide dissemination of knowledge.

            The following content will be presented with the titles, authors and the pages of all of the articles published in this edition issue.

EDITORIAL VOLUME 11, ISSUE 3 (1110-1118)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.780

 

ABOUT THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES FORCES (807-832)

Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.930

 

VALUE CO-CREATION: A STUDY OF LIFE QUALITY AT AN UNIVERSITY IN THE SOUTH BRAZIL (833-852)

Maicon da Silva, Luis Carlos Alves da Silva, Flávio Régio Brambilla

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1026

 

DEVELOPING AN INNOVATIVE CULTURE IN ARGENTINEAN SME (853-879)

Leandro Adolfo Viltard, Mario Nicolás Acebo

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1064

 

IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOW COST HANDS FREE WHEELCHAIR CONTROLLER (880-891)

Chadi Fouad Riman

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1056

 

 

 

SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF QUEUES IN BANKS: A CASE STUDY OF AN AGENCY IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO (892-907)

Tulio Cremonini Entringer

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1074

 

GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADING FOR SMALL INVESTORS (908-927)

Eder Oliveira Abensur, Davi Franco Moreira, Aline Cristina Rodrigues de Faria

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1114

 

MULTI OBJECTIVE FUZZY INVENTORY MODEL WITH DETERIORATION, PRICE AND TIME DEPENDENT DEMAND AND TIME DEPENDENT HOLDING COST (928-944)

Satya Kumar Das, Sahidul Islam

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1083

 

ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATION; THE APPLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL WEB PLATFORM FOR START-UP ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVORS (945-966)

Marko Ranković, Velimir Dedić, Nikola Pavlović, Milena P. Ilić

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1116

 

NEW NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS (967-997)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu, Eleni Mimi Buzea

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.938

 

ASSOCIATION OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION IN COMMERCIAL PILOTS: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN (998-1017)

Mariyam Malik, Musarrat Shamshir, Khurram Khan

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1061

 

FACTORS AFFECTING ONLINE PURCHASE INTENTION: THE CASE OF E-COMMERCE ON LAZADA (1018-1033)

Phuong Viet Le-Hoang

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1088

 

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HYBRID FIBER CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES (1034-1049)

Maria Idrees

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1081

 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AESTHETICS, PERCEIVED VALUE AND BUYING INTENTION: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (1050-1069)

Phuong Viet Le-Hoang

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1076

 

 

FACTORS DETERMINING THE MARKETING STRATEGIES OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS: CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS' PERSPECTIVE (1070-1095)

Imoleayo Abraham Awodele, Adesoji Anthony Adegboyega, Onyinye Sofolahan, Abdullahi Adamu, Kenneth John Saidu

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1068

                                                                                           

APPLICATION OF MATRIX IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE IN THE MAINTENANCE SECTOR OF AN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (1096-1109)

Lenize Danette de Oliveira, Jéssica da Silva Haubert, Alexandre Sakis, Cleimar da Silva Machado, Bruno Miranda Dos Santos

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i3.1108

 

 

 

June 1, 2020

 

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Editor in Chief