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Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences is an international peer-reviewed journal published three times a year by International Institute for Private, Commercial and Competition Law. The need for different approaches in science, such as in business, economics, law, administration and social sciences is a must in the whole field of scientific research. Academics, Professors, Researchers, Students and the whole world is in a new era of communication, which causes fast changes and gives birth to scientific and cultural debates. Our Journal is interested in promoting the exchange of idea, and to bring together researchers and academics from all over the countries. In this sense, we welcome papers not only in the above cited fields, but also in other fields of scientific research. Welcome to AJBALS, which is open for the academic world, universities, research institutions, PhD students, academic and non-academic researchers. Aiming at scientific excellence and quality, this journal will promote the best inputs in scientific- and academic research, on the prospective of local, international, global developments in business, economics, law, social-, but also natural sciences. All manuscripts will be double blind peer reviewed by the members of the editorial board who are noted experts in the appropriate subject area.

Using a case study of the Economic and Law Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, we find that domestic rankings greatly distort researchers’ publication preferences. This finding is contrary to the importance of international journal rankings, such as the SCOPUS Scimago journal ranking or the Web of Science Impact Factor. We found inconsistencies between international and domestic standards and differences between the eight committees of the academic department. Based on an exploratory empirical analysis of 4213 journals spanning eight different scientific committees of social science areas (business, law, demography, sociology, regional studies, world economics, military science and political science), we prove that a key reason for Hungary’s decreasing rank in international visibility is the inconsistently strong bias for domestic journals. We show that inconsistency of ranking fairness determines the behavior of researchers; this motivational effect is especially important in small countries in which local relevance often offsets the importance of mainstream international discourses. This problem is attenuated with the digital transformation of science; online repositories, indexing systems and online visibility have become key enablers of evidence-based assessments of publication performance.

Social sciences and technology have an essential role in formation of society. Through social sciences one can understand what society needs and how these needs can be provided. Also, social sciences provide knowledge that address social demands, and possible solutions for problems of the society. The use of technology is obvious in all spheres of society and driving changes in daily life. Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT) journal emerges within this context and provides a scholarly platform to bring together articles related to social sciences and technology. As an international peer-reviewed journal, RESSAT will seek to publish articles that draws on the anthropology, archaeology, criminology, education, economics, geography, history, information and communications technology (ICT), law, linguistics, religion, political science, psychology, and sociology. With great pleasure we welcome all authors involved in improving research in social sciences and technology. RESSAT can be distinguished from other journals available in social sciences by its inter-disciplinary focus and its priority on the use of technology in social sciences. RESSAT provides an academic platform for authors to publish empirical studies together with discussion of conceptual and methodological issues of relevance to social sciences and technology.

Social sciences and technology have an essential role in formation of society. Through social sciences one can understand what society needs and how these needs can be provided. Also, social sciences provide knowledge that address social demands, and possible solutions for problems of the society. The use of technology is obvious in all spheres of society and driving changes in daily life. Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT) journal emerges within this context and provides a scholarly platform to bring together articles related to social sciences and technology. As an international peer-reviewed journal, RESSAT will seek to publish articles that draws on the anthropology, archaeology, criminology, education, economics, geography, history, information and communications technology (ICT), law, linguistics, religion, political science, psychology, and sociology. With great pleasure we welcome all authors involved in improving research in social sciences and technology. RESSAT can be distinguished from other journals available in social sciences by its inter-disciplinary focus and its priority on the use of technology in social sciences. RESSAT provides an academic platform for authors to publish empirical studies together with discussion of conceptual and methodological issues of relevance to social sciences and technology.

Internet is a high-impact ever-changing domain. It is an important element of the educational system. Internet users increase with each year. The internet is widely used. Its main feature is the speed with which information is disseminated. This research’s principal objective is the study of the impact of the internet on academic results and student perception of the internet’s impact on academic results. The research instrument utilized in this study is the questionnaire, which was distributed online. The study sample consists of 90 Albanian university students. The data was analyzed using software SPSS 20 and JASP-0.8.0.1. The hypotheses were supported with a confidence interval 95%. This study employed the following statistical analyses: crossed tabulation, frequency tables, Pearson correlation coefficient, regression analyses, and student tests. The study concluded that the internet impacts students’ results and perception of the internet’s impact on academic results. Students use the internet mostly for social media, films and music. However, engagement on social media sites has a negative impact on the academic performance of students.

Purpose - The study aims to emphasize the development of institutional repositories' conceptual framework as well as how it has affected academic and scholarly communities in terms of increased exposure, a broader audience, and quicker dissemination of research. In the community of open access academic platforms, the characteristics of institutional repositories that set them apart from the competitors, are highlighted. This study aims to evaluate academic institutional repositories in Croatia in the field of social sciences at the University of Zagreb. Methodology/approach - Data were collected by examining digital repositories of nine academic institutional repositories (Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Faculty of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Business, Faculty of Teacher Education with Faculty of Croatian Studies and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, both of which belong to social sciences and humanities). Findings - The University of Zagreb has a total of 80,308 digital objects, out of which 29,592 objects are stored in Social Sciences digital repositories (36.85%). A total of 12,426 digital objects (41.99%) are in open access. The Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences has the fewest stored digital objects, 956 (3.54% of the total number of digital objects in the field of social sciences), but it has the most objects stored in open access (1,050; 90.8 %). The Faculty of Law has the fewest objects in open access, out of 4,307 digital objects, only 11.1%. Most of the objects are, as expected, in Croatian (27,900, 94.28%) followed by the ones in English (1,089; 3.68%). The most prevalent kind of academic materials to be found in institutional repositories are theses and dissertations, followed by journal articles and conference papers. A total of 28,601 (96.65%) graduation theses and final theses are stored in the repositories. Originality/value - The benefits associated with institutional repositories are manifold. Repositories provide users with information that would not otherwise be accessible for a variety of reasons, such as the absence of supplemental data (unpublished reports and working papers, audio-visual items and multimedia, learning objects, bibliographic references, datasets, lecture notes, other special item types, and so forth) or the paywall/subscription models used by commercial channels of scholarly communication. The findings demonstrate that the University of Zagreb is seeing a wave-like development of institutional repositories. The results from the study provide insight into the development of institutional repositories in the scientific field of social sciences and offer suggestions for higher education librarians and management teams.

Purpose - The study aims to emphasize the development of institutional repositories' conceptual framework as well as how it has affected academic and scholarly communities in terms of increased exposure, a broader audience, and quicker dissemination of research. In the community of open access academic platforms, the characteristics of institutional repositories that set them apart from the competitors, are highlighted. This study aims to evaluate academic institutional repositories in Croatia in the field of social sciences at the University of Zagreb. Methodology/approach - Data were collected by examining digital repositories of nine academic institutional repositories (Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Faculty of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Business, Faculty of Teacher Education with Faculty of Croatian Studies and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, both of which belong to social sciences and humanities). Findings - The University of Zagreb has a total of 80,308 digital objects, out of which 29,592 objects are stored in Social Sciences digital repositories (36.85%). A total of 12,426 digital objects (41.99%) are in open access. The Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences has the fewest stored digital objects, 956 (3.54% of the total number of digital objects in the field of social sciences), but it has the most objects stored in open access (1,050; 90.8 %). The Faculty of Law has the fewest objects in open access, out of 4,307 digital objects, only 11.1%. Most of the objects are, as expected, in Croatian (27,900, 94.28%) followed by the ones in English (1,089; 3.68%). The most prevalent kind of academic materials to be found in institutional repositories are theses and dissertations, followed by journal articles and conference papers. A total of 28,601 (96.65%) graduation theses and final theses are stored in the repositories. Originality/value - The benefits associated with institutional repositories are manifold. Repositories provide users with information that would not otherwise be accessible for a variety of reasons, such as the absence of supplemental data (unpublished reports and working papers, audio-visual items and multimedia, learning objects, bibliographic references, datasets, lecture notes, other special item types, and so forth) or the paywall/subscription models used by commercial channels of scholarly communication. The findings demonstrate that the University of Zagreb is seeing a wave-like development of institutional repositories. The results from the study provide insight into the development of institutional repositories in the scientific field of social sciences and offer suggestions for higher education librarians and management teams.

Purpose - The study aims to emphasize the development of institutional repositories' conceptual framework as well as how it has affected academic and scholarly communities in terms of increased exposure, a broader audience, and quicker dissemination of research. In the community of open access academic platforms, the characteristics of institutional repositories that set them apart from the competitors, are highlighted. This study aims to evaluate academic institutional repositories in Croatia in the field of social sciences at the University of Zagreb. Methodology/approach - Data were collected by examining digital repositories of nine academic institutional repositories (Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Faculty of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Business, Faculty of Teacher Education with Faculty of Croatian Studies and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, both of which belong to social sciences and humanities). Findings - The University of Zagreb has a total of 80,308 digital objects, out of which 29,592 objects are stored in Social Sciences digital repositories (36.85%). A total of 12,426 digital objects (41.99%) are in open access. The Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences has the fewest stored digital objects, 956 (3.54% of the total number of digital objects in the field of social sciences), but it has the most objects stored in open access (1,050; 90.8 %). The Faculty of Law has the fewest objects in open access, out of 4,307 digital objects, only 11.1%. Most of the objects are, as expected, in Croatian (27,900, 94.28%) followed by the ones in English (1,089; 3.68%). The most prevalent kind of academic materials to be found in institutional repositories are theses and dissertations, followed by journal articles and conference papers. A total of 28,601 (96.65%) graduation theses and final theses are stored in the repositories. Originality/value - The benefits associated with institutional repositories are manifold. Repositories provide users with information that would not otherwise be accessible for a variety of reasons, such as the absence of supplemental data (unpublished reports and working papers, audio-visual items and multimedia, learning objects, bibliographic references, datasets, lecture notes, other special item types, and so forth) or the paywall/subscription models used by commercial channels of scholarly communication. The findings demonstrate that the University of Zagreb is seeing a wave-like development of institutional repositories. The results from the study provide insight into the development of institutional repositories in the scientific field of social sciences and offer suggestions for higher education librarians and management teams.

Dear Readers, We are honored to publish the International Journal of Education and Science (IJES), Vol. 3, No. 3, 2020. IJES is an academic periodical peer-reviewed indexed Journal that provides a scientific platform for presenting and discussing new trends and issues in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Since 2018, the Journal has published more than 200 manuscripts, including: Original Research, Review Articles, Brief Reports, Conference Abstracts, Reviews, Letters to the Editor. IJES Editorial Board includes the most authoritative scientists from 14 countries, 5 continents in the fields of Education, Psychology, Economics, Medicine. IJES is presented in 15 international scientometric databases, repositories and search engines: Crossref System, Google Scholar, Kopernio (USA); Publons (New Zealand); Scilit (Switzerland); ROAD (France); Index Copernicus International (Poland), etc. Indexed in the ICI Journals Master List ICV 2019: 80.33. From the second half of 2020, the IJES Editorial Board decided to replace one of the scientific directions of the Journal with another more specialized one (Medicine for Law). This is due, on the one hand, to the need for a certain specialization of the Journal, on the other – allows us to discuss new trends in interdependent areas: Pedagogy – Psychology, Economics – Law, which are included in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. So, from 2021 this international Journal is intended for professionals and researchers in scientific fields: Education, Psychology, Economics, Law. On behalf of the IJES Editorial Board, I personally would like to thank all the members of the Editorial Board who represented the Journal in the field of Medicine during these years. As the Publisher of the IJES, KRPOCH Publishing invited these members of the Editorial Board to continue their cooperation as members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Science Annals. IJES provides immediate Open Access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All Articles apply under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). The Journal publishes Review Articles and Original Research, Letters to the Editor, and Reviews. A total of fourty five manuscripts were submitted for this issue, and each article was subjected to a doubleblind peer review process by reviewers specializing in the relevant field. At the end of the review process, five high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication in this issue. Accordingly, the purpose of this issue is to enable researchers to share the results of their academic research. The articles discuss various research topics. We would like to thank all the Authors who submitted their manuscripts and to the IJES Editorial Board, which worked on this issue.

The usage of internet has increased greatly in recent times. This increase is followed by both positive and negative outcomes. One of its negative aspects is internet dependency. The scope of this research is the study of internet dependency and its impact on academic performance. Quantitative research was utilized in this study, while questionnaires were used as the research instrument. The study sample consists of 90 Albanian university students. The data were analyzed with SPSS 20 and JASP-0.8.1.2. The study employed the following statistical analyses: frequency tables, crossed tabulation, Pearson correlation coefficient, regression analysis, Bayesian Pearson Correlation. The study concluded that time spent on the internet has a positive impact on internet dependence. Internet dependence does not have a significant statistical correlation to academic performance. Another conclusion of the study is that most students nowadays are internet dependent.