Attention authors:
We have moved to all electronic submissions. Should this pose a particular problem for authors, please contact the JFR office at either jfr@gsu.edu or 404.413.7332 for alternatives.
Manuscript submission procedures
Send manuscripts as email attachments to jfr@gsu.edu with “JFR manuscript submission” written in the subject line.
Please separate the manuscript into two separate PDF or Word files: (i) one with the “title page” (see description of title page in “Guidelines for Manuscripts” #5 below), and (ii) the other file should contain the title, the abstract, and the paper. Please ensure that there is no author identification information in the paper or in the document properties in submitted files.
Submission fees:
The submission fee is $100 for members of the Southern Finance Association or Southwestern Finance Association and $150 for nonmembers. The fee for nonmembers includes a one-year subscription to the Journal of Financial Research plus a one-year joint membership in the Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association.
Payments are by Major credit card (MasterCard and Visa) only. To pay by credit card, you may either call in your information to 404.413.7332 during office hours (Monday through Thursday, 8:30-5:15 EST), or fax in your information via our fax submittal form to 404.413.7333. You may also e-mail this form to jfr@gsu.edu.
All submissions will enter the review process only after the receipt of the appropriate submission fee.
Desk rejections:
The editors will return/reject some manuscripts without a formal external review because of (i) poor quality of exposition, (ii) a very low level of marginal contribution, or (iii) insufficient relevance to the field of finance. In the event a manuscript is “desk rejected,” we will charge non-members $50 ($54 for authors outside of the Americas) which will be applied to a one year joint membership in the Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association, and a subscription to the JFR. Members will not be charged.
If you have any questions, please call (404) 413-7332 or e-mail jfr@gsu.edu
Guidelines for manuscripts:
1. Manuscripts should consist of one title page, a one page abstract, and the main body of the paper.
2. In general, manuscripts should follow The Chicago Manual of Style.
3. Please edit manuscripts carefully, writing in the active voice; i.e. avoid expressions such as "This paper tests..." Do not use italics to indicate emphasis.
4. Eliminate excess verbiage and avoid redundancies. In the introduction avoid describing the contents of the subsequent sections.
5. On the title page, include the title, author's name, affiliation, JEL classification code, and personal footnote, if desired. Double-space all text, including abstract, footnotes, and references. Print on one side of page only.
6. Include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 100 words following the title page.
7. Use footnotes instead of endnotes. Keep the number and the length of footnotes to a minimum.
8. Center primary headings, using Roman numerals. Begin subsection headings at left margin.
9. Tables should be able to stand alone. Make column headings descriptive and easily understood. Define all variables and abbreviations.
10. Number tables and equations with Arabic numbers, and number figures with Roman numerals. Enclose equation numbers in parentheses and place them in the right margin.
11. Present each table or figure on a separate page. Figures accepted for publication must be camera ready and may not exceed 5 inches in width and 7 inches in length.
12. Cite references in the text by placing the publication date in parentheses, e.g.,Cornell (1986) finds...Or, alternatively, Several studies (e.g., Bierwag (1987), Johnson (1989))...
13. List source references alphabetically at the end of the manuscript using the format shown below. Do not list any references not cited in the text. When citing several publications that appear in the same year by one author, add a, b, c, etc. to the publication date.
Cornell, B., 1986, Inflation measurements, Inflation risk, and the pricing of Treasury bills , Journal of Financial Research 9, 193-202.
Cox, J. and M. Rubinstein, 1983, Option Markets (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ).
Ho, T.S.Y., 1985, The value of a sinking fund provision under interest-rate risk, in E. I. Altman and M.G. Subrahmanyan, eds.: Recent Advances in Corporate Finance (Irwin, Homewood , IL ).