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Journal of Finance and Economics
Research (JFER) is an open access blind-peer review journal which covers
dimension relating to Finance and Economics withno publication/review fee. The
goal of JFER is to publish intuitive, original and impactful research. JFER
welcomes submissions of research manuscripts in any sub-domains of business
studies emphasizing on Finance and Economics implication.
Authors must submit manuscripts
through the journal's online submission system. Before submission, authors
should ensure that the manuscript falls within the aims and scope of the
Journal of Finance and Economics Research (JFER), complies with the journal's
ethical, authorship, originality, and artificial intelligence policies, and
follows APA 7th edition.
JFER follows a double-blind
peer-review process. Author-identifying information must therefore be provided
only in the separate title-page file and must not appear in the anonymized main
manuscript.
Authors must upload the following
files separately:
Title Page: Complete
manuscript and author information, including all required declarations.
Anonymized Main
Manuscript: The complete manuscript without author-identifying information.
Cover Letter: A
concise statement explaining the manuscript's originality, relevance, and
contribution.
Supplementary Files,
where applicable: Questionnaires, interview guides, datasets, appendices,
ethical approvals, permissions, additional tables, or other supporting
material.
The title page and main manuscript
should be submitted in editable Microsoft Word (.docx) format. Files should be
clearly named, for example: Title Page_Manuscript Title.docx and Anonymized
Manuscript_Manuscript Title.docx.
Original research manuscripts should
normally be arranged in the following order:
1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. JEL classification codes, where applicable
5. Introduction
6. Literature review
7. Theoretical or conceptual framework
8. Hypotheses, research questions, or propositions
9. Methodology
10. Results
11. Discussion
12. Conclusion
13. Theoretical, managerial, practical, policy, or social
implications, where relevant
14. Limitations and future research
15. References
16. Appendices and supplementary material, where applicable
Formatting Requirements
Submit the manuscript
in editable Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
Use Times New Roman,
12-point font, double-line spacing, and margins of at least one inch on all
sides.
Number all pages
consecutively.
Use APA 7th-edition heading levels and
presentation conventions.
Use British English
consistently throughout the manuscript.
Define abbreviations
at first use and maintain consistency in spelling, terminology, symbols, and
numerical presentation.
Avoid unnecessary
footnotes and endnotes.
Tables, Figures, and Equations
Tables and figures
must be numbered consecutively, referred to in the text, and provided with
clear titles and explanatory source notes.
Tables must be
editable and must not be submitted as screenshots or images.
Figures, diagrams,
graphs, and conceptual models must be clear, readable, and submitted in high
resolution.
Original figures
should state "Source: Authors' compilation." Adapted or reproduced
material must be properly cited and accompanied by permission where required.
All abbreviations,
symbols, units, and significance levels used in tables and figures must be
defined.
Equations must be
created using an editable equation editor, numbered consecutively where
necessary, and followed by definitions of all variables and symbols.
All manuscripts submitted to JFER must
follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
Seventh Edition (APA 7th edition) for in-text citations, reference lists,
tables, figures, headings, quotations, and statistical presentation.
Every source cited in
the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and every reference-list
entry must be cited in the text.
References must be
accurate, complete, alphabetically arranged, and consistently formatted.
A DOI must be
included as an active hyperlink wherever available.
Authors must verify
references against the original publication or publisher record.
Fabricated,
unverifiable, incomplete, or AI-generated references may result in rejection or
further editorial action.
Manuscripts that do not comply with
APA 7th-edition requirements may be returned to the authors for correction
before peer review or publication.
Word Limit for Original Research
Articles
Article Processing Charges (APC)
Submission Checklist
Before completing submission, the corresponding author should confirm that:
The manuscript falls
within JFER's aims and scope.
The manuscript is
original and is not under consideration elsewhere.
The number of authors
does not exceed three and all authors meet the authorship criteria.
All authors have
approved the manuscript and agreed to the author order.
A separate title page
has been uploaded with official institutional email addresses for all authors
and the corresponding author's active contact number.
The main manuscript
has been fully anonymized, including its file properties, comments, and tracked
changes.
The abstract,
keywords, and JEL classification codes have been included.
Ethical approval,
informed consent, funding, conflict-of-interest, data-availability, and AI-use
statements have been provided where applicable.
All tables, figures,
and equations are numbered, cited, editable, and properly sourced.
Every in-text
citation appears in the reference list and every reference is cited in the
manuscript.
References comply
with APA 7th edition and include DOI hyperlinks wherever available.
The manuscript
complies with JFER's similarity and AI-generated-content thresholds.