Author Guidelines
What we look for in your article
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
We consider for publication which:
- report original science;
- area of interest are of Accounting and Finance [Accounting and Financial Information, Accounting Information Systems, Auditing, Financial research and behavioural accounting, Corporate finance, Cost Accounting, Ethical Issues in Accounting and Financial Reporting, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, International Accounting and Finance, Investment, Management Accounting, Portfolio, Management, Risk Management, Social and Environmental Accounting, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Market Discipline, Behavioural Finance, International Finance, Market Microstructure]
- have not been published previously in the peer-reviewed literature, including in another language,
- are not under consideration for publication in any other peer-reviewed journal or book available through a library or by purchase;
- JAF manuscripts are judged not only on the depth and scope of the ideas presented and their contributions to the field but also on their clarity and whether they can be read and understood
General
- File Types: Word (doc, docx or PDF)
- Maximum file size: 2 MB
- Font: 12 point, Times New Roman
- Text [Including references]: single-spaced, justify
- Page Layout: 1-inch margins on all sides with page numbers in the bottom right corner
- Page Maximum: 20 pages, properly formatted and inclusive of title, abstract, keywords, text, references, tables, figures, and footnotes
- Papers can be written in English
- Figures and tables should be embedded at the appropriate point within the text, rather than placed at the end of the manuscript
- Use the Mendeley tool to write your citations
Article Structure
- Title with the title of the article, author(s) name, title, institution, address, telephone number, and e-mail address
- Abstract: Consists 250 words (maximum), and keywords cover approximately three to five words.
- Introduction
- Research Methodology
- Result and Discussion
- Conclusions, limitations and suggestions
- References: References for the last 10 years, primary references, or journals are preferred; comply with the APA citation style.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
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The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
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Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
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The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
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The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
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If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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Articles have never been sent and published to other publishers in the form of any media (printed / electronic). If there is duplicate publishing, the author is willing to delete the article from this journal.
Copyright Notice
An author who publishes in JAF agrees to the following terms:
- Author retains the copyright and grants the journal the right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal
- Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book) with the acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
- Author is permitted and encouraged to post his/her work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of the published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
Read more about the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Author Fees
JAF (Journal of Accounting and Finance) does not charge for Article Submission or Article Processing Charges.
