Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

JFCP Manuscript Submissions

Manuscripts are accepted on a continual basis. No submission fee is required. No publication fee is required for accepted papers. For more information about JFCP and manuscript submission guidelines, visit http://www.afcpe.org/publications.

Submit manuscripts for publication in the journal at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfcp.

Please carefully read this material before submitting a manuscript:

• JFCP Author Submission Guidelines
• Peer Review Guidelines & Best Practices
• Ethics, Policies, and Statements

Peer review: a distinguished editorial board consisting of acknowledged authorities and leaders in the field of consumer financial planning, counseling and education will review submissions via double-blind review. Papers will be selected for publication based on relevancy, content, and quality.

Topics: Papers can be research reports, theories and tools, literature reviews, policy reviews, and case studies. Preferred topics should be relevant to household finance, consumer finance, personal finance, and behavioral finance. Specifically, topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Consumer financial well-being
• Consumer financial literacy
• Consumer financial capability
• Consumer financial education
• Consumer financial behavior
• Consumer borrowing behavior
• Consumer saving and investing behavior
• Retirement planning
• Financial counseling and coaching
• Financial planning
• Health and financial issues
• Consumer financial protection
• Financial issues of low-income consumers
• Cross-cultural comparisons of consumer financial issues
• International issues of consumer finance

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UPCOMING JFCP SPECIAL ISSUES

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Diversity and Consumer Finance

Guest Editors: Kyoung Tae (KT) Kim, J. Michael Dedmon, and Joshua Caraballo

Assistant Editor: Madelyn Smith

Submission deadline: December 2, 2024.

We are pleased to announce a call for papers, in partnership with the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), for a special issue on “Diversity and Consumer Finance.” Original research papers or focused literature reviews on topics related to diversity and consumer finance are welcome. Papers may explore diversity and consumer finance from various perspectives, including but not limited to gender diversity, racial/ethnic diversity, social and cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion, etc., and their interaction with consumer finance. All research papers submitted for this special issue should contribute to understanding DEI considerations for effective financial education, financial behaviors, financial capability, and financial well-being.

 Authors are suggested to explore diversity and consumer finance from new perspectives, including data collection, methodologies, and systemic inequities. Researchers are encouraged to submit papers examining diversity / equity and consumer finance in different consumer cohorts, such as among various age groups, income groups, marital status groups, cultural groups, and the like. Furthermore, all submitted papers should have clear implications for practitioners, educators, and policymakers in the field of consumer finance. Authors are also encouraged to offer further research directions in the related areas of consumer finance. Additionally, papers building upon prior findings in the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning are particularly welcome.

 The deadline for submission is December 2, 2024. Submissions will be peer-reviewed. Manuscripts should be submitted online via link: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfcp. Be sure to select the “Special Issue: Diversity and Consumer Finance” article type from the drop-down menu when submitting. Submission guidelines and other journal information can be found at: https://media.springerpub.com/media/springer-journals/JFCP_Guidelines.pdf.

The National Endowment for Financial Education will also host a workshop for prospective contributors concurrent with NEFE’s Financial Education Innovation & Impact (FEI&I) Summit, held on October 8-10, 2024, in Denver, CO. Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts or completed manuscripts for consideration for an invitation to the workshop by June 1, 2024. Please submit your proposals to Madelyn Smith, Assistant Editor, at email: [email protected]. Authors selected to participate in the workshop will be notified by July 1, 2024, and will receive fee-waived registration for the FEI&I Summit. Invited authors will be asked to confirm their participation by July 15, 2024.

 For further questions or inquiries about the special issue, please contact Kyoung Tae Kim ([email protected]).

Be sure to select the “Special Issue: Diversity and Consumer Finance” article type from the drop-down menu when submitting.

Please download the Author submission guidelines before submitting your paper. 

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Social Responsibility and Consumer Finance

Guest Editor: Fuzhong Chen

Submission deadline: October 31, 2024.

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue on “Social Responsibility and Consumer Finance.” Original research papers or focused literature reviews on social responsibility and consumer finance topics are welcome. Papers may investigate social responsibility and consumer finance from various perspectives, such as sustainable consumption, ethical consumption, energy consumption, climate finance, green finance, FinTech, etc., and their interaction with consumer finance. All research papers submitted for this special issue should help understand the effects of social responsibility on consumer financial affairs, financial behaviors, financial capability, and financial well-being.

Authors are suggested to explore social responsibility and consumer finance in new perspectives. Researchers are encouraged to submit papers examining social responsibility and consumer finance in different consumer cohorts, such as among various age groups, income groups, marital status groups, cultural groups, and the like. Furthermore, all submitted papers should have clear implications for practitioners, educators, and policymakers in the field of consumer finance. Authors are also encouraged to offer further research directions in the related areas of consumer finance. Additionally, papers building upon prior findings in the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning are particularly welcome.

• The deadline for submission is October 31, 2024. Submission will be peer-reviewed.
• Manuscripts should be submitted online at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfcp.
• Be sure to select the “Special Issue: Social Responsibility and Consumer Finance” article type from the drop-down menu when submitting.
• Please download the Author submission guidelines before submitting your paper. 

For further questions or inquiries about the special issue, please contact the guest editor, Fuzhong Chen ([email protected]).

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