Manuscript Submission Information

Case authors are invited to make direct manuscript submissions to the Journal of Finance Case Research, (JFCR) for possible publication. The Journal is published twice a year, in the fall and spring.

There are no submission fees. Authors, however, must be a member of the Institute (see IFCR membership page) to submit manuscripts for Journal consideration.

To submit a case directly to the Journal, prepare the case and teaching note in Microsoft Word (PC) and email to editor@jfcr.org

Authors should prepare their manuscript in accordance with the format required for final acceptance. For final versions, it is important that manuscripts have a minimum of cosmetic formatting, nested commands, footnotes, or complex subheadings. Final submission is electronic, and the word files are formatted by the Institute to have a consistent appearance in the Journal (proceedings versions of papers have the same requirements). It may be quite burdensome for an author to try to un-complicate or re-type a manuscript. It is recommended that authors prepare manuscripts in accordance with the format that will eventually be required anyway.

For submissions of manuscripts with multiple authors, at least one author must be a member of the Institute. For publication in the Journal, all listed authors must be members of the Institute.

Editorial Policies

A publication fee of $50.00 per case will be required upon final acceptance of cases for publication in the Journal. Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare manuscripts for conference proceedings OR for journal consideration in the format required for publication in both. Correct format simplifies reviewer tasks and facilitates final submissions. Two basic styles for cases are acceptable for publication. Upon receipt, a manuscript undergoes a double-blind referee process, after which the author(s) are contacted about expected revisions. IFCR reviewers are encouraged to conduct a detailed examination of case submissions and accompanying teaching notes. The objective of the referee process is to provide guidance as to what, specifically, would be required for the case to be acceptable for publication. Rather than criticism, therefore, referees are encouraged to provide suggestions for a finished product. Authors of submitted cases are asked to reciprocate in the referee process by serving as a peer reviewer for other case submissions.