Family and Consumer Sciences Research: A Compendium of Journals

 This compendium of journals relevant to Family and Consumer Economics is a product of NCR-52 Family Economics Committee and the Family Economics Research Group, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. NCR-52 Family Economics is a regional committee under the auspices of the State Agricultural Experiment Stations and the Cooperative State Research Service, USDA. The information was compiled by personnel of the Family Economics Research Group. The NCR-52 committee expresses special appreciation to Dr. Mark Lino of the Family Economics Research Group for his dedicated efforts in collecting the information in this compendium, and to the editors of the journals represented herein for providing that information. Production of the publication was supported by grants from the Family Economics-Home Management Section and the Research Section of the American Home Economics Association.
 
 

About This Compendium:

 The purpose of this compendium is to help people prepare their research for submission to a journal. There were 131 journals relevant to family and consumer economics surveyed. A mail questionnaire was sent to the editor of each journal in July 1991. A letter reminding editors to return the questionnaire was mailed a few weeks later. A second mail questionnaire was sent to nonresponding journal editors in September 1991.

Responses were received from 92 journal editors (a response rate of 70%). Of these, 82 completed the questionnaire, 4 indicated their journal did not accept outside manuscripts, 3 believed the journal covered topics not in the realm of family or consumer economics, and 3 stated that the journal had ceased publication either temporarily or permanently. The four journals that do not accept outside manuscripts are Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City), Family Economics Review, Federal Reserve Bulletin, and Social Security Bulletin.
The following information was collected from each journal:
Sponsor: Journal's affiliation, usually a professional association or university.
Appropriate topics: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, financial counseling/planning, or other related topical area.
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government, or other category.

Frequency of issue: Number of issues each year.
Copies per issue: Paid and nonpaid subscriptions.
Type of review: Double blind (authors and reviewers unknown to each other), single blind (authors known to reviewers or reviewers known to authors), open (authors and reviewers known to each other), or editorial (review by in-house editors only).
Acceptance rate: Percent of manuscripts submitted in 1990 that were eventually published or are very likely to be published.
Average review time: Amount of time that passes between the time a journal first receives a manuscript and when the authors are notified of the results of the first review.
Number of reviewers: Number of people, excluding in-house editors, who review a submitted manuscript.
Percentage of invited articles: Percent of articles published in 1990 that were requested specifically by the editor or were from an annual conference or meeting.
Maximum page length and preferred range of pages: Length of a submitted manuscript, double spaced, including tables, figures, references, and appendices.
Page charge to publish manuscript: If there is such a charge, the amount. Many journals noted a submission fee. As submission fees were not asked for specifically, such fees are not reported for all journals.
Manuscript guidelines: Where such guidelines could be obtained most easily; the journal, editor, or elsewhere. Many journals noted a particular style guideline. Because guidelines were not asked for specifically, these guidelines are not reported for all journals.
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NOTE: "--" indicates no response given or not applicable.

SPONSOR: Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family policy, consumer/family sociology, agricultural and environmental policy issues
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 700
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 10-19%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: American Demographics, Inc.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Business
Frequency of issue: 12 per year
Copies per issue: 30,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Editorial
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: --
Number of reviewers: 0 (in-house editor(s) only)
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 10-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: American Economic Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 28,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: Less than 10%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: $25 per journal page (applicable only if author has available supporting research funds); $50 submission fee for members of American Economic Association, $100 for nonmembers (never waived).
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: --

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Dr. Michael K. Wohlgenant, Editor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Box 8109
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8109

SPONSOR: American Agricultural Economics Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 5 per year
Copies per issue: 6,500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29% (proceedings of annual meeting)
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 35 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: $55 per journal page
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue, except December issue; manuscripts should follow A Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Francis Neilson Fund and The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family finance
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 2,500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 5,000 words
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow MLA Style Manual as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

University of Chicago Press
Journals Division
5720 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

SPONSOR: University of Chicago Press
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: --
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 6,800
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 4
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $15 submission fee, waived for students
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, physical and mental disability
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government, consumer organizations
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: --
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 60% or more
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 5 or more
Percentage of invited articles: 60% or more
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 12-17 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Topics include innovative programs, agency administrative practices, research, and technique. Professional audience is varied so publication requires non-journal, non-technical language. References, charts, and tables should be held to a minimum. Helpful if authors could provide their work on a 5.25-inch floppy disk in WordPerfect or ASCII along with printed manuscript.

SPONSOR: American Sociological Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 13,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: Up to 40 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $15 submission fee
Manuscript guidelines: In February and August journal issues; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Pergamon Press
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: academic perspectives on tourism (theory and application), multi-disciplinary material.
CIRCULATION:
Primary Audience: academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
copies per issue: about 2,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: 40%
Average review time: 9 months
Number of reviewers: at least 3
Percentage of invited articles: 0
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 35 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-35 pages
page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: in journal of from Editor; 5 copies submitted; allow ample margins
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family policy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 3 per year, plus 1 proceedings issue in 2 volumes
Copies per issue: 1,200
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 15-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: 35 Canadian dollars per journal page
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor; manuscripts should follow A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Authors are encouraged to have manuscripts reviewed by their peers prior to submission. Abstract for submitted paper should be in English and French.

SPONSOR: Child Welfare League of America
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Child welfare, adoption, foster care, abuse and neglect
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 8,000 - 10,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 25-30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 12-15 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from Child Welfare League of America; manuscripts should follow A Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal covers all phases of child welfare as they affect the health, education, and psychosocial needs of children, offering theoretical concepts as well as practical ideas and strategies. It reports on innovations in practice, agency administration and board functions, staffing designs and staff education, legislation, research, and community development. Material submitted for possible publication should extend knowledge in any child-family welfare or related service; on any aspect of administration, supervision, casework, group work, community organization, teaching, research, or interpretation; on any facet of interdisciplinary approaches to the field; or on issues of social policy that bear on the welfare of children, youths, and their families.

SPONSOR: Human Sciences Press
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: All areas related to child and youth care work
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 1,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: Approximately 30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 12-18 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal is committed to the improvement of child and youth group care practice in a variety of day and residential settings and to the advancement of the field. Readers include child and youth care practitioners, their supervisors, and other personnel in child and youth care settings as well as instructors and researchers. Query letters in advance of submission to assess the appropriateness of an idea are welcome.

SPONSOR: The Haworth Press, New York
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: All areas related to services to children and youth
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 1,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind and single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: Varies by issue
Average review time: Varies by issue
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: 30-39%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: Varies by issue
Preferred range of pages: Varies by issue
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal publishes topical, generally practice-oriented special issues (also published in book form) in various aspects of the field described by its title. Solicits proposals from prospective issue editors, who then become responsible for the content. They may seek outside authors as needed. Proposals welcome and should include a title, a brief description, a tentative outline listing articles to be included, and the names of prospective authors if they are available.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: empirical research, theoretical articles that have implications for developmental research, multi-disciplinary material welcome.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience academic
Frequency of issue: 6 times per year
Copies per issue: 8,172 (average issue)
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: N/A but approximately 75% rejection rate.
Average review time: 3 months
Number of reviewers: at least 3
Percentage of invited articles: very few, one or two a year.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: if over 60 pages it then becomes a monograph
Preferred range of pages: 35-40 pages (under 30 is acceptable)
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: see journal, four copies to
Editor, APA style, abstract 150 words
OTHER INFORMATION: If manuscript is accepted then submit on disk.
Did not receive updated information o journal by publication date--information is current as of Spring 1994.

PUBLISHERS/SPONSOR: International Textile and Apparel Association, Inc.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: textiles, fiber and polymer science, aesthetics and design, social, psychological, educational, historic and cultural topics, marketing, merchandising, international trade and economics.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic
Frequency per issue: 4 times per year
Copies per issue: 1,200
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: triple-blind
Acceptance rate: 59% for 1989-1992 3 year average
Average review time: 3 months for first round; 9 months from receipt to acceptance
Number of reviewers: at least 2
Percentage of Invited articles: do not invite
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 30 pages
Manuscript submission fee: $35 review fee; no page charges
Manuscript guidelines: see journal for information, need line numbers on left hand side of manuscript, 150 word abstract, submit 5 copies
OTHER INFORMATION: --

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: -- Human Sciences Press
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology family therapy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner (family therapists)
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (reviewers known to authors)
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: Approximately 25 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal publishes family therapy research, theory, and practice articles.

SPONSOR: Population Association of America
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 4,400
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 20-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: --

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: American Psychological Association.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Issues in human development, empirical contributions to the study of growth and development, scholarly reviews, theoretical articles, social policy, field research, cross-cultural studies, research on gender and ethnicity.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic
Frequency of issue: bi-monthly
Copies per issue 6,400
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: approximately 25%
Average review time: 3 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 0-5% and all go through a review and can be rejected.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: approximately 50-60 pages
Preferred range of pages: 5-40 pages
Page charge/manuscript submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: five copies. APA style, abstract.
OTHER INFORMATION: Contact Editor for information.
Did not receive updated information on journal by publication date -- information is current as of 1994.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: The Costume Society of America
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: biographies, conservation reports; theoretical discussion, analytical and interpretive papers that describe and place costume in cultural context.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, professionals
Frequency of issue: one per year
Copies per issue: 1,700
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review; blind review
Acceptance rate: 50%
Average review time: 6 months (approximately)
Number of reviewers: 4-5 reviewers
Percentage invited articles: 1% (very few)
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: minimum of 10 pages; no preferred range of pages
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: Follow Chicago Manual of Style; one original and 6 copies; no deadline -- articles are accepted for review at any time.
OTHER INFORMATION: Must be a member of The Costume Society of America

SPONSOR: Western Economic Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: --
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 6-8 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 30-40 pages
Preferred range of pages: 25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None, $45 submission fee for members of Western Economic Association, $90 for nonmembers
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Draft manuscripts need not conform to style nor include finished charts, tables, or figures. Accepted manuscripts must conform exactly to journal style, which is available on request.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Research and scholarly reviews in all areas of family and consumer sciences and related disciplines concerned with the general well-being of families and individuals, including such areas as child and family studies, family economics and management; clothing and textiles, food and nutrition; housing, equipment, and design, and family and consumer sciences education. At present, the journal is particularly interested in papers that focus on child development, family studies, and hotel, restaurant, and institution management.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, extension specialist
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 2,100 (world wide)
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2-4 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: about 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: 25-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: $25 submission fee Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue, manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Published original research and scholarly reviews in all areas of Family and Consumer Sciences disciplines concerned with the general well-being of families and individuals.

SPONSOR: --
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, individual/family therapy and counseling
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 10 per year
Copies per issue: 5,700
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 10-19%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 25 pages
Preferred range of pages: 16-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal is a practice- and issues-related journal directed to human service professionals. Feature articles in the journal can be classified according to the following categories: (1) practice description (how a practitioner or agency manages some kind of work); (2) practice reflection/analysis (work with types of clients or types of practice; articles are reflective and analytical and discuss principles of practice in these areas or with these clients); (3) theory (theoretical underpinnings of practice: psychodynamic, systems, existential, eclectic); (4) research reports (practice-related and expands on the practice implications of the study); and (5) agency/profession (supervision of practitioners and management of agencies, with professional concerns of agency personnel and practitioners, and with topical concerns of human services professionals in general).

SPONSOR: American Bar Association Section of Family Law
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner (mental health professionals), government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 15,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind and single blind (reviewer known to authors)
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 1
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow A Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) as a style guide; footnotes should follow A Uniform System of Citation as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, Brigham Young University
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 250
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 50-59%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 25 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal is multidisciplinary and seeks articles, reports, and essays on any aspect of family life. The overall objective is to disseminate information that may be used by teachers and family-life educators as well as by concerned others.

SPONSOR: National Council on Family Relations
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Family economics, family finance, family law, family policy, family psychology, family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 6,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-30%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 20 pages of text
Preferred range of pages: 25-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $15 submission fee
Manuscript guidelines: In January issue of journal or from editor; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Manuscripts that report experiences in education, counseling, and family services (e.g., health, social, and legal aspects) are sought. Evaluation research focusing on family life programs is encouraged. Implications for family life education, counseling, or other community programs directed toward families should be emphasized. Enough information so that the program can be implemented or the evaluation study replicated should be provided. Educational objectives, techniques, and evaluations need to appear in an education-oriented article. Articles reporting the evaluation of a program should state the way in which the program was evaluated so that it can be replicated. 

OTHER INFORMATION: The journal includes research reports, evaluations of innovative counseling, planning and educational techniques, and theoretically based prescriptive analyses. Conclusions of articles should outline implications for practitioners and educators. The 1998 volume contained 21 articles and book reviews.

The final revised version of a manuscript accepted for publication should be submitted in both paper and disk format (PC compatible, preferably in WordPerfect 6.1 or later, although Word files are accepted). Instead of a disk, the final file may be sent as an attachment to an email, using the BinHex, MIME or UUENCODE protocol.

PUBLISHER\SPONSOR: Oklahoma Sociological Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 2 per year
Copies per issue: 370
REVIEW PROCESS
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 60% or more
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 10-15 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $22 submission fee (includes 1-year subscription to journal)
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --
Subscription: Individual - US Resident - $15 (US $)
-Outside US - $20 (US $)
Institution - Inside US - $25 (US $)
-Outside US - $30 (US $)
Subscription on calendar year basis only - start date January 1, 1996. Claming Policy: any time: Index: by issue

SPONSOR: The Gerontological Society of America
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: The following as related to aging: consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, financial counseling/planning
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 10,373
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 18-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal provides a multidisciplinary perspective on human aging. Articles should address significant policy or practice issues, report research findings, and include important implications for policy or practice that are suggested by the research results. Brief descriptions (10-page maximum) of innovative practices and programs are included in the "Practice Concepts" section.

SPONSOR: National Association of Social Workers
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Social work
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: 75% practitioner, academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 6,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 20 pages
Preferred range of pages: 14-18 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From National Association of Social Workers - "Writing for NASW"
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal welcomes manuscripts on all aspects of health that are of professional concern to social workers. Articles on practice, social policy and planning, legislative issues, innovation in health care, and research are published.

SPONSOR: American Association of Housing Educators
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, consumer/built environment
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 3 per year
Copies per issue: 500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 40-49%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $35 submission fee for members of American Association of Housing Educators, $85 for nonmembers
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Papers are published on topics relating to human housing from a variety of perspectives. A broad range of topics are included: Housing alternatives, behavioral aspects, design, equipment, utilities, interiors, energy, and others. Papers written in the social, behavioral, biological, chemical, and physical science disciplines are accepted. Theoretical, empirical, speculative, and other types of analyses are acceptable. 

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: CHRIE
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Original, empirical research that has a solid theoretical foundation; theoretically based papers which contribute to the conceptual development of the hospitality management field.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, some professionals in industry.
Frequency of issue: 4 times a year
Copies per issue: 1,600
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review; double-blind
Acceptance rate: 35% acceptance (eventually)
Average review time: 2 months
Number of reviewers: 2-3
Percentage of invited articles: on occasion only
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length/preferred range: 7,000 words is recommended limit
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: 3 copies and one on disk; short abstract required, APA style
OTHER INFORMATION: Include self-addressed stamped postcard to receive notification of receipt of manuscript; send manuscripts to Editor's university office, available by contacting CHRIE.

SPONSOR: School of Social Work and Human Services, Eastern Washington University
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, rural consumer/family human services issues and programs
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 20 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Articles must focus on human services in rural areas. Individuals who are involved in rural practice and program development are encouraged to contribute in order to provide up-to-date information on the strengths, problems, and programs in rural communities.

SPONSOR: --
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family sociology, philosophy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 1,200
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers, reviewers known to authors at times)
Acceptance rate: Less than 10%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: Varies
Percentage of invited articles: 30-39%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: None
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: --

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: International Association of Hotel Management Schools.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: human resource management, consumer behavior and marketing, business forecasting and applied economics, operational management, financial management, planning and design, information processing, education and training, technological developments.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, professional
Frequency of issue: quarterly
Copies per issue: not available
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: 50% eventually
Average review time: 6 months (to final acceptance)
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: very few
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length/preferred range of pages: none given
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: 4 copies, short abstract, APA style
OTHER INFORMATION: Did not receive updated information on journal by publication date--information is current as of 1994.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Adolescent psychology, psychiatry, social work and allied disciplines, adolescent development, treatment and management of adolescent disorders; multi-disciplinary welcome.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: international readership, academic and practitioners
Frequency of issue: bi-monthly
Copies per issue: 2,500 - 3,000 (approximation)
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind (unless reviewer request to be identified)
Acceptance rate: 30-33% in recent years
Average review time: variable; with peer review 2-4 months; 3 months average
Number of reviewers: at least 2, often 3
Percentage of invited articles: one special issue per year; articles still undergo review process with Guest Editor
SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Maximum page length: 5,000 words or 20 pages (including tables, figures but excluding title, abstract or footnotes)
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: for copies, APA style, see journal for detailed information.
OTHER INFORMATION: Only journal in the field of adolescence with deliberately balanced European/North American published material. 50% of articles are European, 50% from North America. John Coleman is the overall Editor for the Journal. He is based in England at the Trust for the Study of Adolescence, 23 New Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 1WZ, UK.
Did not receive updated information on journal by publication date--information is current as of Spring 1994.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: The American Dietetic Association.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: The Journal invites contributions of original research, review, and application in such areas as nutritional science, medical nutrition therapy, public health nutrition, food science and biotechnology, food service systems, leadership and management, and dietetics education.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: professional and academic
Frequency of issue: monthly
Copies per issue: 71,000 printed (but no breakdown by subscriptions, etc.)
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: approximately 40$ eventually
Average review time: 10-12 weeks
Number of reviewers 2-3 per manuscript
Percentage of invited articles: 10-15 per year
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length/preferred range depends on "category" of paper. See journal
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: 4 copies, submission letter, see journal for information.
OTHER INFORMATION --
 

JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY
P.O. Box 51026
Durham, NC 27717-1026

SPONSOR: American Council on Consumer Interest
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, financial counseling/planning, consumer interest topics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 2 per year
Copies per issue: 2,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 20-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $20 submission fee
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Purpose of journal is to foster and disseminate professional thought and scholarly research advancing the consumer interest. Scope of the journal includes consumer policy, consumer education, consumer economics, and consumer behavior. Acceptable manuscripts may be theoretical, empirical, philosophical, or historical in perspective. They should have clear implications for government, household, or business policy.

SPONSOR: Illinois Consumer Education Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, high school teachers
Frequency of issue: 1 per year
Copies per issue: 300
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 40-49%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: 10-19%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 8 pages
Preferred range of pages: 6-8 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; authors of accepted manuscripts must either be members the Illinois Consumer Education Association (dues $15) or pay a $15 submission fee per article.
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Submitted articles should be in one of the following categories: (1) position paper (a discussion of consumer education issues, problems, and trends), or (2) research article (a presentation of recently completed research that has implications for consumer educators). Articles must include implications for practitioners (educators, policymakers, etc.).

APPROPRIATE TOPICS:
The journal is an international scholarly journal which encompasses a diverse range of issues in the field of consumer affairs.
CIRCULATION:

SPONSOR: Society for Consumer Psychology
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family psychology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: --
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 15-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal is devoted to advancing consumer psychology. Articles should report original data from either experimental or nonexperimental studies; or theoretical, methodological, and review papers. Topics covered include: the role of advertising in consumer psychology, the development and change of consumer attitudes, choice and decision processes, direct brand experience, post-purchase evaluations, gift giving, leisure activities, consumer socialization, group and family decision making, motivational processes, salesperson's influences on buying behavior, and the experiential components of various consumption activities. 

SPONSOR: See web page
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, consumer behavior
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 3,200+
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 0%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In June 1990 journal issue or from editor
OTHER INFORMATION: The overriding criterion for publication in the journal is that knowledge is gained about the behavior of consumers. As an interdisciplinary journal that fosters research and the development of knowledge from a variety of disciplines, the journal encourages a wide range of methods, conceptual orientations, and substantive problem areas within the domain of consumer behavior, as broadly construed. In addition to empirical research papers, the journal welcomes carefully reasoned theoretical papers, integrative review papers, and methodologically oriented papers.

SPONSOR: Independently owned and published.
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer satisfaction, consumer dissatisfaction, complaining behavior
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 1 per year
Copies per issue: 150
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 60% or more
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: 0%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 8-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Papers accepted for publication in the journal must be presented, after acceptance, at the Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, and Complaining Behavior conference and then revised based on participant input before publication (no exceptions). Although submitted manuscripts usually will not have been submitted elsewhere, previously published manuscripts will be accepted for review on the condition that the holder of the copyright for the previous publication and the current editor of the previous publication both provide a letter giving approval to publish. Manuscripts under consideration for publication elsewhere should not be submitted until the other publications have made their decisions. Final manuscript must be submitted on a 5.25-inch floppy disk in WordPerfect.

SPONSOR: --
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family policy, consumer/family sociology, food, textile studies, housing, energy, consumer protection, consumer redress, consumer information
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government, journalism/media
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: --
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 6-8 months
Number of reviewers: 1
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 10-24 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue, from editor, or from publisher
OTHER INFORMATION: --
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SPONSOR: International Association for Research in Economic Psychology
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family psychology, socioeconomics, economic psychology, consumer socialization
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind (if requested) or
single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 40-49%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 10-40 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal aims to present research that will improve understanding of behavioral, especially sociopsychological, aspects of economic phenomena and processes. Economic psychology as a discipline studies the psychological mechanisms that underlie consumption and other economic behavior. Studies in economic psychology may relate to different levels of aggregation, from the household and the individual consumer to macro level of whole nations. Economic behavior in connection with inflation, unemployment, taxation, economic development, as well as consumer information and economic behavior in the marketplace are thus the major fields of interest.

SPONSOR: None
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, financial counseling/planning, topics related to statistical data
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 250
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 6-8 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 20-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal publishes articles that consider the methodology of economic and social measurements, the application of these data to research problems, the development and use of software tools, and the technical as well as legal problems associated with these measurement activities. The journal is also concerned with methods and issues associated with the distribution of data. Manuscripts can be submitted on diskettes or hard copy. Simultaneous submission to another publication should be clearly acknowledged.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, financial counseling/planning, other related areas.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 24,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: 8%
Average review time: 3-4 months
Number of reviewers: 2 plus Associate Editor
Percentage of invited articles: less than 2%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Preferred range of pages less than 2,500 words
Page charge to publish manuscript: none, $20 submission bee
Manuscript guidelines: in winter journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Manuscripts are encouraged from new authors, graduate students, and professionals in a wide variety of fields related to quality of life issues.
Did not receive updated information on journal by publication date--information I s current as of 1994.

email: rkh2@cornell.edu
SPONSOR: None
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, financial counseling/planning, any research that shows a linkage between the family and economic systems
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: Less than 1,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 20-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: All manuscripts (applied, theoretical, or integrative) must demonstrate the linkage between the family and its economic environment.
 

SPONSOR: American Finance Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Financial economics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 5 per year
Copies per issue: 8,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: Less than 10%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 1
Percentage of invited articles: 60% or more
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: 25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Institute of Certified Financial Planners
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family psychology, financial counseling/planning
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 6,700
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 30-39%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 30-39%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal aims to inform its readers of innovative, timely, and constructive concepts, theories, and professional management tools in financial planning. Five true/false and/or multiple-choice questions, based on the article, should be included (indicate the correct answers). These questions will be used as part of the Institute's continuing education test. When possible, include a 5.25-inch disk containing the article (enclose information on the filename, type of word processing software, and type of hardware, preferably IBM compatible).

SPONSOR: Southern Finance Association and Southwestern Finance Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Financial counseling/planning
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 1,600
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 22 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $30 submission fee for members of Southern Finance Association or Southwestern Finance Association, $50 for nonmembers
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow A Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: National Association of Forensic Economists
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, consumer/family law, legal economics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 3 per year
Copies per issue: 700-800
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 40-49%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: None
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $25 submission fee for members of National Association of Forensic Economists, $50 for nonmembers
Manuscript guidelines: Request through mailing address or phone: (816) 235-2833
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal publishes both theoretical and applied papers. Accepted submissions are required to be on a 5.25- or 3.5-inch high density disk, in WordPerfect 5.0, if possible.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: research and theory in developmental, clinical, and educational psychology, biological as well as behavioral and social aspects of developmental and clinical psychology, main focus is on empirical research, occasionally applied material.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic
Frequency of issue: 4 times per year
Copies per issue: 1,200
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: not available but the rejection rate is approximately 30% (eventually through revision process).
Average review time: 2-3 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: with special issues only, articles do undergo review process.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: over 40 is considered monograph
Preferred range of pages: about 30
Page charge: $50 for each table and $20 for figures prior to publication.
Submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: two copies; APA style, manuscript on disk is requested but not required upon acceptance; see journal for additional information.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Gerontological Society of America
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Medical sciences pertaining to aging
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: Approximately 10,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In March 1991 journal issue; manuscripts should follow Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Publishes articles that pertain to aging, representing the full range of medical sciences. "Brief Reports" have a 6-page maximum. Authors encouraged to provide names of three to five potential reviewers.

SPONSOR: North Holland Publishing Company
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Health economics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 750
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 25-35 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal seeks articles related to the economics of health and medical care including the following topics: production of health and health services; demand and utilization of health services; financing of health services; measurement of health; behavioral models of demanders, suppliers and other health care agencies; manpower planning and forecasting; the prevention of sickness; cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses and issues of budgeting; efficiency and distributional aspects of health policy; and such other topics as the editors may deem appropriate. Applications to problems in both developed and less-developed countries are welcomed.

SPONSOR: --
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics, frontier econometrics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 3,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 20-40 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal welcomes replication, fragility, and sensitivity studies of empirical work that has appeared in journal in the last 5 years or empirical work judged by the editors to be important to the fields covered by the journal. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be asked to make their data available to other analysts from a date 6 months after publication for a period of 3 years thereafter; exemption from this requirement may be requested.

SPONSOR: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family psychology, family therapy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 20,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 20 pages
Preferred range of pages: 15-20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Submitted articles should advance the professional understanding of marital and family behavior and improve the psychotherapeutic treatment of marital and family disharmony. Toward that end the journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.

SPONSOR: American Marketing Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Marketing
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 15,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 25 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor or American Marketing Association; manuscripts should follow A Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: American Marketing Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, marketing research
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 9,500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 21-25 pages
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In February issue of journal, from editor, or from American Marketing Association
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: National Council on Family Relations
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 8,000+
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: Approximately 30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 25-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $15 submission fee
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Medium for the presentation of original theory, research interpretation, and critical discussion of materials related to marriage and the family.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Society for Nutrition Education
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: nutrition education; original research and reviews relevant to nutrition education, short articles presenting viewpoints on current issues and controversies I n nutrition education or reporting creative programs ideas.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, professionals
Frequency of issue: bi-monthly
Copies per issue: 4300
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: peer review
Acceptance rate: 25%
Average review time: 2-4 months
Number of reviewers: 4
Percentage invited articles: --
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: varies depending on type of manuscript, see manuscript guidelines.
Page charge/submission fee: N/A
Manuscript guidelines: instructions published in first issue of each volume.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family policy, general field of public policy analysis and public management
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: --
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: 25-35 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal only seeks manuscripts that make broad contributions to the general field of public policy analysis and public management. Articles should avoid the shorthand and jargon understood exclusively by specialists operating in narrow fields, and be parsimonious in the use and design of tables.

SPONSOR: The Pennsylvania State University Press and The University of Notre Dame
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family policy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: --
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION::
Maximum page length: 30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor; manuscripts should follow A Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: The objectives of the journal are threefold: (1) to encourage research into the formation and development of American public policy, (2) to encourage the application of diverse methods and theories to public policy and their politics within an historical frame, and (3) to inform policymakers through an historical approach to public policy.

SPONSOR: American Marketing Association
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family law, consumer/family policy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 2 per year
Copies per issue: 350
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 45 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In spring 1991 journal issue, from editor, or from American Marketing Association
OTHER INFORMATION: Papers published in journal should deal with both marketing and public policy. Consult past issues of the journal to determine specific topics that have received coverage.

SPONSOR: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9 of the American Psychological Association)
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, social issues in general
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 5,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: --
Average review time: --
Number of reviewers: 4
Percentage of invited articles: --
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-40 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal does not accept individual manuscripts. Issues are organized around an integral theme. Ideas and questions regarding issue proposals should be addressed to the editor.

SPONSOR: Council for Social and Economic Studies
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: International and national economic trends
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 1,100
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: 10-19%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 2,000-5,000 words
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, consumer/family economics, consumer/family finance, consumer/family law, consumer/family policy, consumer/family psychology, consumer/family sociology, financial counseling/planning
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Practitioner, government
Frequency of issue: 3 per year
Copies per issue: 5,000+
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 40-49%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 4
Percentage of invited articles: 20-29%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 20 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Submitted manuscripts should report original research, discuss policy issues, or describe new and innovative programs and procedures in the field of student aid. If possible, articles should also be submitted on a 5.25- or 3.5-inch IBM compatible diskette in WordPerfect, XyWrite, Multimate, Wordstar, ASCII, or DOS formats.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: The Gerontological Society of America
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Journal publishes articles on the biological aspects of aging in areas such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, morphology, neuroscience, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, practitioner, corporate
Frequency of issue: 6 per year
Copies per issue: 9,500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: peer-reviewed
Acceptance rate: 59%
Average review time: 2 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: review articles only; 10% approximately.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: --
Preferred range of pages: 20-25 pages; 6 for brief reports
page charge to publish manuscript: none, but author pays for color plates
Manuscript guidelines: The journal follows abbreviations and other conventions of the CBE Style Manual, Fifth Edition (1983), published by the Council of Biology Editors, Inc. Full instructions to authors are published periodically in the journal or can be requested from the Society prior to submission. Use of IBM compatible software is encouraged and a disk will be requested upon acceptance.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal publishes original research, not published nor under consideration for publication elsewhere. Letters to the Editor, Review Articles, and Guest Editorials may also be submitted for consideration.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Topics are directed by a Call for Papers. In general themes focus on integrative, holistic perspectives in family and consumer sciences (home economics) professional concerns, historical study of the field, philosophical issues, or implications for the body of principles underlying the field.
Goals of the publication are to encourage intellectual excellence, scholarly discourse, critical and creative thinking, reflection, innovations in integrative/holistic dimensions, and development of new methods of generating and verifying knowledge.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic, practitioner
Frequency of issue: 2 per year
Copies per issue: 18,500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: 50-59%
Average review time: 6-8 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: none
Preferred range of pages: 1,000-3,500 words, longer with permission
Page charge to publish manuscript: none; $25 submission fee ($10 for students)
Manuscript guidelines: from editor
OTHER INFORMATION: The journal operates with guest editors and theme call for papers. Because the publication is funded by members, journal gives first preference, quality being equal, to members of Kappa Omicron Nu.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: Wayne State University
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: experimental, theoretical and review papers on issues in human development; infant, child and adolescent development; context of development (family or school).
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic
Frequency of issue: quarterly
Copies per issue: 1,400
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: open (unless blind is specifically requested).
Acceptance rate: 20% average over last two years
Average review time: 3 months
Number of reviewers: at least 2
Percentage of invited articles: yes, 1 special issue per year with guest editor; manuscript do undergo review.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Preferred page range: 30 manuscript pages is target
Page charge/submission fee: none
Manuscript guidelines: see journal: 4 copies to editor, APA style, abstract needed.
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer education, any topic on consumer affairs that is business-oriented
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Corporate consumer affairs management
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 3,000+
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Single blind (authors known to reviewers)
Acceptance rate: 60% or more
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 5 or more
Percentage of invited articles: 60% or more
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 10 pages
Preferred range of pages: 5-8 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Authors are advised to call the Managing Editor prior to writing the manuscript. Submissions to or publication in other journals will not necessarily prejudice consideration for publication; but should be noted in cover letter. Journal is distributed only to members of Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: National Association of College and University Food Service (NACUFS).
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Original research related to topics of interest to the NACUFS membership including food service management, eating trends and preferences, nutrition education, waste management, human resource management, computer systems, etc.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic
Frequency of issue: annually
Copies per issue: 600 (sent to the 600 NACUFS member institutions with approximately 2400 individual members).
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: double-blind
Acceptance rate: about 50%
Average review time: 2-3 months
Number of reviewers: usually 3
Percentage of invited articles: none
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: no stated
Preferred range of pages: not stated (usually 10-20 pages).
Page charge to publish manuscript: none
Manuscript guidelines: original and 3 copies, APA style; contact editor for guidelines
OTHER INFORMATION: Articles must be well organized and develop ideas in a concise and logical manner. Correct spelling is essential. Articles will be received and evaluated as submitted. The committee will not take the responsibility for editing the manuscript.

SPONSOR: Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Volunteering, voluntary action
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 800
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 20-30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: $20 per journal page for nonmembers of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue or from editor
OTHER INFORMATION: -- Executive Offices of ARNOVA will be moving from Washington State to the Center for Philanthropy, Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis, 550 West North Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

SPONSOR: Policy Studies Organization
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family policy
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 2,400
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 30 pages
Preferred range of pages: 30 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue; manuscripts should follow Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association as a style guide.
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal publishes scholarly articles by social scientists and other researchers interested in the policy sciences. Encourages submissions of manuscripts that analyze the policy processes and outcomes of particular policies as well as theoretical and methodological articles that address the logic of policy inquiry.

PUBLISHER/SPONSOR: --
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: General psychology, experimental, theoretical and speculative articles welcome.
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: academic scientists, practitioners
Frequency of issue: bi-monthly; 2 vol/yr; usually a special issue included/1 each volume (approximately 2,800 pg/yr)
Copies per issue: 2,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: peers, but includes interdisciplinary readers, authors must interact
Acceptance rate: 25-30% overall (3% "as is", 7% some, 12% much work, "3-5% lagged over 4 years)
Average review time: 3-5 weeks
Number of reviewers: 5-6 or more
Percentage of invited articles: few-varies by year
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Actual range of pages "regular article": 8 pages average, range 4 to 200+; notes 1 or 2 pages
Page charge: pay for preprints, cost of figures and special composition fees (27.50/page in multiples of 4 pg + special chg) 200 preprints supplied
Manuscript guidelines: see journal; for copies, APA style
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: --
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family policy, consumer/family sociology
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: Approximately 10,000
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Open (authors and reviewers known to each other)
Acceptance rate: 20-29%
Average review time: 2 months or less
Number of reviewers: 4
Percentage of invited articles: 50-59%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 40 pages
Preferred range of pages: 20-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: --

SPONSOR: University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Business Administration
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Finance, economics, accounting, marketing, management
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 800
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 3
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION::
Maximum page length: None
Preferred range of pages: 20-25 pages
Page charge to publish manuscript: None; $25 submission fee (includes
1-year subscription to journal), $15 fee for submission of revisions
Manuscript guidelines: In each journal issue
OTHER INFORMATION: Accepts research that reexamines important empirical works, tests important theoretical works, or overviews (and evaluates critically) the literature. Manuscripts accepted for publication should be submitted on a 3.5-inch Macintosh disk in Microsoft Word, $40 fee if not.
 

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SPONSOR: MIT Press
APPROPRIATE TOPICS: Consumer/family economics
CIRCULATION:
Primary audience: Academic, government
Frequency of issue: 4 per year
Copies per issue: 3,500
REVIEW PROCESS:
Type of review: Double blind
Acceptance rate: 10-19%
Average review time: 3-5 months
Number of reviewers: 2
Percentage of invited articles: Less than 10%
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Maximum page length: 6,000 words, 3,000 words for notes
Preferred range of pages: --
Page charge to publish manuscript: None
Manuscript guidelines: From editor
OTHER INFORMATION: Journal specializes in empiric