Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors

Author Guidelines

Journal of Consumer and Business Psychology

Authors submitting to the Journal of Consumer and Business Psychology (JCBP) must prepare their manuscripts in accordance with these guidelines and the official journal template. Submissions should be original, methodologically sound, ethically compliant, clearly written, and relevant to consumer psychology, business psychology, organizational behavior, behavioral marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, employee behavior, workplace well-being, or related interdisciplinary fields.

Submission Requirements

Originality

The manuscript must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.

Language

Manuscripts must be written in clear, accurate, and professional academic English.

File Format

The manuscript must be submitted in Microsoft Word format using the official JCBP template.

Peer Review

Eligible manuscripts are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process.

Accepted Article Types

Authors must select the article category that most accurately represents the submitted manuscript.

Research Article Review Article Conceptual Paper Scale Development Paper Case Study

Manuscript Formatting

Manuscript Element	Required Format
Main font	Garamond
Manuscript title	16-point, bold, centred
Author names	12-point, centred
Affiliations	11-point, centred
Main section headings	14-point, bold
Subheadings	12-point, bold
Main text	12-point
Abstract and metadata	10-point

Do not add manual page numbers, hard tabs, decorative colours, unnecessary paragraph breaks, or multiple blank lines. Use one paragraph break at the end of each paragraph. Tables and figures must be placed near their first citation rather than collected at the end of the manuscript.

Title Page and Article Metadata

Title and Authorship

Provide a clear and informative title, the full names of all authors, institutional affiliations, city, and country. Author order must be agreed upon before submission.

Corresponding Author

Identify one corresponding author and provide the author’s full name and active email address. Include the email addresses of other authors where required.

Article Information

Complete the article history, DOI field, subject area, article type, and citation format using the spaces provided in the template. Editorial dates and DOI details are completed by the journal.

Abstract, Keywords, and Subject Area

The abstract must contain between 150 and 250 words, contain no citations, and use the following structured subheadings.

Purpose

Methodology

Findings

Implications

Originality

Provide a maximum of five keywords separated by commas. Provide a maximum of five subject-area terms that accurately identify the manuscript’s disciplinary coverage.

Manuscript Structure

Introduction

Explain the psychological or behavioral issue, global and national context, empirical evidence, theoretical foundation, research gap, novelty, objective, research questions, or hypotheses. The final paragraph should state the expected contribution.

Literature Review

Critically synthesize current and relevant literature by constructs, theories, mechanisms, relationships, and unresolved problems. Avoid presenting a simple author-by-author summary.

Hypothesis Development

Where applicable, develop each hypothesis from established theory and empirical evidence. Explain the psychological mechanism and end each subsection with a clear and testable hypothesis.

Research Methods

Describe the design, setting, period, participants, sampling, instruments, data collection, validity and reliability, qualitative trustworthiness, ethical safeguards, and analysis. Completed procedures should be written in the past tense.

Results and Discussion

Present findings logically and interpret their psychological, theoretical, and managerial significance. Compare results with previous studies, explain unexpected findings, and avoid repeating all values already shown in tables.

Conclusion

Synthesize the main answer to the research objective, theoretical contribution, and practical implications. Do not introduce new data, references, or arguments.

Tables, Figures, and Equations

Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and cited in the text before they appear. Place table titles above tables and figure captions below figures. Include the source beneath any adapted or reproduced material. Tables should use essential headings and horizontal rules without vertical lines. Avoid decorative colours and screenshots of tables.

Use Garamond 12-point font for tables, figures, captions, and notes, with a minimum of 10 points when necessary. Each table or figure should remain readable and fit on one portrait page. Equations must be numbered consecutively and all symbols must be defined in the surrounding text.

Citations and References

In-text citations and the reference list must follow the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition. Every source cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and every reference-list entry must be cited in the manuscript.

References must be arranged alphabetically by the first author’s surname and formatted with a hanging indent. Authors should prioritize current, relevant, peer-reviewed literature and verify all names, titles, years, journal details, page ranges, and links before submission.

Include an active DOI in the format https://doi.org/... whenever a valid DOI exists. Do not invent, estimate, or guess DOI information. For sources without a DOI, provide complete APA metadata and a stable URL where appropriate.

Ethical and Publication Declarations

Research Ethics Provide ethics approval details when the study involves human participants, personal data, or organizationally sensitive information.

Informed Consent State whether informed consent was obtained from participants or explain why consent was not applicable.

Conflict of Interest Disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal interests that may influence the work.

Funding Identify all financial support and grant numbers, or state that the research received no external funding.

Data Availability Explain whether supporting data are publicly available, available upon reasonable request, restricted, or not applicable.

Use of Artificial Intelligence Disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence tools in writing, editing, translation, coding, or data analysis where applicable.

Acknowledgements and Author Contributions

Acknowledgements

Recognize individuals, institutions, companies, professional organizations, or other contributors who supported access, coordination, data collection, instrument review, or language editing but do not qualify for authorship.

Author Contributions

Identify each author’s contribution using initials for conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, project administration, supervision, validation, visualization, original drafting, and review and editing.

Final Submission Checklist

✓ The manuscript follows the official JCBP template and formatting requirements.

✓ The manuscript is original and is not under review by another journal.

✓ Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and contribution statements are complete.

✓ All tables and figures are numbered, cited, readable, and placed near their first mention.

✓ All citations and references follow APA Seventh Edition and have been cross-checked.

✓ Ethical approval, informed consent, funding, conflicts of interest, data availability, and artificial intelligence declarations have been provided where applicable.