jfqa-review-process
Installation
SKILL.md
JFQA Review Process (jfqa-review-process)
Use this skill to understand what happens to a JFQA manuscript after submission, so you submit informed and read decision letters correctly.
Who decides
- JFQA has no single Editor-in-Chief. It is led by a team of seven Managing Editors (as of 2026): Hendrik Bessembinder, Ran Duchin, Thierry Foucault, Jarrad Harford, Kai Li, George Pennacchi, and Stephan Siegel, supported by advisory editors and 50+ associate editors.
- A Managing Editor is assigned per paper; that editor decides whether to desk-reject or send the paper to reviewer(s). (The specific handling editor is assigned per submission — 待核实 for any individual case.)
The review model
- Double-anonymous peer review (Cambridge Core terminology). Author-identifying information is removed and the manuscript PDF is sent blind to the reviewer(s). Anonymize accordingly (see jfqa-writing-style / jfqa-submission).
Fee and the desk-screen economics
- A $350 submission fee (credit card only) is charged up front. If the Managing Editor elects not to send the paper to a reviewer, $275 is refunded — so a desk reject still costs you $75 in handling. Budget for this.