Before you submit

Authors are encouraged to review the journal’s Aims and Scope (About us) and recent issues of the Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (CJEF) before submitting a manuscript.

CJEF publishes original theoretical and empirical research in economics and finance. The journal welcomes submissions from all areas of economics and finance, with particular interest in macroeconomics and macro-finance, monetary economics, financial economics and financial markets, public finance, and international economics and finance.

The journal gives preference to manuscripts that offer a clear economic contribution, sound methodology, and relevance beyond a narrowly descriptive or local context. Empirical papers should be well identified and of interest to an international academic or policy audience.

There are no submission or publication fees.

Editorial process and peer review

All submissions are initially assessed by the Managing Editor or a Co-Editor. Manuscripts judged unsuitable for the journal may be declined without external review.

The journal aims to provide a desk decision within 7 days. For manuscripts sent to referees, the average time to first decision is typically around 3 months, although timing may vary across submissions.

CJEF follows a double-anonymized peer review process. Submissions considered suitable for external review are normally sent to at least two referees. The final editorial decision is made by the Managing Editor or the handling editor based on the referee reports and the journal’s editorial standards.

Editors do not handle submissions in which they have a conflict of interest. Such manuscripts are assigned to another editor.

Submission requirements

Submission of a manuscript implies that:

• the work is original and has not been published previously, except possibly as a working paper or preprint;
• the manuscript is not under consideration by another journal;
• all authors have approved the submission;
• all authors agree to comply with the journal’s editorial and ethical policies.

If the manuscript is accepted, authors may be asked to sign a publishing and copyright agreement before publication.

Your Paper Your Way

For the initial submission, authors may submit their manuscript in a single PDF file or in another commonly used manuscript format, provided that the file is readable and suitable for peer review.

At the submission stage, strict formatting is not required. Authors should focus on clarity, completeness, and anonymization.

If a manuscript is invited for revision or accepted for publication, authors will then be asked to provide editable source files (MS Word, together with editable tables, figures, and any supplementary files).

How to submit

Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to: cjef@fsv.cuni.cz

The submission should include:

• title page;
• anonymized manuscript;
• any supplementary files, if applicable;
• a short cover letter (optional but encouraged) briefly outlining the paper’s contribution.

Files to prepare

1. Title page

The title page should include:

• the title of the manuscript;
• the full names of all authors and, where available, their ORCID identifiers;
• institutional affiliations;
• the corresponding author’s email address;
• complete funding information, if applicable;
• any acknowledgements, if applicable;
• any conflict-of-interest declaration.

2. Anonymized manuscript

The anonymized manuscript should not contain any information identifying the author(s). It should include:

• title;
• abstract;
• keywords;
• JEL classification codes;
• main text;
• tables and figures, embedded in the text at the point of first reference;
• references.

Authors should remove self-identifying references where possible and avoid acknowledgements or metadata that would compromise anonymity.

Manuscript preparation

General

Manuscripts should be written in clear, professional English.

There is no strict formatting requirement for initial submission, but the manuscript should be organized clearly and consistently.

Length

Manuscripts should not normally exceed 30 typeset pages (approximately 1,800 characters per page, including spaces).

Authors are encouraged to present their results concisely. Material of secondary importance (e.g. technical derivations, additional robustness checks, or extensive datasets) should be placed in appendices or supplementary materials where appropriate.

Abstract

Please provide a concise abstract of no more than 150 words.

Keywords

Please provide 3 to 5 keywords.

JEL codes

Please provide appropriate JEL classification codes.

Article structure

Authors are encouraged to structure their manuscript clearly. A typical structure includes:

• Introduction;
• Literature review or theoretical background;
• Data and methodology;
• Results;
• Discussion;
• Conclusion.

The precise structure may vary depending on the type of contribution.

Equations

Displayed equations should be editable and clearly formatted. Only equations referred to in the text need to be numbered.

Tables and figures

Tables and figures must be embedded at the point in the manuscript where they are first discussed. They should be clearly labeled, numbered consecutively, and referred to in the text. Manuscripts in which figures or tables are collected after the main text and represented in the body only by placeholder markers (e.g., “Figure 1 here”) will be returned to the authors without editorial review.

At the revision stage, tables must be provided in an editable format. Figures should be of publishable quality, and authors may be asked to provide the underlying data for charts.

References

Citations in the text should follow the author-year style. The reference list should be arranged alphabetically.

The journal does not require exact reference formatting at initial submission, but references must be complete and consistent.

At the revision stage

• final typeset files are produced in MS Word;
• equations should be prepared using the Word Equation Editor or MathType; equations inserted as images are not acceptable;
• tables must be prepared in Word or Excel; tables inserted as images are not acceptable;
• multi-panel figures should be labeled with lowercase letters (a, b, …).

Data, code, and replication policy

CJEF expects authors of empirical papers to make available the materials needed to replicate the results, unless legal, ethical, or contractual restrictions prevent this.

Replication materials may include:

• datasets or clear instructions on how to access third-party datasets;
• code and programs;
• technical appendices;
• supplementary tables or proofs;
• a readme file explaining the structure and contents of the files.

If data or code cannot be shared, authors should explain why.

Replication files may be requested during the editorial process and, where possible, made available alongside the published article.

Ethics and editorial policies

Originality

Submitted manuscripts must present original work.

Simultaneous submission

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not be under consideration at another journal.

Authorship

All listed authors must have made a substantial contribution to the work and approved the submitted version.

Changes to authorship

Changes in authorship after submission require editorial approval and may be requested only in exceptional circumstances.

Conflict of interest

Authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could influence the work.

Funding

All sources of funding should be disclosed.

Use of generative AI

If generative AI tools were used in preparing the manuscript, this must be disclosed transparently at submission. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the manuscript. Generative AI tools may not be listed as authors.

Language quality

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript is written in publishable English. The editors may require language revision before a manuscript can be accepted for publication.

Editorial discretion

The editors reserve the right to decline any manuscript that is outside the journal’s scope or does not meet its standards, without providing a detailed explanation.

The identity of referees is not disclosed to authors or third parties.

After acceptance

Accepted papers are copyedited and typeset prior to publication. Proofs are sent to the corresponding author for a final round of corrections.

At the proof stage, authors are expected to make formal corrections only (e.g., typographical errors). Substantive changes to the text, results, title, or authorship are not permitted without the approval of the handling editor.

After publication, further changes may be made only in the form of a formal correction or erratum.

Submission checklist

Before submitting, please make sure that:

• the manuscript fits the journal’s scope;
• the work is original and not under review elsewhere;
• the manuscript is anonymized for peer review;
• a separate title page is included;
• the abstract, keywords, and JEL codes are provided;
• tables and figures are embedded in the text at the point of first reference, not collected at the end with placeholder markers;
• references are complete and consistent;
• funding and conflict of interest information are disclosed;
• data and code availability are addressed where relevant.

Submission fee

There is no submission fee.