About the Journal

Financial Services Reveiw (FSR) is the official publication of the Academy of Financial Services. FSR is a Diamond Open Access Journal, which means there are no fees or restrictions for access to or submission of research and no Article Processing Fees if published. The purpose of this double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal is to encourage research that examines the impact of financial issues on individuals. In contrast to the many corporate or institutional journals that are available in finance, the focus of this journal is on individual financial management.

FSR provides a forum for those who are interested in the individual perspective on issues in the areas of Financial Planning, Financial Counseling, Financial Literacy, Banking/Banking Services, Education in Financial Services, Employee Benefits, Estate and Tax Planning,  Insurance Planning, Investments, Mutual Funds, Non-bank Financial Institutions, Pension and Retirement, Planning, and Real Estate. While the annual meeting held each fall provides an opportunity to discuss and present these topics to colleagues, the journal allows a much wider audience of those interested in this subject matter.

To encourage the development of curricula in financial services at the university level, appropriate pedagogical papers are accepted for publication. Manuscripts are encouraged that present ideas about appropriate content, methods of teaching, and materials.

Contributions from practitioners who are actively involved in financial planning, financial services, and professional associations are also encouraged. While the primary purpose of this journal is the publication of traditional academic empirical research, the Academy believes that it is important to encourage the cross fertilization of ideas and an exchange of information of interest to both academicians and practitioners. Thus, the editor seeks manuscripts from practitioners that present innovative ideas and new information in financial planning and services or suggest new avenues of research for academics.

Plagerism: The Journal takes publication integrity very seriously. All submissions are routinely checked for plagiarism. The journal uses https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/ to screen submissions for plagiarism.

Copyright:

All papers published in the Journal are covered by CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.

This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only. Credit must be given to you, the creator. Only noncommercial use of an author's work is permitted. Noncommercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation.

In addition, FSR grants to the UGA Libraries a worldwide, non-exclusive license to all content published by the Journal, including metadata, that is necessary to publish, transmit, and index the Journal and to preserve its content over time. 

ISBN (print): 1873-5673

ISBN (electronic): 1057-0810