The Journal of Human Resources Submission Requirements
The Journal of Human Resources (JHR) publishes work in economics that employs the best available empirical methods. The JHR is not a business management journal and does not consider HR, staff management, or personnel research.
The Journal of Human Resources requires that all authors submit all manuscripts online at http://jhr.msubmit.net. Do not send submissions directly to the editor, coeditors, managing editor, or editorial office.
The JHR charges a submission fee of $150 to consider all initial submissions. (No fee is charged for invited revisions.) This fee is nonrefundable and does not guarantee that the manuscript will be sent to outside reviewers; we reject more than half of all manuscripts without sending them to outside reviewers. Please be certain that your manuscript falls within the purview of the JHR (e.g., not management or personnel research) before submitting it. Researchers for whom the submission fee would cause a significant economic hardship may request an exemption.
Please follow all author instructions on the website, http://jhr.msubmit.net. To ensure proper functionality of this site, both JavaScript and cookies must be enabled in your browser. Please add the JHR URL to your safe list so that your institution’s spam filter does not reject email from the JHR.
Detailed information on manuscript preparation is available at https://jhr.msubmit.com/cgi-bin/main.plex?form_type=display_ejp_tips, including information on:
Replication and Data Availability: We expect authors to adhere to our replication policy and make available the data and programs to other researchers. If there are special circumstances that make this data availability impossible, you must request an exemption from our replication policy at the time of initial submission, and state the reasons for your request.
Disclosure Statement: Upon submission, authors must supply a disclosure statement for each author, including funding information, potential conflicts of interest, and the IRB status of the work.
Formatting: Manuscripts should be limited to 40 pages, including references, tables, and figures (12-point font, 1.5-line spacing for the body text, 1-inch margins; double-spaced papers may be 50 pages; footnotes may be smaller type and single-spaced). An Online Appendix may be included with additional material beyond the 40 pages for publication online only. The Online Appendix should not be excessive in length.
For questions about the online submission process, email the JHR Managing Editor, Lisa Al-Amoodi.
Turnaround statistics for first-round submissions:
Average time to decision: 30.55 days
Median time to decision: 9 days
Acceptance rate: 4%
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