Get your Financial Analysts Journal paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Financial Analysts Journal goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Financial Analysts Journal guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Financial Analysts Journal. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Financial Analysts Journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Financial Analysts Journal guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Financial Analysts Journal guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Financ Analysts J requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract with a maximum of 100 words. Should use simple language with no technical expressions and no reference or endnote citations. No variation by article type specified |
| Main text | Research Articles: typically 8,000–15,000 words. Perspectives (peer-reviewed): typically 3,000–7,000 words. Viewpoints (invited, non-peer-reviewed): typically 3,000–7,000 words. Letters to the Editor (non-peer-reviewed): typically 750 words. Standard section order: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3 to 8 keywords required. Authors should provide keywords that are most important to the article and terms readers may use to search |
| References | Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition) author-date format. Authors should use the Taylor & Francis Chicago author-date reference guide (https://files.taylorandfrancis.com/tf_chicagoad.pdf) when preparing their paper |
| Peer review | Double-blind peer review. The instructions explicitly state manuscripts will be 'double blind peer-reviewed by expert referees' and require authors to remove all identifying information from the manuscript to maintain integrity of the double-blind peer-review process |
| Submission | rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=UFAJ |
Read the Financial Analysts Journal guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Financial Analysts Journal in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Financ Analysts J papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Financial Analysts Journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Financial Analysts Journal guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.