Journal of Consumer Marketing Cover Image for Volume 43, Issue 5
Current Issue
Volume 43,
Issue 5,
17 July 2026

About the Journal of Consumer Marketing

Journal of Consumer Marketing is a journal written by scholars and practitioners, and is edited for marketers who desire further insight into how people behave as consumers worldwide.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Article — up to 8000 words
  • Extended Editorial — up to 2000 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

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Calls for papers

Closes: 15th October 2026

This special issue, coordinated with the 2026 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, invites scholars to examine the intersection of consumer behavior and external forces in a fluid world.

Guest editor(s): Kevin W. James, Janna M. Parker, Hyunju Shin