Publication Ethics

Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement : Composed using the Publishing ethics resource kit and in compliance with Elsevier recommendations

Ethical guidelines for journal publication (These guidelines are based on Elsevier policies)

Journal of Child, Family, and Consumer Studies (JCFCS) is a biannually e-journal that provides articles on child development, family studies, family development, consumer and family economics issues.

It is important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and society. This statement is based on COPE Website. 

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University as the publisher of JCFCS takes its duties of guardianship all stages of the publishing process and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities.

We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.