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Use when judging whether a research question is general-interest and economically significant enough for The Journal of Finance (JF), and when sharpening the framing. Tests fit and contribution; it does not design the empirics.

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# Topic Selection & General-Interest Fit (jf-topic-selection)

## When to trigger

- Deciding whether a question is "JF-level" or belongs at a field/subfield journal
- The contribution is sound but narrow, and you must judge its reach
- Choosing among JF, JFE, and RFS for a finished paper

## JF's bar: broad, flagship-level, general-interest

JF is the **flagship general-interest journal of the American Finance Association (AFA)**, founded **1946**, published **bimonthly** by Wiley-Blackwell, reaching 8,000+ readers across asset pricing, corporate finance, banking, microstructure, and household finance. With JFE and RFS it is one of the finance **"top-3"**. The acceptance bar is severe: the editor's reports describe roughly a **~5% acceptance rate** with **~33–45% of submissions desk-rejected** (afajof.org editor reports, accessed 2026-05-30). A paper must matter to the **whole** AFA readership, not one subfield.

### How JF differs from JFE / RFS for topic fit
- **JF**: the most general-interest of the three; rewards a single broad result any finance economist would find important.
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