New Academic Journal: Financial Planning Review

First Edition of Peer-Reviewed Journal Published in Mid-2018

Financial planning as a recognized profession is taking a major step forward with Financial Planning Review, a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal from the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning.

“Financial Planning Review will have a significant impact in advancing the profession of financial planning,” said Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis, executive director, CFP Board Center for Financial Planning. “High quality research, which will be the hallmark of the Review, will strengthen the financial planning body of knowledge and serve as a much needed resource for financial planning researchers, educators, CFP® professionals and firms. Ultimately, it will be consumers who will benefit as they receive even better financial planning services as a result of this research.”

Published by John Wiley & Sons quarterly beginning in mid-2018, the Review will feature high quality scholarly research, including rigorous empirical and methodological analyses directly and indirectly related to financial planning practice. These topics include, but are not limited to, financial planning; portfolio choice; behavioral finance; household finance; psychology and human decision-making; financial therapy, literacy and wellness; consumer finance and regulation; and human sciences. Accepted papers will span the broad spectrum of research methodologies and data analyses.

The journal will be available electronically from the Wiley Online Library and the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning Body of Knowledge website, which will launch in 2018. The Center for Financial Planning Body of Knowledge website will contain additional papers, videos, and interactive capabilities that will bring additional relevance to financial planning practitioners and firms. Each edition of the Review will also be distributed electronically to nearly 80,000 CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals throughout the United States.

Financial Planning Review’s co-editors are:  

Vicki Bogan, Ph.D., Cornell University
Chris Geczy, Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
John Grable, Ph.D., CFP®, University of Georgia

CFP Board Center for Financial Planning Director of Academic Home, Charles R. Chaffin, Ed.D., will serve as executive editor of the Review. “We have assembled a team of co-editors, an editorial board, and a top publisher in Wiley to bring credibility to Financial Planning Review from scholars worldwide,” said Chaffin. “We are building on the success of the Center's first Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, which had a low acceptance rate for submitted papers. Our review process will be welcoming to diverse research methods and disciplines, but also rigorous, responsive, and thorough.”

The Call for Papers will be released on October 5, 2017. Submissions will be subject to a double-blind peer-review by respected researchers from a variety of academic disciplines and research methodologies.

Learn more about the co-editors and read quotes from them here.