Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Research and review articles in the field of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences are published. The "Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences" will publish articles pertaining to family ecology and the consumer sciences. The focus and content of family ecology and the consumer sciences were published in a document called Focus and content of home economics (Journal of Dietetics and Home Economics, 25(1):53-58). Articles in the following fields will therefore be published:
Foods and nutrition: nutrition, nutritional guidelines, nutrition in the life cycle, nutrition education, community nutrition, food selection, habits and patterns, menu planning, food preparation and service, preparation and production of food, food processing technology, food storage and preservation, product development, food-related equipment, food regulations, marketing of food, history of food and nutrition, food service management, research in foods and nutrition
Clothing: textile technology, fibres, yarns, structures, finishes and decoration, selection, marketing, history and maintenance of clothing and textiles, socio-psychological and socio-cultural aspects of clothing and textiles, clothing design and construction, fashion design, product development, quality management, clothing consumerism, research in clothing and textiles
Housing: the South African situation and policy, housing decisions, housing for special needs, eg for the disabled, home planning and construction, home furnishings, maintenance, household equipment, management of the environment, history of interiors and housing, socio-psychological aspects of housing, research in housing
The functioning and development of the individual and the family throughout the life cycle: personal development and its significance for clothing, foods and housing, family development during the life cycle and its significance for clothing, foods and housing, community influences and resources, and gender equity issues
Management pertaining to personal, social and material resources in small and big households and in the community: management principles and processes, resource management, personal and household financial management, work management, work efficiency, housekeeping management, food service management, environmental management and the influence of the environment on the quality of life of individuals, households and communities, research in management
Consumer behaviour: consumer decision making, consumerism, consumer socialisation, research in consumer behaviour
Professional practice: education (primary, secondary and tertiary), adult education and extension, communication, community development, marketing, research, counselling, etc where home economics knowledge is required and applied.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Editor reads the manuscript and then in consultation with a relevant editorial committee member selects two reviewers who are knowledgeable in the field/basic disciplines in which the research or review article falls. As Family Ecology / Consumer Science is a field of study that covers a wide range of sub-fields and is based on many different basic disciplines, the editorial committee members represent different sub-fields within Family Ecology/Consumer Science. Two experts in the relevant fields are asked to review the manuscripts. The reviewers get no information about the author/authors of the manuscript. On receipt of the blind reviews the editor sends the reviews as well as own comments to the authors. Should the two reviewers have opposing views as to the suitability of the manuscript for publication a third reviewer is asked for an evaluation.

Editor checks that the required changes have been made. Editor also control the technical requirements set out in the author’s guidelines. The authors have to supply a certificate from an accredited language editor that the article has been language edited, before it can be published.

The reviewers used in a specific calendar year are acknowledged on the Journal’s website.

 

Publication Frequency

Annual Publication

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Accredited Journal

"The Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences" is an independent fully DOE accredited publication; ISSN 0378-5254.

 


ISSN: 0378-5254