Review of Financial Studies

Data Editor Website

This website provides key information about the Code and Data Sharing Policy (CDSP) and the pre-acceptance reproducibility checks implemented at the Review of Financial Studies (RFS).

Process

The diagram below illustrates how authors interact with the CDSP and the RFS Data Editors (DE) throughout the editorial process.

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flowchart LR
    subgraph Editors["**Editors**"]
        A[Submission]
        B[Revisions]
        C["Conditional Accept"]
        D[Accept]
    end

    subgraph DataEditors["**Data Editors**"]
        E[Onboarding]
        F[Review]
        G[Certification]
    end

    A --> B --> C
    C -.-> D

    C --> E --> F --> G --> D

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    style E fill:#2a6197,stroke:#1b3f66,stroke-width:2px,color:white
    style F fill:#2a6197,stroke:#1b3f66,stroke-width:2px,color:white
    style G fill:#2a6197,stroke:#1b3f66,stroke-width:2px,color:white
    style D fill:#2a6197,stroke:#1b3f66,stroke-width:2px,color:white

• Submission: Please read the Guidelines for Submission. Any requests for exemption from the CDSP must be made at the time of initial submission.
• Onboarding: All conditionally accepted manuscripts enter the data editing process. At this point, a DE will assess whether a CDSP review is required. If a review is needed, the DE will contact the corresponding author with further instructions. Otherwise, the handling editor will be notified.
• Review: Authors must prepare a replication package in compliance with the CDSP and submit it via the RFS Dataverse. The package remains private during the review phase. Based on the README instructions, the DE will configure a secure, dedicated virtual environment provided by the RFS. Then, authors must supply all necessary data to this environment. Any issues encountered (e.g., execution errors or output discrepancies) will be resolved directly between the DE and the submitting author.
• Certification: If the replication package successfully reproduces the key tables and figures from the submission, the DE will notify the handling editor of successful certification.
• Accept: Upon final acceptance, authors must update and publish their replication package in the RFS Dataverse. The DE will then host the verified code and accompanying report in a public GitHub repository under the RFS organization.

Further Information

• The DE maintain a list of common questions in the FAQs.
• The DE also provide detailed guidance on licensing and recommended practices.

Contact

If you have any questions about the CDSP of the RFS and the above review process, please reach out to dataeditor@sfs.org. If you have submitted your paper, please add the assigned manuscript ID to your communication.

Currently, Christoph Scheuch and Patrick Weiss act as data editors for the RFS.