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JCP publishes theory-driven research on the psychology of consumers — how people form judgments, make decisions, feel, get motivated, construct identity, and respond to persuasion in consumption contexts. The decisive question at topic-selection is not "is this about consumers?" but "is the contribution a psychological process that operates in a consumption setting?" A topic fits JCP when (a) there is a consumer-relevant outcome, (b) there is a plausible mental mechanism behind it, and (c) the mechanism is testable with controlled (mostly experimental) methods. Topics that fail (a) are general psychology; topics that fail (b) are effect-hunting; topics that fail (c) belong in a modeling or interpretive outlet.
| If the core contribution is… | Aim at | Why not JCP |
|---|---|---|
| A consumer psychological process, tested experimentally | JCP | — |
| Broad consumer theory incl. interpretive / CCT meaning-making | JCR | JCP has no interpretive tradition; it is experimental-process |
| A marketing-strategy / firm-decision question | Journal of Marketing | JCP is about the consumer's mind, not managerial action |
| A new measure / method / model for marketing data | JMR / Marketing Science | JCP rewards process insight, not methodological tooling |
| A general psychological effect with no consumption stake | Psychological Science / JPSP / JEP | JCP needs a consumer phenomenon and audience |
The JCP–JCR boundary is the one teams get wrong most. Both run behavioral experiments; the tell is that JCR also embraces interpretive/CCT work and frames contributions as advancing broad theory of consumption, while JCP is tightly psychological-mechanism in its center of gravity. If your paper's contribution sentence is "we identify the mental process by which X shapes consumer Y," it is a JCP paper.
Pick the type before writing: a Research Report cannot carry four studies and a Research Article should not be one study stretched thin.
【Phenomenon】one-line consumer phenomenon
【Process candidate】the mental mechanism that would be the contribution
【Outlet verdict】JCP / reroute to JCR / JM / JMR / Psych Science (+ reason)
【Manuscript type】Research Article / Research Report / Conceptual Review / Research Dialogue
【Why not the closest sibling】one sentence
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