Journal of Fair Trade
The Journal of Fair Trade is a biannual, single-blind, peer-reviewed title published by Pluto Journals bringing together academics and practitioner voices. The Journal of Fair Trade became Diamond Open Access in January 2021, along with the entire collection of Pluto Journals 20 radical Social Science titles. This means all content, and the archive, are free of Author Processing Charges and free to read on ScienceOpen and JSTOR.
We’ve 64 articles by truly global contributors and have institutional readership of over 70,000.
To publish the Journal of Fair Trade we rely on our readers and supporters making donations as well academic of libraries who have supported to date. Please support the Journal of Fair Trade by making a donation on Kindlink here.
Print ISSN: 2513-9525
Online ISSN: 2513-9533
The Journal of Fair Trade is a new independent, peer-reviewed academic journal launched by the Journal of Fair Trade Society, in February 2019, to reclaim the best practices and values that contribute to mutuality and fairness in trade. The Journal aims to be a source of the leading research on Fair Trade. The Journal of Fair Trade Society website provides a forum and funnel for new work, ideas and debate.
The Journal provides a much-needed independent space in which to discuss the ever-changing practical and theoretical approaches to making the world a more just place through business and trade. The term ‘Fair Trade’ includes certification systems and all efforts to ensure trade is fair for all. Unafraid to be outspoken, the goal of the Journal is to catalyse significant improvements in the way all types of trade deliver social and environmental justice.
The Journal and the Journal of Fair Trade Society publish independent academic work, briefings and articles. They promote new voices and experiences from cooperatives, producer organisations and practitioners, as well as Fair Trade businesses and corporations striving to be responsible global citizens. The founders of this Journal want to encompass the full range of interests and voices that need to be heard on these issues. For information on how to submit to the Journal, please click here.
Editor-in-Chief
Pauline Tiffen, Editor-in-Chief
Emma Anderson, Journal Manager,
Editorial Board
Robert Doherty, University of York;
Michael Goodman; University of Reading;
Daniel Jaffee, Portland State University and
Patrick Van Zwanenberg, STEPS América Latina / CENIT, Universidad Nacional de San Martin
Dana Geffner, Executive Director, Fair World Project;
Laura Raynolds, Center for Fair & Alternative Trade, Colorado State University;
The Guidelines for Authors are here with details of article types and submission requirements as well as our Open Access Publishing Permissions .
The Journal of Fair Trade welcomes submissions from anyone who wishes to contribute to the debate on the challenges and future of Fair Trade. All contributions will be constructively reviewed in line with the Journal’s single-blind peer review policy.
The Journal of Fair Trade Volume 7 Issue 1 – Call for papers on The Life and Work of Frans van der Hoff. The Journal of Fair Trade is calling for papers to curate a Special Edition on “The Life and Work of Frans van der Hoff”. Read more here on the Special JOFT Issue on The life, work and legacy of Frans van der Hoff. Guidelines for contributors are available here.
We welcome submissions by 1st December 2025.
If you have ideas or questions please email Emma Anderson, emma.anderson@joft.org.uk .
Journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Pauline Tiffen, at paulinetiffen@joft.org.uk
Journal Manager, Emma Anderson, emma.anderson@joft.org.uk
Fair Trade Society Membership enquiries membersupport@plutojournals.com
Publisher, Pluto Journals, evek@plutojournals.com
The journal is biannual, published online in approx May and October. The electronic journal is archived in Portico.
The journal is Open Access and the Open Access statement, Open Access license terms, copyright terms as well as a statement on its absolute lack of author charges can be found here.
The journal became Open Access on 1 January 2021 and is published open access on ScienceOpen and JSTOR. All journal material published prior to 1 January 2021 is also published, open access on ScienceOpen and JSTOR. This means the Reuse rights of published material is all under the open CC BY 4.0 license as stated here.
The journal adheres to the ethical standards endorsed by the Committee on Publication Ethics. In particular:
- We expect all authors to state in their article if they have a conflict of interest which could potentially bias their opinions – for example funding or employment.
- All named authors on the articles should confirm that they have jointly participated in the research and writing of the article, and that no author has been omitted from the list of authors.
- We require authors to warrant that their articles are original, have not been previously published, and do not plagiarise or otherwise copy someone else’s work without attribution. (If the article is a translation, we are happy to consider this for publication but the authors must inform the editors on submission).
- We also require authors to warrant that their article does not defame, libel, or bring another person into disrepute, and neither does it contain anything illegal (e.g. copyright infringing).
Donate to support the Journal of Fair Trade Society
Donations are a vital to supporting the future production of the Journal of Fair Trade .
For five years, since its launch in 2019, the Journal of Fair Trade has worked to bring together academics and practitioner voices and reflect the thinking in our movement, the practical work being done, and the achievements and challenges of all who are passionate about Fair Trade, sustainability and systemic change.
The Journal of Fair Trade became a Diamond Open Access publication in January 2021, which means it is free to read and share without any pay walls or author processing charges on two platforms: ScienceOpen and JSTOR.
Open Access is both a success and a challenge!
We’ve achieved a rapidly growing, fully global readership and a wide range of contributors for our first five volumes. The 64 articles published so far have had a global readership of over 70,000 in 178 countries.
Read more about the journey, our readership, partners and published work in our First Five-Year + Looking Ahead Report.
Looking ahead: Work on Volumes 6, 7 and 8 is already underway.
Watch out for issues with a focus on refugees, vulnerable workers in collaboration with UNHCR and MADE51, the importance of democratic cooperatives for empowerment and a just green transition, and the legacy of one of our movement’s inspirational founders Frans van der Hoff. We also aspire to deliver a second dedicated Fair Trade International Symposium Volume in 2028.
Your support needed!
We really need your help for our core costs: for 2025: Our target is £10,000.
Whatever you can afford every donation will be vital and valued.
The Journal of Fair Trade relies on voluntary contributions from our readers and supporters in the brave new world of Open Access.
Please help the Journal of Fair Trade by making a donation, for what you can afford, on Kindlink here. You can donate either EUR, GBP or USD.
