Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The author declares this piece has not been previously submitted to or published or under consideration for publication in another Journal.
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• All URL addresses in the text are activated and ready to click (they will be colored if this is the case).
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• We encourage short abstracts of around 250 words, and usually one paragraph in length. The text has had the authors' names removed. There are several aspects of the paper that need to be considered: acknowledgments, headers and footers, authors’ prior research, document research. It is not enough to delete all the authors of the submission by replacing authorship with: (author, year). This following advice draws on the following (OUP Guidance).
  
  
  1. Anonymize Consistently. When authors resubmit revision we also require you to note how you have addressed reviewers’ comments and continued to anonymize the paper in subsequent rounds of revision. The editors will ask you to deanonymize at the copyediting stage.
  
  
  2. Document Properties. Authors' names should be removed from the document's properties.
  
  
  3. Prior Research. Authors can cite prior research by name if it replicates, extends or contradicts findings in the submission.
  
  
  4. Anonymize by Location. If necessary, consider anonymizing information such as place names, project names, university affiliations, image credits, etc. in the manuscript which may establish authors’ identity.
  
  
  5. Acknowledgments. Do not submit acknowledgements before the final manuscript stage.
• An Abstract has been submitted. The Abstract should be inputted into the metadata and also included in the main manuscript that is submitted.
• Captions for figures appear below the figure; for tables, captions appear above the table.
• All notes are endnotes, not footnotes.
• Revised Manuscript: When revising your manuscript after peer-review rounds, you should maintain ALL anonymity across the document, including when track changes have been used. Repeat the step by securing the document's “Properties,” which in Microsoft Word is found in the “Review” ribbon, by selecting the “Protect” feature and ticking the “Privacy” box to “Remove personal information from this file on save.” “File” menu. Additionally, submit a separate document (also anonymized) stating how each revision has been addressed in the revised manuscript. Please submit the revised manuscript as a revision and not as a fresh submission. This can be done by signing back into your “Author Dashboard” and finding your existing manuscript, and adding your latest version. Note the timestamps for finding the most up to date version.
• Final Manuscript: All author information previously anonymized such as author and date information as well as place names, project names, university affiliations, image credits, etc. should be added at this stage. For writing that is co-authored, the order of authors must be agreed and finalized between the authors, and confirmed in the final manuscript submission. Acknowledgments should be added to the final submission and not before (During copyediting).