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Use when running the final submission preflight for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) manuscript via the ScholarOne/Manuscript Central portal — contribution-type/proposal route, abstract limit, APA formatting, open-science deposits, cover-letter declarations, and suggested reviewers. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Submission Preflight (ppsych-submission)

When to trigger

  • "Submitting soon" — last check before uploading to the PoPS portal
  • Unsure which files, declarations, and deposits the portal expects
  • Confirming abstract limit, APA format, and the proposal/contribution-type route
  • Verifying open-science obligations and the suggested-reviewer requirement

Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准 — re-confirm on the SAGE/APS author pages)

  • Publisher / venue. PoPS is published by SAGE in partnership with APS; it is bimonthly and broad/integrative — distinct from Psychological Science (single studies), Psychological Bulletin (formal meta-analyses), Annual Review of Psychology (invited surveys), and Current Directions (short, non-technical) (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Portal. Submit via Manuscript Central / ScholarOne at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pps (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Contribution type & proposal. Identify the category — stand-alone (proposal optional), cooperative, or miscellaneous (proposal required). A positive proposal reply is not an acceptance; identical review applies (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Abstract. No more than 200 words (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Length. No strict page limit for stand-alone articles (concise preferred); brief reports run 1,000–1,500 words (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Style. APA style for references, statistics, and exhibits — confirm the current APA edition and any SAGE house deviations (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Open science. When original data are included they must be in a repository; the cover letter confirms ethical data collection; map deposits to TOP/Open-Practice expectations (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
  • Suggested reviewers. Provide ≥5 objective reviewers, excluding mentors, colleagues, and collaborators (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).

Preflight checklist

Article & files

  • Contribution category correct; proposal sent where required (cooperative/miscellaneous)
  • Manuscript complete; references complete, accurate, and APA-formatted
  • Title page: title, authors, affiliations, keywords; abstract ≤ 200 words, perspective-style
  • Length appropriate (concise for stand-alone; 1,000–1,500 words for a brief report)
  • Figures/tables APA-styled; reproduced exhibits have permission and attribution

Open science & transparency

  • Any original data deposited in a repository and cited
  • Meta-science: protocol/coding deposited and (ideally) preregistered; figures reproducible
  • Deposits mapped to TOP / Open-Practice badge expectations (待核实 current set)

Declarations (cover letter / portal)

  • Cover letter confirms ethical data collection (检索于 2026-06)
  • Conflict-of-interest / funding disclosure prepared
  • AI not listed as an author; AI use disclosed per current policy
  • ≥5 objective suggested reviewers (no mentors/colleagues/collaborators)

Volatile re-confirms

  • Abstract limit, APA edition, portal URL, data policy, badge set, reviewer count — re-checked on SAGE/APS pages (检索于 2026-06)

Anti-patterns

  • Submitting a single empirical study or a routine meta-analysis (out of scope — wrong venue)
  • Skipping the required proposal for a cooperative/miscellaneous piece
  • An abstract over 200 words, or an empirical-paper abstract on a perspective
  • "Data available on request" instead of a repository deposit when original data are included
  • Suggesting mentors/collaborators as "objective" reviewers, or naming fewer than five
  • Asserting the abstract limit, portal, or data policy from memory rather than the live author pages

Output format

【Contribution type】stand-alone / cooperative / miscellaneous; proposal sent where required? Y/N
【References】complete, accurate, APA? Y/N
【Abstract】≤ 200 words, perspective-style? Y/N
【Length】concise (or brief-report 1,000–1,500w)? Y/N
【Open science】data/protocol deposited + cited; figures reproducible? Y/N · N/A
【Declarations】ethical-collection in cover letter; COI/funding; AI disclosed? Y/N
【Reviewers】≥5 objective, no collaborators? Y/N
【Volatile re-confirms】abstract limit / APA / portal / data policy checked on SAGE-APS pages? Y/N
【Next step】submit at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pps → ppsych-revision on the decision

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