revacc-submission

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Use when a Review of Accounting Studies (RAST) manuscript is close to submission and needs the Editorial Manager preflight — anonymization for double-blind review, the submission fee and its deadline, file completeness, and format compliance. Runs the preflight; it does not polish prose (revacc-writing-style) or plan the review cycle (revacc-review-process).

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Submission Preflight (revacc-submission)

When to trigger

The manuscript is finished and you are about to upload to Editorial Manager
You need to confirm the double-blind anonymization is complete
You must budget for and schedule the submission fee within its deadline
You are deciding between the regular journal and the RAST Conference submission path
You need a final completeness check on files, abstract, and formatting

RAST submission mechanics (verify before relying)

Item	What to do	Status
Portal	Submit through Editorial Manager (Springer)	待核实; 检索于 2026-06
Submission fee	USD $500, payable within 7 days or the manuscript is removed (desk rejection refunds the fee minus a US$75 admin charge)	verified on the Springer submission guidelines, 核查于 2026-06-22; re-verify before submitting
Managing Editor	Lakshmanan (Shiva) Shivakumar (London Business School)	verified 2026-06-22 (Springer editorial-board page via snippets + LBS pages); re-verify masthead
Review model	Double-blind — anonymize the manuscript fully	待核实
Abstract limit	~150–250 words	待核实
Length	Confirm any page/word limit on the official guidelines page	待核实
Conference path	RAST Conference submissions feed a conference issue; all are also considered for the regular journal	verified via Wharton page, 检索于 2026-06

Always re-check fee, abstract limit, length, and editor on the official Springer page (link.springer.com/journal/11142) at submission time.

Anonymize for double-blind review

Because RAST is double-blind, scrub author identity thoroughly — referees should not be able to infer the authors:

Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and funding/grant identifiers from the manuscript file.
Strip identifying metadata from the document and from any data/code file names.
Neutralize self-citations ("Smith (2022) shows" not "in our prior work (Smith 2022)"); cite your own working papers without revealing authorship where possible.
Remove conference/seminar acknowledgements and presentation footnotes that fingerprint the authors.

File and format completeness

Title page (separate, with author details) vs. anonymized manuscript — keep them distinct.
Abstract within the limit, keywords, and JEL codes if requested.
Tables and figures placed per the guidelines, self-contained, anonymized (see revacc-tables-figures).
Online appendix / proofs for analytical papers; data provenance notes for empirical work.
ORCID, cover letter (state the contribution and confirm no concurrent submission), and any AI-use disclosure the publisher requires (待核实).
A reconstructable data-and-code trail ready if requested in review (RAST does not headline a posted package the way JAR does, but be ready — 待核实).

Fee logistics

Budget the $500 fee before you submit and pay within the 7-day window — a missed payment withdraws the paper regardless of quality (待核实; confirm the current amount and window). Confirm waiver/discount eligibility on the official page if relevant.

Checklist

Manuscript fully anonymized (names, affiliations, acknowledgements, metadata, self-cites)
Separate title page with author details prepared
Abstract within the limit; keywords / JEL codes as required
Tables/figures self-contained and anonymized
Analytical proofs / online appendix or empirical provenance trail included
Cover letter states the contribution and confirms exclusivity
Submission fee budgeted and payable within the deadline
Conference vs. regular path chosen deliberately
Fee, abstract limit, length, and editor re-verified on the official page

Anti-patterns

Leaky anonymization: self-citations or acknowledgements that reveal the authors.
Identifying metadata left in the document or file names.
Missing the 7-day fee window, auto-withdrawing an otherwise strong paper.
Trusting cached facts: quoting last year's fee/limit without re-checking the official page.
Wrong path: submitting to the conference issue when the regular track was intended (or vice versa).

Output format

【Portal】Editorial Manager (Springer) — verified? (待核实)
【Anonymization】names/affil/ack/metadata/self-cites scrubbed? yes/no
【Files】title page / anon manuscript / abstract / keywords / proofs or provenance
【Fee】USD $500 within 7 days budgeted? (待核实)
【Path】regular journal / RAST Conference issue
【Re-verify】fee + abstract limit + length + editor on official page
【Next skill】revacc-review-process