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Use when preparing the final Comparative Political Studies (CPS) submission package for SAGE Track (ScholarOne) — anonymization, word count, abstract, ORCID, title page, and data availability statement. Runs the submission preflight; it does not draft the manuscript.

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Submission Preflight (cps-submission)

The last gate before SAGE Track. CPS desk-screens on fit and basics, so a clean, correctly anonymized, within-limit package avoids an avoidable bounce. Run this checklist against the live SAGE author instructions before you click submit — volatile specifics change.

When to trigger

  • Assembling the final files for SAGE Track (ScholarOne) submission
  • Final anonymization and word-count pass
  • Writing the data availability statement and confirming ORCID
  • A submission was returned for a formatting or anonymity problem

Submission components

ComponentRequirement (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
PortalSAGE Track (ScholarOne) — reuse an existing account if you have reviewed/authored within the past year
Anonymized manuscriptIdentifying info removed from the main file (sent to reviewers)
Title page (separate)Authors, affiliations, contact, acknowledgments — kept off the review file
Word countArticle max 11,000 words; references, tables, figures excluded
AbstractUnstructured, ~150 words between title and body
ReferencesAPA-style author-date (SAGE house); in-text and list agree
ORCIDRequired for the submitting author; co-authors encouraged to link before acceptance
Data availability statementRequired — available where / why not shared
Replication materialsQuantitative papers: staged for the CPS Dataverse (gates final acceptance)
Pre-analysis planOptional, anonymized, as supplementary material
Supplementary / online appendixRobustness grids and secondary material

Anonymization preflight (CPS is anonymous-reviewed)

  • Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and grant numbers from the main file → title page.
  • Neutralize obvious self-references ("in our prior work" → "prior work [Author, year]").
  • Strip identifying metadata from the document and from any embedded files/figures.
  • Anonymize any linked materials (OSF/pre-analysis plan) used during review.

Comparative-leverage last check

Before the formatting checklist, ask whether the review file still reads like a CPS paper after anonymization:

GatePass conditionBounce risk
Comparative claimThe abstract and introduction state what travels across cases, regions, regimes, or timeA single-country result is submitted with only a broad comparative promise
Rival explanationThe design names the strongest comparative rival and shows how the evidence adjudicates itRobustness appears as generic controls, not a debate-specific test
Scope conditionThe manuscript says where the argument should and should not generalizeThe contribution is framed as universal without leverage
Evidence-package fitSupplemental files and replication materials support the comparative claimAppendices contain unreferenced analyses or non-anonymized materials

If any gate fails, route back before submission. A perfectly formatted paper can still be returned or desk-rejected if the comparative contribution is invisible.

Final checklist

  • Anonymized manuscript + separate title page prepared
  • Word count ≤ 11,000 (references/tables/figures excluded); count reported as required
  • Unstructured ~150-word abstract present
  • APA-style author-date references; every in-text cite has a list entry
  • ORCID for the submitting author linked in SAGE Track
  • Data availability statement included
  • Replication package staged for the CPS Dataverse (quantitative papers)
  • Figures meet SAGE specs (grayscale-safe, vector/high-res); exhibit numbers consistent
  • All claims verified against the live SAGE author-instructions page

Anti-patterns

  • Submitting to the wrong portal or an outdated URL — CPS uses SAGE Track (ScholarOne)
  • Identifying info left in the main file or in document/figure metadata
  • Over the word limit, or miscounting (forgetting refs/tables/figures are excluded)
  • Missing ORCID for the submitting author, or missing the data availability statement
  • Structured abstract or wrong citation style (CPS is APA-style author-date)
  • Promising replication materials but not staging them — quant final acceptance is gated on the deposit

Output format

【Portal】SAGE Track (ScholarOne) — account ready? [Y/N]
【Anonymized】main file clean + separate title page? [Y/N]
【Length】words / 11,000 (refs/tables/figures excluded)
【Abstract】unstructured ~150 words? [Y/N]
【Comparative leverage visible?】claim + rival + scope condition stated? [Y/N]
【References】APA author-date, in-text=list? [Y/N]
【ORCID】submitting author linked? [Y/N]
【Data availability statement】present? [Y/N]
【Dataverse package】staged (quant)? [Y/N/NA]
【Next】cps-rebuttal (after a decision)

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