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Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Journal of Economic Geography (JEG) manuscript via OUP / ScholarOne — word and abstract limits, double-anonymous scrub, ORCID, keywords/JEL, and house style. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Submission Preflight (jegeo-submission)

When to trigger

  • "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit on ScholarOne / Manuscript Central
  • Unsure which files, limits, and declarations the OUP submission expects
  • Confirming the manuscript is double-anonymous-clean and within JEG's length/abstract limits
  • Deciding whether the paper fits the full-article or the shorter Emerging Voices lane

Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)

  • JEG is published by Oxford University Press; submission is through ScholarOne / Manuscript Central at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/joeg (the OUP submission system).
  • Review is double-anonymous: the author's identity must be removed from the manuscript, not just the title page — referees and authors are mutually anonymized.
  • Length: standard articles are ≤8,000 words excluding references; over-length papers may be asked to cut or to move non-essential material to an online-only appendix, and this can be a condition for review. The Emerging Voices format is shorter (≈5,000 words, few exhibits) for tighter contributions.
  • Abstract ≤100 words, followed by four keywords and JEL codes.
  • ORCID iD is required for the submitting author.
  • Data/code policy is encouragement-based and handled after acceptance (you are asked at acceptance whether associated data exist) — there is no pre-acceptance reproducibility archive.
  • Exact figure specs, fee/open-access details, and any updated limits are 待核实 — confirm on the OUP author-instructions page before submitting.

Preflight checklist

Length & structure

  • Main text ≤8,000 words excluding references; over-length material moved to an online appendix (待核实 exact limit)
  • Main text is self-contained — the appendix supports, it does not carry a key claim
  • Emerging Voices papers within that format's shorter limit (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)

Abstract, keywords, classification

  • Abstract ≤100 words, contribution-first
  • Four keywords + JEL codes included
  • Title conveys the spatial economic contribution

Double-anonymous scrub

  • Author names/affiliations removed from the manuscript body and headers
  • Self-citations neutralized ("Author (2022)" not "In our 2022 paper on [city]")
  • Acknowledgments/funding lines removed to a separate non-blinded file
  • File metadata (PDF/Word author properties) scrubbed
  • Maps/figures carry no identifying institutional watermarks

House style & exhibits

  • No significance asterisks; standard errors / CIs reported; SE type (Conley/clustered) stated
  • Spatial-model tables report direct vs. indirect effects; W and cutoff noted
  • Maps make an argument, classification scheme stated, readable in grayscale
  • Figure/table specs meet OUP requirements (待核实)

Files & declarations

  • Anonymized main PDF/Word + separate title page with authors, affiliations, ORCID
  • ORCID for the submitting author ready
  • Online appendix file prepared if over length
  • Confirmed the paper is not under review elsewhere; AI not listed as an author

The double-anonymous scrub deserves its own pass

Double-anonymous review is where economic-geography papers leak identity in ways authors miss, because the place is often a fingerprint. Beyond the usual name/affiliation removal:

  • A single-region case study can de-anonymize the author by the study site plus their known field area — phrase self-citations and acknowledgments to avoid confirming it.
  • Maps and figures sometimes carry institutional logos, GIS-license watermarks, or file-path captions exposing a username; export clean.
  • PDF/Word document properties retain the author name by default — clear them.
  • "Funded by [grant] to [PI]" in a footnote defeats the whole exercise; move it to the separate title page.

Treat this as a dedicated checklist pass, not a side effect of deleting the byline.

Anti-patterns

  • Submitting with author identity still visible (defeats double-anonymous review — common desk-reject)
  • Abstract over 100 words or missing keywords/JEL
  • Over-length manuscript with no online-appendix plan
  • Significance asterisks, or spatial-lag tables with no direct/indirect split
  • Confusing JEG's post-acceptance data policy with a pre-acceptance archive and over- or under-preparing
  • Treating ScholarOne for JEG like an Elsevier portal (it is OUP/Manuscript Central)

Output format

【Length】≤8,000 words excl. refs; appendix plan if over? [Y/N]
【Abstract】≤100 words + 4 keywords + JEL? [Y/N]
【Double-anonymous】body/citations/metadata/figures scrubbed? [Y/N]
【House style】no asterisks; SE type + W/cutoff; maps argue? [Y/N]
【ORCID + files】ORCID ready; anonymized MS + separate title page? [Y/N]
【Format】full article / Emerging Voices
【Next step】submit via mc.manuscriptcentral.com/joeg → jegeo-rebuttal on decision

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