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Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) proposal or manuscript — email-based submission, the accessibility bar, AEA front matter and disclosure, JEL codes, and open-access status. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Submission Preflight (jep-submission)

When to trigger

  • "Sending the proposal/manuscript tomorrow" — last check before emailing the editors
  • Unsure what JEP expects in a proposal vs. a manuscript and how to send it
  • Confirming the accessibility bar, front matter, and AEA disclosure are met
  • Verifying the piece reads as JEP (synthesis) and not as research or JEL

Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)

  • JEP is the American Economic Association's open-access, non-technical synthesis journal (founded 1987; print ISSN 0895-3309, online ISSN 1944-7965; four issues/year), freely available at no charge.
  • Largely invited / commissioned. Submit a 2–5 page proposal (preferred over a finished manuscript); about 10–15% of published articles originate as unsolicited proposals.
  • Submission method: send the proposal (or paper) as a Word or PDF email attachment to jep@aeapubs.org — re-confirm the address on the official submissions page. There is no anonymous-referee portal; review is editor-driven.
  • Accessibility bar: readable by 90 percent or more of the AEA membership; "scholarly without relying too heavily on mathematical notation"; explain via economic intuition.
  • AEA policies apply: disclosure policy (interested-party financial support summing to ≥ US$10,000 over three years; funding sources stated); AI cannot be an author; data-and-code availability applies to any empirical/simulation/experimental content at conditional acceptance (AEA Data and Code Repository). Re-confirm exact JEP application of each on the official pages.
  • House style: AEA house style is applied by the copyeditor at acceptance — the submitted document need not pre-conform; write for clarity.

Preflight checklist

Is it JEP-shaped?

  • A synthesis for a broad audience, not a new research result (else: research journal)
  • Not the long technical survey of record (else: JEL)
  • Rigorous synthesis, not an op-ed/advocacy piece
  • Readable by ~90% of AEA members; no equations/proofs/asterisks in the body

Proposal vs. manuscript

  • If approaching cold: a 2–5 page proposal (not a full manuscript) is what to send
  • If invited: the draft matches the agreed scope/angle/length (see jep-editor-strategy)
  • Sent as Word or PDF by email to jep@aeapubs.org (re-confirmed)

Front matter & accessibility

  • Plain-language, hook-forward abstract (no machinery); JEL codes and keywords per current AEA guidance
  • First page conveys question + stakes + rough answer
  • Exhibits self-explanatory; no significance asterisks or coefficient tables (jep-exhibits-for-general-readers)

Declarations (AEA)

  • Disclosure statement (interested-party ≥ US$10,000 / 3 yrs; funding sources or "none")
  • AI not listed as an author
  • If any empirical/simulation/experimental content: aware data and code are required at conditional acceptance (AEA Data and Code Repository)

Anti-patterns

  • Emailing a full unsolicited manuscript when JEP wants a 2–5 page proposal
  • Sending a draft that still reads as a research paper or a JEL survey
  • Equations, proofs, or significance asterisks left in the body
  • Treating the open-access status as if there were an author-paid APC at submission
  • Missing the AEA disclosure statement or listing AI as an author

Output format

【JEP-shaped】synthesis (not research / not JEL / not op-ed)? [Y/N]
【Proposal vs. manuscript】2–5pp proposal (cold) or invited draft on-scope? [Y/N]
【Accessibility】readable by ~90% AEA; no body math/asterisks? [Y/N]
【Front matter】plain abstract + JEL + keywords? [Y/N]
【Declarations】AEA disclosure + AI-not-author (+ data/code if empirical)? [Y/N]
【Send】Word/PDF email to jep@aeapubs.org (re-confirmed)? [Y/N]
【Next step】await editor response → jep-revision when the letter arrives

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