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Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) via Editorial Express — word/format limits, double-blind anonymization, OUP author-date style, keywords, Data Availability Statement, and declarations. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Submission Preflight (jpart-submission)

The last check before pressing submit on Editorial Express. JPART is double-blind, so the most common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized manuscript; the second is forgetting that the word cap includes the abstract, tables, and references. Verify volatile specifics on the official page first.

When to trigger

  • "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
  • Unsure which files/metadata Editorial Express expects
  • Confirming the word cap is met and the manuscript is properly anonymized

Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)

  • Owner / publisher: Public Management Research Association (PMRA) / Oxford University Press (OUP).
  • Editors (re-verified 2026-06-22): Editor-in-Chief Ole Helby Petersen and Co-Editor Kim Sass Mikkelsen (both Roskilde University), serving a four-year term; re-verify the masthead on the live Editorial Board page before relying on it.
  • Portal: Editorial Express (editorialexpress.com/jpart). Submit one PDF containing title, abstract, text, references, all tables/figures, plus any appendices.
  • Review model: double-blind — anonymize the manuscript; identifying info (name, funding, acknowledgments) goes on the cover sheet only.
  • Length: no longer than ~12,000 words, including abstract, tables, and references (检索于 2026-06-22；以官网为准).
  • Abstract: state theoretical approach, method and data, results, and implications for theory (no fixed word limit stated — 待核实).
  • Keywords: 3–5; the first three should indicate theory, research theme, and method.
  • Style: OUP author-date; alphabetical reference list with DOIs.
  • Data policy: authors must, where ethically possible, publicly release data and code as a condition of publication, with a mandatory Data Availability Statement (see jpart-transparency-and-data).
  • Fee: no submission fee (re-verified 2026-06-22); open-access publication requires an OUP-handled APC after acceptance (current figure 待核实 — confirm on the OUP page if choosing open access).
  • ORCID: not confirmed as required on the guidelines page (待核实).

Preflight checklist

Length & format

  • Manuscript ≤ ~12,000 words including abstract, tables, and references
  • Abstract states theory → method/data → results → implications for theory
  • 3–5 keywords; first three signal theory / research theme / method
  • OUP author-date citations; reference list alphabetical with DOIs

Anonymity (double-blind)

  • No author names, affiliations, funding, or acknowledgments in the manuscript
  • Self-citations phrased in the third person; no "as we showed in…"
  • Identifying file metadata stripped (document properties, comments)
  • Separate cover sheet prepared with name/funding/acknowledgments
  • Pre-registration report blinded (hyperlinks anonymized) or placed on the cover sheet

Transparency & compliance

  • Data Availability Statement drafted; data + code staged for public release
  • Ethics / IRB / human-subjects compliance addressed
  • Original work; not under review elsewhere
  • Online supplement/appendix uploaded if used

Anti-patterns

  • Leaving author identifiers in the text, funding lines, or file metadata (breaks double-blind)
  • Forgetting the word cap counts the abstract, tables, and references (a common overrun)
  • An abstract that omits the theoretical approach or implications for theory
  • Submitting without a Data Availability Statement / public data-and-code plan
  • Budgeting a submission fee that is not charged (verify; the APC applies only to open access)

Output format

【Length】≤ ~12,000 words incl. abstract/tables/references? [Y/N]
【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean; cover sheet separate? [Y/N]
【Abstract】theory → method/data → results → implications for theory? [Y/N]
【Keywords】3-5, theory/theme/method first? [Y/N]
【OUP author-date + DOIs】[Y/N]
【Data Availability Statement + public package】[Y/N]
【Next】await decision → jpart-rebuttal on R&R

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