First, be sure to celebrate.

Second, carefully prepare your manuscript so that it addresses any final issues we raised in the (tentative "in-house") acceptance letter and that it conforms to JOP style requirements (see The JOP Style Guide ).  Please double-check that:

1. All citations in the text are listed in the bibliography.
2. All grammatical errors and typos are corrected.
3. The title of the paper is relatively short and to the point.
4. The paper length is no longer than agreed upon in the decision letter.
5. The paper includes a title page with full title, name and contact information for every author and an abstract is included on a separate page.
6. Provide 4-5 keywords at the bottom of the abstract page.
7. If you choose to include an acknowledgment footnote, it should be included at the bottom of the title page.  Please do not acknowledge the editors or reviewers.
8. All references in the text of the final version of the paper must note that the appendix or materials are available upon request or on the author’s website. The URL of that website should be included in a single footnote at the first point of reference to those materials.
9. Required file formats are Word or LaTex; if you are sending a LaTex file, be sure to include any related files (a bibliography, for example) as well as a PDF file created from your final version.

Third, submit the final version of your manuscript through EditorialManager.  When the editors approve the final version, we will transmit the files to Cambridge University Press as well as our copy editor, Dr. Susan Meyer, at Ohio State University (meyer.26@osu.edu).  She will manage your article through the production process.

Fourth, authors of accepted manuscripts must complete a Transfer of Copyright Agreement Form and return it to the journal office.  This, along with timely responses to copy editor queries, is essential for the paper to be published in a timely manner.

Download the Transfer of Copyright_Agreement

We currently have a lag time of about 9-12 months between final acceptance and print publication, but once typeset, Cambridge posts the entire issue on-line, prior to the print version at Cambridge Journals Online.  You can sign up for alerts for this service at the Cambridge website, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=jop.  Cambridge also offers electronic copies of papers that have been through final copyediting through their  First View alert service; see the Cambridge website for additional details.