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:
- All citations in the text
are listed in the bibliography.
- All grammatical errors and
typos are corrected.
- The title of the paper is
relatively short and to the point.
- The paper length is no
longer than agreed upon in the decision letter.
- 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.
- Provide 4-5 keywords at the
bottom of the abstract page.
- The first footnote of the paper should be used to acknowledge funding sources, identify relevant online appendix locations and provide replication details, but be no longer than 125 words. (Additional details below)
- 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.
Details, details: - Acknowledgments: Footnote 1 of the revised or accepted paper should acknowledge research support or assistance.
- Appendices: All online appendices must be provided to be hosted on the Cambridge University Press website. The online appendix file must be submitted as a separate file when your revised or accepted manuscript is uploaded to the JOP online Editorial Manager system. Refer to the online appendix in Footnote 1 of the paper, following any acknowledgments of research support or assistance.
- "Replication" Details: Authors of quantitative papers published in the JOP must address the issue of data availability in Footnote 1 of their paper. Authors are expected to indicate both where (online) they will deposit the information necessary to reproduce their numerical results and when that information will be posted. Authors should include not only the data used in the analysis but also the syntax files, specialized software and any other information necessary to reproduce the numerical results in the manuscript. A statement explaining why the data or other critical materials used in the manuscript cannot be shared, or justifying their embargo for a limited period beyond publication may fulfill this requirement. However, we strongly encourage our authors to comply with the spirit of this policy and embrace the scientific norms of professional accountability and openness.
- Footnote 1 Sample: "Support for this research was provided by National Science Foundation grant xxx-yyy. An online appendix with supplementary material for this article is available at www.journals.cambridge.org/jop. Data and supporting materials necessary to reproduce the numerical results will be made available at www.wherever.org no later than whenever."
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.
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