thedixitjain Submission Preflight (bjps-submission)
The last check before pressing submit. BJPS is double-blind, so the single most common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized manuscript. Verify volatile specifics on the official Cambridge/BJPS page before relying on them.
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
- Unsure which files/metadata the portal expects
- Confirming the chosen format's caps are met and the manuscript is properly anonymized
Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)
- Owner / publisher: Cambridge University Press (BJPS / BJPolS). Associated with the British Academy; awards the Brian Barry Prize.
- Portal: the journal's online submission system (Editorial Manager,
editorialmanager.com/bjpols; the seed flagged ScholarOne vs Editorial Manager — 检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). - Review model: double-blind — anonymize the manuscript; provide a separate title page.
- Formats: Research Articles (~10,000 words), Letters (short articles, ~4,000 words), Comments. (Word caps 待核实 — confirm current figures and what they include.)
- Abstract: ≤ 150 words (required for all article types).
- Style: Cambridge house style — Harvard author-date citations and reference list.
- Manuscript prep: double spacing, ≥ 12-point type, margins per the style guide; accepted in MS Word or LaTeX.
- ORCID: encouraged/required per Cambridge policy (待核实 current requirement).
- Fee: no submission fee. BJPS is now wholly Gold Open Access (verified 2026-06-22): accepted Articles and Letters are published Gold OA with Cambridge's standard 2026 APC of £2,610 / US $3,655 (plus tax), commonly covered by institutional read-and-publish agreements, the Cambridge Open Equity Initiative, or a waiver. Re-verify the current APC and waiver routes before submission.
Preflight checklist
Format & length
- Format chosen and its word cap met (Article ~10,000 / Letter ~4,000; 待核实)
- Abstract ≤ 150 words, states question + approach + finding
Anonymity (double-blind)
- No author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or funding notes in the manuscript
- No links to personal/university websites; no obvious self-references ("as we showed in…")
- Identifying file metadata stripped (document properties, comments)
- Anonymized pre-analysis plan / OSF link if preregistration is referenced
- Separate (non-anonymous) title page prepared as a distinct file
Format & metadata
- Cambridge Harvard author-date formatting; consistent reference list
- MS Word or LaTeX file; double-spaced, ≥ 12-point, correct margins
- Corresponding-author ORCID ready (待核实)
- Figures/tables self-contained, sized to Cambridge's box at ≥ 300 dpi (see
bjps-tables-figures)
Compliance & files
- Ethics / consent / human-subjects compliance addressed
- Original work; preprint status checked against Cambridge preprint policy
- Replication data + code staged for the BJPolS Dataverse at acceptance
(see
bjps-transparency-and-data)
Anti-patterns
- Leaving author identifiers, funding notes, or website links that break anonymity
- Abstract over 150 words
- Sending a long paper to the Letter format (or vice versa)
- Using a non-Harvard citation style or mixing styles
- Budgeting for a submission fee that is not charged (none as of 2026-06-22); note BJPS is now wholly Gold OA, so accepted Articles/Letters carry an APC unless covered by an agreement or waiver
Output format
【Format】Research Article / Letter / Comment (caps met? Y/N)
【Anonymized】text + self-refs + funding + file metadata clean? [Y/N]
【Abstract】word count (≤150)
【Harvard author-date + MS Word/LaTeX + ORCID】[Y/N]
【Repro package】staged for BJPolS Dataverse? [Y/N]
【Next】await decision → bjps-rebuttal on R&R
Supplementary resources
./templates/checklist.md— copy-paste submission preflight checklist../../resources/official-source-map.md— official BJPS URLs behind every fact in this pack
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → British-Journal-of-Political-Science-Skills/skills/bjps-submission/SKILL.md