Submission Preflight (crim-submission)
The last check before pressing submit through the official ASC/Wiley online submission link.
Criminology uses double-anonymized review, so the most common avoidable failure is an
under-anonymized main document. Verify length/abstract caps and portal prompts on the live official page.
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
- Unsure which files/metadata the official online submission system expects
- Confirming the manuscript is anonymized and formatted to the journal's APA-based style
Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)
- Owner / publisher: American Society of Criminology (ASC) / Wiley.
- Portal: use the official online submission link exposed by the ASC/Wiley journal pages at upload.
- Review model / files: double anonymized; prepare a separate title page and anonymized
main document.
- Style: a form of APA; fall back to APA (6th ed.) for anything unspecified; author-date,
alphabetical reference list; everything double-spaced.
- Author bio: a short biography (< 100 words) per author on the title page.
- Language: APA bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved populations.
- Exclusivity: one journal at a time — simultaneous submission is not allowed.
- Length / abstract caps: no numeric cap is encoded here; confirm on the live author-guidelines page.
- ORCID: Wiley ACT lists ORCID as Encouraged for Criminology.
- Fees / OA: Wiley ACT lists Hybrid Open Access and an optional APC of $3,750; do not treat
that APC as a submission fee.
- Preprints: Wiley ACT lists Criminology as Does Not Accept Preprints.
Preflight checklist
Files & length
Anonymity (blinded workflow)
Format & language
Compliance & files
Anti-patterns
- Author identifiers left in the main document, acknowledgments, or file metadata (breaks anonymity)
- Mixing citation styles or single-spacing the manuscript
- Stigmatizing labels instead of person-first language
- Submitting while the paper is under review at another journal (prohibited)
- Sending a policy-evaluation paper here instead of Criminology & Public Policy
Anonymity failure modes that trip the desk (Criminology specifics)
Because Criminology runs a blinded workflow, the most common avoidable bounce-back at the ASC/Wiley
desk is a main document that quietly de-anonymizes the author. Crime research has its own leak channels.
Scan for each before upload.
| Leak channel |
Criminology-specific example |
Fix before submit |
| Self-citation phrasing |
"as we found in our Philadelphia cohort study" |
neutralize to third person, cite plainly |
| Restricted-data acknowledgment |
named NACJD enclave grant or agency MOU in text |
move to title page / cover note |
| Named field site |
the specific police department in a hot-spot trial |
generalize ("a large U.S. municipal agency") |
| File metadata |
author name in the .docx properties or track-changes |
strip document properties and comments |
| Cohort/IRB protocol number |
tying the sample to one identifiable PI |
remove from main document |
Worked vignette: a one-page preflight (illustrative)
A team uploading a recidivism survival study splits the file into a title page (authors, affiliations,
three < 100-word bios) and an anonymized main document; confirms double-spacing across the 6 tables and
references; converts "felons" to "people with a prior conviction"; strips the agency name from methods;
and stages the NACJD access note off the main document. They leave the numeric length check open until
the current cap is read from the live page.
Referee/editor-desk pushback at submission (the Criminology fix)
- "Anonymity is broken in section 3." Fix: third-person self-reference; identifying details to the cover note.
- "Citation style is inconsistent." Fix: one APA-based style end to end via a reference manager.
- "Stigmatizing labels throughout." Fix: APA bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved people.
Output format
【Files】title page + anonymized main document both prepared? [Y/N]
【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean? [Y/N]
【Length/abstract within live cap】[Y/N]
【APA-based style + double-spaced】[Y/N]
【Bias-free / person-first language】[Y/N]
【Single submission + ethics/DUA】[Y/N]
【Data + transparency staged】[Y/N]
【Next】await decision → crim-rebuttal on R&R
Supplementary resources
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → Criminology-Skills/skills/crim-submission/SKILL.md
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6
7# Submission Preflight (crim-submission)
8
9The last check before pressing submit through the official ASC/Wiley online submission link.
10*Criminology* uses **double-anonymized** review, so the most common avoidable failure is an
11under-anonymized main document. Verify length/abstract caps and portal prompts on the live official page.
12
13## When to trigger
14
15- "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
16- Unsure which files/metadata the official online submission system expects
17- Confirming the manuscript is anonymized and formatted to the journal's APA-based style
18
19## Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)
20
21- **Owner / publisher:** American Society of Criminology (ASC) / Wiley.
22- **Portal:** use the official online submission link exposed by the ASC/Wiley journal pages at upload.
23- **Review model / files:** **double anonymized**; prepare a separate **title page** and **anonymized
24 main document**.
25- **Style:** **a form of APA**; fall back to **APA (6th ed.)** for anything unspecified; author-date,
26 alphabetical reference list; everything **double-spaced**.
27- **Author bio:** a short biography (**< 100 words**) per author on the title page.
28- **Language:** **APA bias-free, person-first** language for justice-involved populations.
29- **Exclusivity:** **one journal at a time** — simultaneous submission is not allowed.
30- **Length / abstract caps:** no numeric cap is encoded here; confirm on the live author-guidelines page.
31- **ORCID:** Wiley ACT lists ORCID as **Encouraged** for *Criminology*.
32- **Fees / OA:** Wiley ACT lists **Hybrid Open Access** and an optional **APC of $3,750**; do not treat
33 that APC as a submission fee.
34- **Preprints:** Wiley ACT lists *Criminology* as **Does Not Accept Preprints**.
35
36## Preflight checklist
37
38### Files & length
39- [ ] Separate **title page** (authors, affiliations, < 100-word bios) prepared as its own file
40- [ ] **Anonymized main document** uploaded separately
41- [ ] Length/abstract within the journal's current live cap
42
43### Anonymity (blinded workflow)
44- [ ] No author names, affiliations, or acknowledgments in the main document
45- [ ] No obvious self-references ("as we showed in…"); self-citations neutralized
46- [ ] Identifying **file metadata stripped** (document properties, comments)
47- [ ] Restricted-data acknowledgments/grant numbers kept off the main document
48
49### Format & language
50- [ ] APA-based style; consistent author-date citations; double-spaced throughout
51- [ ] **Bias-free, person-first** language for offenders, victims, justice-involved people
52- [ ] Figures/tables/maps self-contained and accessible (see `crim-tables-figures`)
53- [ ] Corresponding-author **ORCID** ready (encouraged by Wiley ACT)
54
55### Compliance & files
56- [ ] Ethics / IRB / human-subjects + data-use agreements in order
57- [ ] **Single-submission** commitment honored (not under review elsewhere)
58- [ ] Data-availability statement + reproducibility package staged (see `crim-data-and-transparency`)
59
60## Anti-patterns
61
62- Author identifiers left in the main document, acknowledgments, or file metadata (breaks anonymity)
63- Mixing citation styles or single-spacing the manuscript
64- Stigmatizing labels instead of person-first language
65- Submitting while the paper is under review at another journal (prohibited)
66- Sending a policy-evaluation paper here instead of *Criminology & Public Policy*
67
68## Anonymity failure modes that trip the desk (Criminology specifics)
69
70Because *Criminology* runs a blinded workflow, the most common avoidable bounce-back at the ASC/Wiley
71desk is a main document that quietly de-anonymizes the author. Crime research has its own leak channels.
72Scan for each before upload.
73
74| Leak channel | Criminology-specific example | Fix before submit |
75|--------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
76| Self-citation phrasing | "as we found in our Philadelphia cohort study" | neutralize to third person, cite plainly |
77| Restricted-data acknowledgment | named NACJD enclave grant or agency MOU in text | move to title page / cover note |
78| Named field site | the specific police department in a hot-spot trial | generalize ("a large U.S. municipal agency") |
79| File metadata | author name in the .docx properties or track-changes | strip document properties and comments |
80| Cohort/IRB protocol number | tying the sample to one identifiable PI | remove from main document |
81
82## Worked vignette: a one-page preflight (illustrative)
83
84A team uploading a recidivism survival study splits the file into a title page (authors, affiliations,
85three < 100-word bios) and an anonymized main document; confirms double-spacing across the 6 tables and
86references; converts "felons" to "people with a prior conviction"; strips the agency name from methods;
87and stages the NACJD access note off the main document. They leave the numeric length check open until
88the current cap is read from the live page.
89
90## Referee/editor-desk pushback at submission (the Criminology fix)
91
92- *"Anonymity is broken in section 3."* Fix: third-person self-reference; identifying details to the cover note.
93- *"Citation style is inconsistent."* Fix: one APA-based style end to end via a reference manager.
94- *"Stigmatizing labels throughout."* Fix: APA bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved people.
95
96## Output format
97
98```
99【Files】title page + anonymized main document both prepared? [Y/N]
100【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean? [Y/N]
101【Length/abstract within live cap】[Y/N]
102【APA-based style + double-spaced】[Y/N]
103【Bias-free / person-first language】[Y/N]
104【Single submission + ethics/DUA】[Y/N]
105【Data + transparency staged】[Y/N]
106【Next】await decision → crim-rebuttal on R&R
107```
108
109## Supplementary resources
110
111- [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — reference managers, anonymization, repro tooling
112- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — ASC/Wiley portal route, APA-based style, double-anonymized review, ACT OA/ORCID/preprint fields
113
114---
115
116**Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `Criminology-Skills/skills/crim-submission/SKILL.md`
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