thedixitjain Submission / Commissioning Preflight (ecopol-submission)
When to trigger
- You have a commissioning invitation and need a conference-ready draft checked
- You are pitching the Managing Editor to be commissioned and want the proposal tight
- The paper has been through the panel and you are preparing the camera-ready version
- A coauthor assumes there is an open submission portal and you need to correct the route
- Final format/style check before the file goes to the journal
EP has no open portal — it is commissioned
The single most important preflight fact: since the 2025 relaunch as Economic Policy: Papers on European and Global Issues, EP is online-only and commissioned — "all articles are invited by the Managing Editor"; EP does not accept unsolicited submissions (verified 2026-06-22；以官网为准). The current Managing Editor is Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (Brown University) (verified 2026-06-22 — re-confirm on the live editorial-board page before pitching). There is no Manuscript-Central-style portal where you upload a cold submission. The realistic "submission" paths are:
- Get commissioned. Circulate a strong working draft, pitch the Managing Editor on a timely policy question, and be visible in the CEPR / CESifo / Sciences Po policy networks. The proposal must read as a Panel-worthy, timely policy question (see
ecopol-topic-selection). - Deliver a conference-ready draft. Once invited, the paper is presented at a biannual conference and discussed by two invited discussants.
- Produce the camera-ready. After the panel, the final version is published with the discussants' comments within ~6 months of presentation (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Authors receive a journal template and style guidance at the time of commissioning; files are submitted in editable format (Microsoft Word or LaTeX) (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). Exact word/abstract limits are 待核实 — not quantified in the public guidelines; confirm against the template you are given.
Preflight by stage
Stage 1 — Commissioning pitch
- Headline policy sentence is timely, important, and Panel-worthy (
ecopol-topic-selectionpassed) - Working draft circulated / visible; a clear hook for the Managing Editor's thematic priorities
- European or global policy relevance is explicit
Stage 2 — Conference-ready draft
- Main text accessible to a policy reader; technical machinery in the appendix (
ecopol-writing-style) - Identification and robustness done; top discussant objections pre-empted (
ecopol-referee-strategy) - Headline exhibits in policy units, CIs shown, no asterisk-driven headline (
ecopol-tables-figures) - Data + code package ready for a provenance challenge (
ecopol-replication-package) - File in editable format (Word/LaTeX); affiliations as they should appear
Stage 3 — Camera-ready (post-panel)
- All discussant points addressed (fixed or rebutted in text) — they publish alongside you
- Journal template applied; style guidance followed
- Figures carry alt text per accessibility policy (待核实 exact spec)
- Data/code submitted for journal verification and publication alongside the article
- Disclosure / funding / authorship per OUP research-ethics policy
Anti-patterns
- Looking for an open submission portal and concluding the journal is closed — the route is commissioning (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
- Pitching a topic that is academically novel but not timely or policy-decision-relevant
- Submitting a PDF-only manuscript when editable Word/LaTeX is required
- Treating discussant comments as optional — they are published next to your paper
- Inventing word limits or fees instead of confirming against the commissioning template (待核实)
Output format
【Journal】Economic Policy (EP)
【Skill】ecopol-submission
【Route】commissioned — no open portal (检索于 2026-06)
【Stage】pitch / conference-ready / camera-ready
【Format】editable Word or LaTeX; affiliations set? [Y/N]
【Accessible main text + technical appendix】[Y/N]
【Discussant points addressed (if post-panel)】[Y/N]
【Data/code for verification ready】[Y/N]
【Limits】word/abstract limits 待核实 — check template
【Next step】deliver to Managing Editor → ecopol-rebuttal after the panel
Supplementary resources
templates/checklist.md— submission self-checktemplates/manuscript_template.md— lightweight manuscript scaffold../../resources/official-source-map.md— official URLs and volatile facts
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-submission/SKILL.md