# Jmcb Submission > Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB) manuscript via Editorial Express — the page limit, the submission fee, the title-page/format rules, the data-exemption request, and house citation style. Final checks; it does not draft content. - Skill: `thedixitjain/jmcb-submission` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add thedixitjain/jmcb-submission` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/thedixitjain/jmcb-submission/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Research & Search - Author: thedixitjain (https://skillmd.com/u/thedixitjain) - Updated: 2026-09-08 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/thedixitjain/jmcb-submission --- # Submission Preflight (jmcb-submission) ## When to trigger - "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before uploading to Editorial Express - Unsure which files, fee, and declarations the JMCB submission expects - Confirming the manuscript meets the ~40-page recommendation and format rules - Deciding how to handle restricted bank/central-bank data (data exemption) ## Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准 — re-confirm on the OSU/Wiley pages) - **Owner/publisher:** the journal is owned by the **Ohio State University Department of Economics** and published by **Wiley-Blackwell**; it appears ~7 issues/year. Online content is on Wiley Online Library (ISSN 1538-4616). - **Submission portal:** submissions go through **Editorial Express** (editorialexpress.com/jmcb), *not* Wiley's ScholarOne or Editorial Manager — a common point of confusion for authors used to other Wiley journals. - **Submission fee:** **US$150 for subscribers / US$200 for non-subscribers** (待核实；以官网为准), paid at submission. If an editor declines **without consulting referees**, the fee is refunded **minus US$50** for administrative costs. **No fee for resubmissions** of invited revisions. - **Length:** the journal **strongly recommends manuscripts not exceed ~40 pages** with 1.5 line spacing, where the count **includes references, tables, and figures but excludes the online appendix**; excessively long submissions may be summarily rejected. - **Data/replication:** consistent with JMCB's archive heritage, expect a data/code expectation; if data are restricted, **request a data exemption at submission** and document the access path. - **Citation style:** author-year in text; reference list alphabetical by author then chronological. - **Editors (verified 2026-06-22):** the editorial group includes Sanjay Chugh and Pok-sang Lam (OSU), Robert DeYoung (Kansas), and Kenneth D. West (Wisconsin–Madison); other listings add Luc Laeven (ECB) and Jing Cynthia Wu (Illinois). Re-verify the current desks on the Wiley/OSU board before tailoring a cover letter. ## Preflight checklist ### Format & length - [ ] Manuscript within the **~40-page recommendation** (incl. references, tables, figures; excl. online appendix), 1.5 spacing - [ ] **PDF** for the manuscript and the cover letter; mathematics survives PDF conversion intact - [ ] **Title page** with author names, titles, and affiliations (confirm whether an anonymized version is also needed — blinding policy 待核实) - [ ] Tables and figures self-contained (units, shock size, horizon on IRFs; FE/clustering/N on tables) - [ ] **Author-year citations**; reference list alphabetical then chronological - [ ] Online appendix prepared separately; main text self-contained ### Portal, fee & files (Editorial Express) - [ ] Submitting via **Editorial Express** (not ScholarOne/Editorial Manager) - [ ] Submission **fee** ready (subscriber vs. non-subscriber rate); aware of the minus-US$50 desk-reject refund and the resubmission waiver - [ ] Cover letter (PDF) stating fit, the policy contribution, and the JMCB vs. sibling-journal rationale - [ ] Online appendix and any non-restricted replication materials attached ### Data & declarations - [ ] Replication/data plan decided; **data-exemption request** prepared if bank/central-bank data are restricted, with the access path documented - [ ] Confirmed the paper is not under review elsewhere; conflict/funding disclosures ready - [ ] AI not listed as an author ## Two fees, two stages — do not conflate them A frequent author error is confusing the **submission fee** with the **Open Access APC**. They occur at different stages and serve different purposes: | | Submission fee | Open Access APC | |---|---|---| | When | At submission, before review | Only if accepted *and* you choose OA | | Amount (待核实) | US$150 subscriber / US$200 non-subscriber | ≈US$3,990 / £2,690 / €3,330 | | Refundable | Minus US$50 if desk-rejected without referees; waived for resubmissions | n/a | | Required? | Yes, to enter review | No — only for the OA option; default publication has no APC | Budget for the submission fee now; the APC is a later, optional decision. ## The cover letter does real work here Because JMCB sits among close siblings, the cover letter should pre-empt the "wrong journal" reflex: state in two or three sentences why the paper is a JMCB contribution (the monetary/credit/banking mechanism and the policy payoff), not a JME, AEJ:Macro, or JBF paper. Name the contribution and the policy lever; do not merely summarize the abstract. If the data are restricted, note the data-exemption request in the letter so the editor is not surprised. ## Anti-patterns - Submitting through the wrong system (ScholarOne/Editorial Manager) because it is a Wiley journal — JMCB uses **Editorial Express** - Blowing past ~40 pages by forgetting that references, tables, and figures count toward it - Treating the **Open Access APC** (≈US$3,990, 待核实) as if it were the submission-time fee — they are different charges - Restricted-data results with no data-exemption request and no access path - A cover letter that does not say why this is a JMCB paper rather than a JME/JBF paper ## Last-mile traps specific to JMCB - **Page count surprise.** Authors counting only body text discover at upload that references and exhibits push them past ~40 pages. Verify the *full* count, with the online appendix split out, before you start the submission. - **Math that breaks in PDF.** The guidelines warn that mathematics must survive PDF conversion; check that no equation renders as a missing glyph in the final file. - **Title page completeness.** Names, titles, and affiliations are expected on the title page; confirm whether a separate anonymized file is also required (blinding policy 待核实). - **Cover letter as PDF.** Both the manuscript and the cover letter are submitted as PDFs through Editorial Express. ## Output format ```text 【Length】≤ ~40pp incl. refs/tables/figures, excl. online appendix? [Y/N] 【Format】PDF; title page with affiliations; author-year cites? [Y/N] 【Exhibits】IRFs labeled (shock/units/horizon); tables show FE/clustering/N? [Y/N] 【Portal + fee】Editorial Express; correct fee tier ready? [Y/N] 【Data】replication plan / data-exemption + access path if restricted? [Y/N] 【Cover letter】states JMCB fit + policy contribution vs. siblings? [Y/N] 【Next step】submit via Editorial Express → jmcb-referee-strategy for what to expect ``` ## Supplementary resources - [`templates/checklist.md`](templates/checklist.md) — submission self-check - [`templates/manuscript_template.md`](templates/manuscript_template.md) — lightweight manuscript scaffold - [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — official URLs and volatile facts --- **Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `Journal-of-Money-Credit-and-Banking-Skills/skills/jmcb-submission/SKILL.md`