# Mind Submission > Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Mind via ScholarOne — preparation for triple-anonymous review, the ~8,000-word limit, the 50–200-word abstract, line numbering, the one-article-per-12-months rule, file format, and the MIND house style. Final checks; it does not draft content. - Skill: `thedixitjain/mind-submission` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add thedixitjain/mind-submission` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/thedixitjain/mind-submission/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Docs & Writing - Author: thedixitjain (https://skillmd.com/u/thedixitjain) - Updated: 2026-09-08 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/thedixitjain/mind-submission --- # Submission Preflight (mind-submission) The last check before submitting on **ScholarOne**. Mind is **triple-anonymous**, so the single most common avoidable failure is a manuscript that is not properly prepared for anonymous review — such a paper **will not be read**. Verify volatile specifics on the official page before relying on them. ## When to trigger - "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload - Unsure which files / settings ScholarOne expects - Confirming the word limit, abstract, line numbering, and anonymization are all in order ## Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page) - **Owner / publisher:** Mind Association / Oxford University Press. - **Portal:** **ScholarOne** (`mc.manuscriptcentral.com/MIND`); submit in **Word or PDF**, with high-resolution image files sent at the same time. - **Review model:** **triple-anonymous** across all papers — author identity is not revealed to editors or referees unless and until a paper is accepted; prepare for anonymous refereeing or it will not be read. - **Scope / what they accept:** **quality is the sole criterion of publication, with no area, no style, and no school of philosophy excluded**. Content types: **articles, discussions (discussion notes), book reviews, and critical notices**. - **Critical notices:** **longer than book reviews**, letting the author develop their own ideas in response to the book under discussion (distinct from a short book review). - **Volume / competitiveness:** the journal **receives over 800 submissions each year** and draws on a large pool of expert referees, associate editors, and the Editorial Board. (Acceptance rate and time-to-first-decision are **not published** as fixed figures — 需复核.) - **Length:** articles **no longer than around 8,000 words in total**; longer only in **exceptional circumstances** (e.g., very extensive quotations from original texts); symbol-heavy papers should paginate equivalently to an 8,000-word article. (Word limits for discussions / book reviews / critical notices are **not pinned** here — 需复核.) - **Abstract:** published abstract **50–200 words**; a longer submission abstract (up to ~250 words, 待核实) may be included to aid review. - **Submission limit:** **no more than one article may be submitted by any corresponding author during any twelve-month period**. - **Line numbering:** **required** for the review copy (LaTeX `lineno`; Word line-numbering option). - **Style:** the **MIND Stylesheet / MIND house style** applies to the **accepted** final version; authors sign the **standard OUP copyright licence agreement** at acceptance. - **Fee:** **no submission fee** (verified 2026-06-22). An **open-access option is available for a charge**, handled by OUP after acceptance; OUP sets the exact APC, eligible licences, and any read-and-publish / transformative-agreement waivers on its live charges page — confirm there. ## Triple-anonymous failure audit Mind's anonymity rule is not a cosmetic check; an identifying manuscript may not be read. Run a failure audit with three passes: 1. **Text pass.** Search for first-person self-citations, acknowledgements, grant numbers, conference versions, appendix URLs, and phrases like "in my earlier paper." Replace with neutral references where scholarly continuity still matters. 2. **File pass.** Strip document properties, PDF metadata, tracked-change names, embedded comment authors, and LaTeX build paths that reveal a username or institution. 3. **Argument pass.** Make sure anonymization did not make the paper evasive. Self-citations should remain intellectually honest, just not identity-revealing. Record any unavoidable prior-work clue in a private submission note only if the portal requests it. ## Preflight checklist ### Type & length - [ ] Content type chosen (article / discussion / book review / critical notice — critical notice is the *longer* book-engagement piece) - [ ] Article ~8,000 words (or justified exception); symbol-heavy paper paginated equivalently - [ ] Abstract within the stated length (published 50–200 words) - [ ] Subject is in scope — quality is the sole criterion; **no area, style, or school of philosophy is excluded** ### Anonymity (triple-anonymous) - [ ] No author names, affiliations, or revealing acknowledgements in the manuscript - [ ] No self-identifying references ("as I argued in…"); self-citations neutralized - [ ] Identifying **file metadata stripped** (document properties) ### Preparation & format - [ ] **Line numbering** on the document (LaTeX `lineno` / Word) - [ ] Word or PDF; high-resolution image files ready to upload at the same time - [ ] Consistent citation style (full MIND house-style conversion at acceptance — see `mind-citation-and-style`) - [ ] Alt text for figures; funding declared where applicable ### Eligibility & compliance - [ ] Not in breach of the **one-article-per-12-months** corresponding-author rule - [ ] Original, unpublished work; aware of the standard OUP copyright licence signed at acceptance - [ ] No submission fee; if open access is wanted, the OUP charge (APC/Read&Publish 需复核) is settled after acceptance ## Anti-patterns - Uploading a manuscript that reveals the author (triple-anonymous — it will not be read) - Omitting line numbers from the review copy - An abstract outside the stated range, or an article well over ~8,000 words with no justification - Submitting a second article within twelve months as the same corresponding author - Assuming a default reference export already matches the MIND house style ## Output format ``` 【Type】Article / Discussion / Book review / Critical notice (length ok? Y/N) 【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean? [Y/N] 【Line numbering】present? [Y/N] 【Abstract】word count (50–200 published) 【12-month rule】clear? [Y/N] 【Format】Word/PDF + images + alt text ready? [Y/N] 【Next】await decision → mind-revision-and-response ``` ## Supplementary resources - [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — ScholarOne, LaTeX `lineno`, anonymization, the MIND Stylesheet - [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — official Mind URLs behind every fact in this pack --- **Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `Mind-Skills/skills/mind-submission/SKILL.md`