# Spq Submission > Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ) via SageTrack / ScholarOne Manuscript Central — article type, blinded manuscript plus separate title page, word/abstract caps, keywords, ASA Style Guide formatting, the $25 processing fee and its waivers, and ethics. Final checks; it does not draft content. - Skill: `thedixitjain/spq-submission` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add thedixitjain/spq-submission` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/thedixitjain/spq-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/spq-submission --- # Submission Preflight (spq-submission) The last check before pressing submit on **SageTrack / ScholarOne Manuscript Central**. SPQ is **masked**, so the single most common avoidable failure is an under-blinded manuscript — which the editorial office will **temporarily reject** and return for reformatting. Live-check SageTrack for the current upload fields and payment prompt before relying on a saved checklist. ## When to trigger - "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload - Unsure which files/metadata SageTrack expects - Confirming the chosen article type's caps are met and the manuscript is properly blinded ## Process facts - **Owner / publisher:** American Sociological Association (ASA) / SAGE. - **Portal:** **SageTrack / ScholarOne Manuscript Central** (create an account if you have not used it for another ASA journal). - **Review model:** **masked / blinded** — a blinded manuscript file **plus a separate title page** file. - **Article types:** **Article** (≤ 10,000 words, all parts, excl. supplementary materials) and **Note** (≤ 5,000 words). Do not assume a Registered Reports track for SPQ unless it appears in the live SageTrack options. - **Abstract:** **~150 words**, **non-identifying**, on a separate page headed by the title; **author names omitted**; a few **keywords** after the abstract. - **Title page (separate file):** full title, author(s) and affiliation(s), running head, and the **approximate word count** (including notes and references). - **Style:** **ASA Style Guide** (author-date). - **Fee:** **$25** ASA manuscript processing fee on **first** submission; **not** charged for revised/resubmitted manuscripts or for **ASA student members** (via the "ASA Student Member Submission" article type). *(Verified 2026-06-22; SAGE author page may 403 to automated checks — re-confirm the live fee workflow before upload.)* ## Preflight checklist ### Type & length - [ ] Article (≤ 10,000) or Note (≤ 5,000) chosen and its word cap met (supplementary materials excluded) - [ ] Approximate word count (incl. notes and references) on the **title page** - [ ] Abstract ~150 words, non-identifying, with keywords; author names omitted from the abstract page ### Masking (blinded review) - [ ] Blinded manuscript: no author names, affiliations, or acknowledgments in the manuscript file - [ ] Self-citations phrased non-identifyingly (you *may* cite your own work, just not "as we showed…") - [ ] Identifying **file metadata stripped** (document properties, comments) - [ ] Separate **title page** file prepared (title, authors, affiliations, running head, word count) ### Format & compliance - [ ] ASA Style Guide formatting; consistent author-date citations - [ ] Figures/tables self-contained and accessible (see `spq-tables-figures`) - [ ] Ethics / IRB / consent / confidentiality per ASA Code of Ethics - [ ] Data/materials posture decided and stated honestly (encouraged, not required — see `spq-data-and-transparency`) - [ ] **$25 processing fee** ready (or student/resubmission waiver applies) ## Last-mile sweep (the checks people forget) - Acknowledgments and funding lines belong **only** on the separate title page — a thank-you footnote left in the manuscript file breaks masking as surely as a byline does. - The abstract page repeats the title but never the authors; keywords sit under the abstract on that page, not only in a portal field. - PDF conversion can resurrect stripped metadata — re-open the converted file and re-check the document properties after the final export. - Selecting the "ASA Student Member Submission" article type is what triggers the fee waiver in SageTrack; a note to the editorial office does not. - If the office returns an under-blinded file for reformatting, the submission clock restarts — budget days, not hours, before any deadline that matters to you. ## Anti-patterns - Leaving author identifiers in the text, acknowledgments, or file metadata (temporary rejection) - Abstract over ~150 words, identifying, or missing keywords - No word count on the title page - Sending a long paper to the Note type - Treating the data policy as a mandate, or budgeting/skipping the $25 fee incorrectly (verify waiver) ## Output format ``` 【Type】Article (≤10,000) / Note (≤5,000) — cap met? [Y/N] 【Blinded】manuscript clean + separate title page? [Y/N] 【Abstract】~150 words, non-identifying, keywords? [Y/N] 【Word count on title page】incl. notes + references? [Y/N] 【ASA style】[Y/N] 【$25 fee】paid or waiver (resubmission / ASA student) applies? [Y/N] 【Next】await decision → spq-rebuttal on R&R ``` ## Supplementary resources - [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — reference managers, blinding, and repro tooling - [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — official SPQ URLs behind every fact in this pack --- **Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `Social-Psychology-Quarterly-Skills/skills/spq-submission/SKILL.md`