Peer Review Manuscript Checklist
Please follow this checklist when submitting your manuscript for peer review:
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Submit as a double-spaced Word document in 12-point Times New Roman font.
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Remove editing notations, tracked changes, comments, and highlighting.
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Carefully proof the entire text prior to submission to confirm there are no errors of content, style, or spelling that you would not want a peer reviewer to see.
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Include a title page, table of contents, and bibliography.
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Provide a list of figures and, if available, low-resolution illustrations, maps, and tables.
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Check quotations against original sources and verify excerpts, spelling, and accents.
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Ensure that your citation style is clear and followed consistently throughout.
You do not need to follow the Manuscript Requirements or Illustration Requirements when submitting a manuscript for peer review, though these documents will be useful when you submit your final manuscript.
Naming and Submitting Your Files
Label all digital files clearly. We recommend you include your last name in the name of the file. Digital file names should contain only keyboard letters and numbers, hyphens, and underscores. Do not use spaces or special characters.
You are welcome to email the files to your acquisitions editor if they are not too large (35 MB). Alternatively, you can share or send files to your editor through your Dropbox or Google account.