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jole-submission
GitHub用于劳经期刊JOLE投稿前的最终预检，确保符合单盲格式、标题页包含所有作者信息、100字摘要、2万字上限及芝加哥引用风格。不生成内容，仅做合规性检查与费用确认。
Trigger Scenarios
提交前最后检查
不确定初审文件要求
确认单盲格式和引用规范
核实投稿费用和声明
Install
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jole-submission -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "jole-submission",
"description": "Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) via Editorial Manager — single-blind NON-anonymized format, title page with all co-authors, 100-word abstract, the 20,000-word soft cap, Chicago author-date references, and the non-refundable submission fee. Final checks; it does not draft content."
}
Submission Preflight (jole-submission)
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit on Editorial Manager
- Unsure which files Editorial Manager expects at the initial-submission stage
- Confirming single-blind (non-anonymized) format, the 100-word abstract, and Chicago author-date style are JOLE-compliant
- Checking the submission fee and declarations before paying
Process facts (official source map; live-check the portal before upload)
- JOLE is published by the University of Chicago Press for the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE); manuscripts are in English and submitted online via the current Editorial Manager route linked from the official instructions page.
- Submission fee (since July 1, 2018): $100 for SOLE members, $175 for non-members. It is non-refundable even if the paper is desk-rejected, and the decision is not released until the fee is paid. Budget for it; SOLE membership lowers it.
- The manuscript must begin with a title page giving all co-authors' names, institutions, and email addresses, followed by a 100-word abstract.
- Review is single-blind (single-anonymized): referees are anonymous but know the author's identity, so do NOT anonymize the manuscript and do NOT anonymize references. This is the opposite of double-blind journals.
- JOLE does not normally publish articles exceeding 20,000 words, counting a full-page table or figure as 500 words toward that total.
- References use University of Chicago Press author-date (Chicago) style; in-text citations are ordered chronologically, then alphabetically within the same year (a, b disambiguation), with "et al." for three or more authors. LaTeX is accepted (
.bib/.bstrules; Biblatex/Biber supported with a required directive line). - Text and figures are preferred as separate files (or a single combined file). Operates under UChicago Press / COPE ethics guidelines.
- The direct Editorial Manager shell can display portal-status banners; enter through the live official instructions route and follow the prompts shown in that session.
Preflight checklist
Format & style
- Title page first with all co-authors' names, institutions, and emails (single-blind — NOT anonymized)
- 100-word abstract immediately after the title page
- Manuscript ≤ ~20,000 words, counting each full-page table/figure as 500 words
- References in Chicago author-date; in-text chronological then alphabetical within a year; "et al." for 3+ authors
- Text and figures prepared as separate files (or one combined file) per current guidance
- Tables and figures numbered, called out in order, with self-contained notes
- If LaTeX,
.bib/.bstand the Biber directive line are correct
NOT anonymized (single-blind — required)
- Author names, affiliations, emails present on the title page
- Self-citations written normally; references not blinded
- (No double-blind scrubbing — that would be wrong for JOLE)
Files for Editorial Manager
- Main manuscript (title page + 100-word abstract + body + exhibits)
- Cover letter (concise: labor question, design, headline result, fit with SOLE's audience)
- Portal path opened from the current UChicago Press instructions page, not an old bookmark
- Data/proprietary-data notice prepared if applicable (see Declarations)
- Replication materials staged for the accepted stage (see jole-replication-and-data-policy)
Declarations & fee
- Submission fee ready ($100 SOLE / $175 non-member) — decision is withheld until paid
- Conflict-of-interest / disclosure consistent with AEA Disclosure Policy
- Editor notified at submission if data are proprietary or replication cannot be met
- Confirmed the paper is not under review elsewhere; human-subjects/confidential-data handling noted
Final content sanity
- 100-word abstract states the finding with a number (see jole-writing-style)
- Identification diagnostics complete (see jole-identification-strategy, jole-data-analysis)
- No over-claiming beyond what the labor design supports
Anti-patterns
- Anonymizing the manuscript — JOLE is single-blind; the title page must name all authors
- An abstract that runs past 100 words
- A manuscript well over 20,000 words, or exhibit-heavy without counting each full page as 500 words
- Purely alphabetical in-text citations instead of chronological-then-alphabetical author-date
- Forgetting the non-refundable fee — the decision will not be released until it is paid
- Submitting from a stale portal bookmark without checking the current instructions route
- Failing to flag proprietary data to the editor at submission
Output format
【Title page】all co-authors named (single-blind, NOT anonymized)? [Y/N]
【Abstract】≤ 100 words, states finding? [Y/N]
【Length】≤ ~20,000 words incl. 500/full-page exhibit? [Y/N]
【Reference style】Chicago author-date, chronological-then-alpha in-text? [Y/N]
【Fee】$100 SOLE / $175 non-member ready to pay? [Y/N]
【Declarations】disclosure + proprietary-data notice prepared? [Y/N]
【Next step】await decision → jole-rebuttal on R&R
Supplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— labor data sources and Stata/R/Python packages../../resources/official-source-map.md— official JOLE URLs and verification status behind every fact
Version History
- 1839142 Current 2026-07-05 13:44
