Submission Preflight (revacc-submission)

When to trigger

• The manuscript is finished and you are about to upload to Editorial Manager
• You need to confirm the double-blind anonymization is complete
• You must budget for and schedule the submission fee within its deadline
• You are deciding between the regular journal and the RAST Conference submission path
• You need a final completeness check on files, abstract, and formatting

RAST submission mechanics (verify before relying)

Always re-check fee, abstract limit, length, and editor on the official Springer page (link.springer.com/journal/11142) at submission time.

Anonymize for double-blind review

Because RAST is double-blind, scrub author identity thoroughly — referees should not be able to infer the authors:

• Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and funding/grant identifiers from the manuscript file.
• Strip identifying metadata from the document and from any data/code file names.
• Neutralize self-citations ("Smith (2022) shows" not "in our prior work (Smith 2022)"); cite your own working papers without revealing authorship where possible.
• Remove conference/seminar acknowledgements and presentation footnotes that fingerprint the authors.

File and format completeness

• Title page (separate, with author details) vs. anonymized manuscript — keep them distinct.
• Abstract within the limit, keywords, and JEL codes if requested.
• Tables and figures placed per the guidelines, self-contained, anonymized (see revacc-tables-figures).
• Online appendix / proofs for analytical papers; data provenance notes for empirical work.
• ORCID, cover letter (state the contribution and confirm no concurrent submission), and any AI-use disclosure the publisher requires (待核实).
• A reconstructable data-and-code trail ready if requested in review (RAST does not headline a posted package the way JAR does, but be ready — 待核实).

Fee logistics

Budget the $500 fee before you submit and pay within the 7-day window — a missed payment withdraws the paper regardless of quality (待核实; confirm the current amount and window). Confirm waiver/discount eligibility on the official page if relevant.

Checklist

• Manuscript fully anonymized (names, affiliations, acknowledgements, metadata, self-cites)
• Separate title page with author details prepared
• Abstract within the limit; keywords / JEL codes as required
• Tables/figures self-contained and anonymized
• Analytical proofs / online appendix or empirical provenance trail included
• Cover letter states the contribution and confirms exclusivity
• Submission fee budgeted and payable within the deadline
• Conference vs. regular path chosen deliberately
• Fee, abstract limit, length, and editor re-verified on the official page

Anti-patterns

• Leaky anonymization: self-citations or acknowledgements that reveal the authors.
• Identifying metadata left in the document or file names.
• Missing the 7-day fee window, auto-withdrawing an otherwise strong paper.
• Trusting cached facts: quoting last year's fee/limit without re-checking the official page.
• Wrong path: submitting to the conference issue when the regular track was intended (or vice versa).

Output format

【Portal】Editorial Manager (Springer) — verified? (待核实)
【Anonymization】names/affil/ack/metadata/self-cites scrubbed? yes/no
【Files】title page / anon manuscript / abstract / keywords / proofs or provenance
【Fee】USD $500 within 7 days budgeted? (待核实)
【Path】regular journal / RAST Conference issue
【Re-verify】fee + abstract limit + length + editor on official page
【Next skill】revacc-review-process