How to Submit

This journal uses Editorial Manager - https://www.editorialmanager.com/xps - for online submission and peer review.  Further information on Editorial Manager can be found here, and queries can be directed to the Editorial Office at [email protected].

Required elements. Submissions to JEPS must include the following two elements as separate uploaded files (files can be either MS word, PDF, LaTeX, or Zip files):

1. Title Page: The author must attach a separate file containing a title page, with one author's full contact information, including email address, telephone number, institutional affiliation (including country), and his or her institutional position (graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Professor, etc.). The title page must contain the names, institutional affiliations (including countries), and institutional positions of all co-authors. The title page should also include Twitter Handles for all authors on Twitter, which will be used for publicity if the paper is accepted for publication. Finally, authors should include the word count of the paper on the title page. The title page, references, and supplemental appendix are not included in word count.
2. Abstract: Authors will be required to provide an abstract in the submission process for Research Articles, Replications, and Meta-Analyses, but not Short Reports. The abstract should be a single paragraph of 150 words or less that succinctly describes the research question, the analytical approach, and the major findings of the manuscript. The abstract should not include references and citations to other work or any identifying information. This includes acknowledgments of funding, student assistance, or other institutional or personal identifications that could identify the author(s). The abstract is not included in the word or page limit.
3. Manuscript: Manuscripts submitted for review should format all the text and appendix materials double-spaced in a standard 12-point type font. Footnotes and bibliographic citations may be single-spaced using the same font size as that used in the body of manuscript. Tables and figures may also be single-spaced and we prefer that they be included in the manuscript where they are discussed. All identifying information must be removed from the submitted manuscript file, including acknowledgments of funding, research assistance, or other institutional or personal identifications that could identify the author(s).

Optional additional files. Authors may submit optional additional files at submission as follows:

1. Supplementary Material for an Online Appendix: Because articles published in JEPS are concise, we encourage authors to place lengthy (but important) explanations about the theoretical motivation, sample (including reporting requirements), protocol, measurement, and methods in a Supplementary Appendix. Any information needed to replicate a study and any additional analyses that are conducted should be included either in the main text of the manuscript or in the supplementary appendix. Note that the supplementary material does not count against the page or word limits of the submitted file. Authors should be aware, however, that Cambridge does not copyedit supplementary material and it is posted on Cambridge Core as received. (Should the paper be invited for revision or accepted for publication, appendix materials will have to be submitted for review as separate files. These files will be archived on the Cambridge University Press website upon publication.)
2. Review History of the Manuscript: Authors may submit reviews and communications from editors at journals that have previously reviewed the manuscript but have declined to publish the manuscript. Authors may also submit their responses to these reviews as well as a discussion of changes made to the manuscript in response to such reviews. If authors choose to submit such materials, the materials must be complete and report the full reviewing history of the manuscript. Please anonymize the review history so that Associate Editors have the option of sharing the reviews during the review process.

All manuscripts should report the following information either in the manuscript or in a supplemental appendix:

• Information on the experimental design at the level of detail that would allow an independent replication of the design (e.g., disclosing materials, recruitment protocols, questionnaires, coding decisions, etc.).
• Information corresponding with each item on the JEPS Reporting Guidelines Checklist (even if the answer is “not applicable.”)
• A section that affirms that the experimental design is consistent with APSA's Principles and Guidance for Human Subjects Research. Requirements for this section are listed below:
  • If the experimental design used deception or has potential harms, discuss these and justify how the design is consistent with APSA Guidance.
  • Describe the process for consent and debriefing participants or provide justification for the absence of these processes.
  • If human participants were compensated for participation declare the amount and a justification for it.
  • Address issues of confidentiality, compliance with laws/regulations, and any other issue that is pertinent to the principles of respect of persons, beneficence, and justice as outlined by the Belmont Report.

Materials Required Before Publication

Before publication, authors are also required to submit the following additional files, which can also be uploaded during the submission process, but are not required unless a paper has been provisionally accepted for publication. These materials will not be included in the word count and will be reviewed by the editorial staff only; they will not be sent to reviewers. Failure to provide these additional files before publication can mean a reversal of an acceptance decision.

a. Institutional or Human Subjects Review Board Approval: Before publication, authors of papers using data from human subjects will be required to either submit Institutional or Human Subjects Review Board Approval for their study or, if not possible, an explanation of how they dealt with possible ethical issues in the experimental work. Of course, if there are particular ethical issues or other issues, which required or should have required special consideration because they were beyond minimal risk to the subjects or for other reasons, it will be expected that the authors address these issues in the manuscript itself.

b. Data and Relevant Replication Information: Before final acceptance, authors of empirical papers (either using experimental or observational data) will be required to submit additional files for replication purposes. For experiments these files should include original experimental instructions or other experimental instruments used in the study such as surveys, videos, computer programs, etc., and the raw data from the experiment. For empirical papers using either experimental or observational data, authors should upload to Dataverse: 1) the raw data, prior to any recoding or combining of variables, 2) well-commented code used to recode the data and produce the final dataset, 3) well-commented code used to produce results in the article and online appendix (placed in the order that the results appear in the manuscript), 4) a log file that displays the results produced by running the code, and, 5) a ReadMe file that includes descriptions of the other files, any variables used in the analysis and a description of how previous intermediate data sets and programs were used to create the final data sets. The data files and code can be provided in any format using any statistical package or software. If a request for an exemption based on proprietary data is made, authors should inform the editors if the data can be accessed or obtained in some other way by independent researchers for purposes of replication. Authors are also asked to provide information on how the proprietary data can be obtained by others in their Readme file. A copy of the code used to create the final results is still required.

c. Submission of data: Authors should submit data and other replications files in a single folder to the JEPS Dataverse site, which can be found here: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/xps. For more detailed instructions see the author's guide for uploading your data and replication files to the JEPS Dataverse.

d. Citation of data: Upon uploading replication data to the XPS Dataverse, the author will receive the citation information for the data including a DOI. The data should be referenced using the DOI in a section titled "Data Availability Statement" at the end of the manuscript and before the bibliography, e.g., “The data, code, and any additional materials required to replicate all analyses in this article are available at the Journal of Experimental Political Science Dataverse within the Harvard Dataverse Network, at: doi:XXX.” The data should also be cited in the bibliography, e.g. Meserve, Stephen A., and Daniel Pemstein. 2016, "Replication Data for: Google Politics: The Political Determinants of Internet Censorship in Democracies." Harvard Dataverse, V3. doi: 10.7910/DVN/Q0WIGS.

e. Competing Interest Disclosure Statements: Before publication, all authors will be required to provide a disclosure statement concerning possible competing interests. Our disclosure policy is similar to that adopted by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the American Economic Association, see http://www.nber.org/researchdisclosurepolicy.html for more information. If a paper is accepted for publication, brief disclosure statements will be included in the "acknowledgments" footnote. If the disclosure statement is longer, then disclosure will have two parts: (i) a brief statement summarizing potential competing interests that will be included in the "acknowledgments" footnote; (ii) a more detailed description of the activities and relationships that are the source of a potential competing interest. This more detailed account will be available electronically, on the journal's website. The disclosure statements must address the following:

i. Sources of financial support for the research. If none, that fact should be stated.

ii. Each author of a submitted article should identify each interested party from whom he or she has received significant financial support, summing to at least $10,000 in the past three years, in the form of consultant fees, retainers, grants, and the like. The disclosure requirement also includes in-kind support, such as providing access to data. If the support in question comes with a non-disclosure obligation, that fact should be stated, along with as much information as the obligation permits. If there are no such sources of funds, that fact should be stated explicitly. An "interested" party is any individual, group, or organization that has a financial, ideological, or political stake related to the article.

iii. Each author should disclose any paid or unpaid positions as officer, director, or board member of relevant non-profit organizations or profit-making entities. A "relevant" organization is one whose policy positions, goals, or financial interests relate to the article.

iv. The disclosures required above apply to any close relative or partner of any author.

v. Each author must disclose if another party had the right to review the paper prior to its circulation.