| name | jedpsych-submission |
| description | Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Educational Psychology via Editorial Manager — masked-review anonymization, the 12,000-word format and 250-word abstract, APA 7th-edition style, JARS reporting, and the Transparency and Openness subsection with data/materials/code identifiers. Final checks; it does not draft content. |
Submission Preflight (jedpsych-submission)
The last check before submitting through Editorial Manager (editorialmanager.com/edu). The things
that most often sink a Journal of Educational Psychology submission are broken masking, busting the
word format, and incomplete transparency/JARS reporting. Verify volatile specifics (format numbers,
policy wording, current editor, portal) on the official APA page first (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
- Unsure what the format, masking, and transparency requirements demand
- Confirming the abstract, anonymization, Transparency and Openness subsection, and deposits are in order
Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)
- Owner / publisher: American Psychological Association (APA).
- Portal: Editorial Manager,
editorialmanager.com/edu (Word .docx, or LaTeX .tex zip + PDF).
- Review: masked — both author and reviewer identities are masked.
- Length: manuscripts generally ≤ 12,000 words (≈ 40 double-spaced pages, 12-pt Times New
Roman), excluding references, tables, figures, and appendices.
- Abstract: ≤ 250 words on a separate page.
- Style: APA 7th edition (APA Publication Manual, 7th ed.), double-spaced.
- Transparency: a Transparency and Openness subsection stating data, materials, and analysis-code
availability with persistent identifiers (or justified unavailability).
- Standards: JARS (quantitative/qualitative/mixed) and JARS-REC; preregistration encouraged
but not mandatory (disclose status, provide links); Open Science Badges (Open Data, Open Data with
Protected Access, Open Materials, Preregistered, Preregistered+Analysis Plan) available with a signed
disclosure form.
- Fee / open access: no submission fee (verified 2026-06-22; "submitting a manuscript for peer
review is free of charge"); peer review is free. Any post-acceptance open-access / APC charge is
set by APA if you choose OA — confirm the current figure on the APA author pages.
- Types: primary empirical articles; occasional exceptionally important meta-analyses; single-
instrument validation studies are typically out of scope.
Preflight checklist
Format & abstract
Masked review (anonymization)
Transparency & standards
Design & stats
Worked micro-example — preflight verdict (illustrative)
Running the cluster-randomized reading trial through the gate the night before upload:
Length: body 10,840 / 12,000 words (refs/tables/figures excluded) → PASS
Abstract: 236 words; states design (48 classrooms), effect (g = 0.23,
95% CI [0.06, 0.40]), and the implication → PASS
APA: 7th edition, double-spaced; ES + CI throughout → PASS
Masked: no names/affiliations; grant# and district name removed; self-
cites third-person; OSF anonymized-view links; metadata stripped → PASS
Transparency: data (de-identified) + materials + code each have a DOI;
restricted raw data has an access path; subsection present → PASS
Standards: JARS quantitative + JARS-REC items complete; prereg linked → PASS
Stats: two-level model, ICC reported, mediation; cluster-level power → PASS
Verdict: ready to upload to Editorial Manager.
Last-mile failure modes that trigger a return
| Failure | Caught by | Quick fix |
|---|
| Body 13,500 words | length check | move secondary material to online supplement; tighten |
| Abstract 280 words | abstract check | cut to ≤ 250; keep design + effect + implication |
| Grant number / district name visible | masking check | remove all identifying cues before upload |
| "Our previous study showed…" | masking check | rephrase self-citations in the third person |
| "Data available on request" | transparency check | deposit with a DOI or document an access path |
| Clustered data, single-level model | rigor check | refit multilevel; report ICC (route to jedpsych-data-analysis) |
Volatile specifics (exact word/abstract limits, portal, current editor, badge wording) change.
Re-confirm every number above against the journal's current submission guidelines before relying on it.
Anti-patterns
- Submitting over the 12,000-word body limit or with a 250+ word abstract
- Identity leaks (names, grant numbers, sites, first-person self-cites) under masked review
- Missing or empty Transparency and Openness subsection
- Incomplete JARS / JARS-REC reporting
- Clustered data not modeled with multilevel/SEM methods
Output format
【Length】body ≤ 12,000 words (excl. refs/tables/figures/appendices)? [Y/N]
【Abstract】≤ 250 words + design + effect + implication? [Y/N]
【APA 7th + double-spaced】[Y/N]
【Masked】names/affiliations/grant#/site/IRB/self-cites/links/metadata? [Y/N]
【Transparency】data + materials + code + DOIs + subsection? [Y/N]
【Standards】JARS / JARS-REC complete; preregistration disclosed? [Y/N]
【Design/stats】nesting modeled; effect sizes + CIs + interpretation? [Y/N]
【Next】await decision → jedpsych-rebuttal on R&R
Supplementary resources
