| name | mind-submission |
| description | Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Mind via ScholarOne — preparation for triple-anonymous review, the ~8,000-word limit, the 50–200-word abstract, line numbering, the one-article-per-12-months rule, file format, and the MIND house style. Final checks; it does not draft content. |
Submission Preflight (mind-submission)
The last check before submitting on ScholarOne. Mind is triple-anonymous, so the single most
common avoidable failure is a manuscript that is not properly prepared for anonymous review — such a
paper will not be read. Verify volatile specifics on the official page before relying on them.
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
- Unsure which files / settings ScholarOne expects
- Confirming the word limit, abstract, line numbering, and anonymization are all in order
Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)
- Owner / publisher: Mind Association / Oxford University Press.
- Portal: ScholarOne (
mc.manuscriptcentral.com/MIND); submit in Word or PDF, with
high-resolution image files sent at the same time.
- Review model: triple-anonymous across all papers — author identity is not revealed to
editors or referees unless and until a paper is accepted; prepare for anonymous refereeing or it
will not be read.
- Scope / what they accept: quality is the sole criterion of publication, with no area, no
style, and no school of philosophy excluded. Content types: articles, discussions (discussion
notes), book reviews, and critical notices.
- Critical notices: longer than book reviews, letting the author develop their own ideas in
response to the book under discussion (distinct from a short book review).
- Volume / competitiveness: the journal receives over 800 submissions each year and draws on a
large pool of expert referees, associate editors, and the Editorial Board. (Acceptance rate and
time-to-first-decision are not published as fixed figures — 需复核.)
- Length: articles no longer than around 8,000 words in total; longer only in exceptional
circumstances (e.g., very extensive quotations from original texts); symbol-heavy papers should
paginate equivalently to an 8,000-word article. (Word limits for discussions / book reviews /
critical notices are not pinned here — 需复核.)
- Abstract: published abstract 50–200 words; a longer submission abstract (up to ~250 words,
待核实) may be included to aid review.
- Submission limit: no more than one article may be submitted by any corresponding author
during any twelve-month period.
- Line numbering: required for the review copy (LaTeX
lineno; Word line-numbering option).
- Style: the MIND Stylesheet / MIND house style applies to the accepted final version;
authors sign the standard OUP copyright licence agreement at acceptance.
- Fee: no submission fee (verified 2026-06-22). An open-access option is available for a
charge, handled by OUP after acceptance; OUP sets the exact APC, eligible licences, and any
read-and-publish / transformative-agreement waivers on its live charges page — confirm there.
Triple-anonymous failure audit
Mind's anonymity rule is not a cosmetic check; an identifying manuscript may not be read. Run a
failure audit with three passes:
- Text pass. Search for first-person self-citations, acknowledgements, grant numbers, conference
versions, appendix URLs, and phrases like "in my earlier paper." Replace with neutral references
where scholarly continuity still matters.
- File pass. Strip document properties, PDF metadata, tracked-change names, embedded comment
authors, and LaTeX build paths that reveal a username or institution.
- Argument pass. Make sure anonymization did not make the paper evasive. Self-citations should
remain intellectually honest, just not identity-revealing.
Record any unavoidable prior-work clue in a private submission note only if the portal requests it.
Preflight checklist
Type & length
Anonymity (triple-anonymous)
Preparation & format
Eligibility & compliance
Anti-patterns
- Uploading a manuscript that reveals the author (triple-anonymous — it will not be read)
- Omitting line numbers from the review copy
- An abstract outside the stated range, or an article well over ~8,000 words with no justification
- Submitting a second article within twelve months as the same corresponding author
- Assuming a default reference export already matches the MIND house style
Output format
【Type】Article / Discussion / Book review / Critical notice (length ok? Y/N)
【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean? [Y/N]
【Line numbering】present? [Y/N]
【Abstract】word count (50–200 published)
【12-month rule】clear? [Y/N]
【Format】Word/PDF + images + alt text ready? [Y/N]
【Next】await decision → mind-revision-and-response
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