| name | jhe-submission |
| description | Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Journal of Health Economics (JHE) manuscript via Elsevier Editorial Manager — single-anonymized review, keywords, declarations, data-availability statement, and the no-length-limit/short-paper allowance. Final checks; it does not draft content. |
Submission Preflight (jhe-submission)
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit in Editorial Manager
- Unsure which files, declarations, and statements the Elsevier submission expects
- Confirming format, keywords, and the Data Availability Statement are JHE-compliant
- Confirming the manuscript matches JHE's single-anonymized review (do NOT over-anonymize as for AEA double-blind)
Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准 — re-confirm on the JHE guide for authors)
- JHE is Elsevier's field flagship for health economics (ISSN 0167-6296); submission is via Elsevier Editorial Manager (editorialmanager.com/jhlthec).
- Review model: single-anonymized — referees see author identities; suitable papers go to ≥2 reviewers. There is no double-blind anonymization requirement, so stripping the manuscript of names is unnecessary (and removing acknowledgments/self-citations is not a desk requirement here).
- Length: JHE publishes papers of any length and encourages short papers — there is no separate short-paper channel. Match length to content; do not pad.
- Keywords: provide 1–7 keywords in English.
- Data & code: Elsevier Research Data policy — authors are encouraged (not mandated) to deposit data and to state data availability at submission via a Data Availability Statement. This is softer than the AEA mandatory openICPSR gate; honest documentation is the standard (see
jhe-replication-package).
- Declarations: Declaration of Competing Interest, funding sources, and a Declaration of Generative AI in the writing process per Elsevier policy; AI cannot be an author. One paper under review at a time.
- Volatile / 待核实: exact abstract word limit, JEL-code requirement, current editorial board, APC for the open-access option, and any structured-abstract or highlights requirement — re-check the live guide for authors before submitting.
Preflight checklist
Format & front matter
Exhibits & appendix
Data, declarations & policy readiness
How JHE submission differs from the AEA journals (do not import the wrong reflexes)
If your last submission was to AEJ: Applied, AER, or another AEA outlet, several habits will mislead you here:
- Anonymization: AEA review is double-blind and demands a fully blinded file; JHE is single-anonymized — keep the title page with author details and do not scrub acknowledgments or self-citations.
- Data/code: the AEA mandates an openICPSR package the Data Editor verifies before publication; JHE only encourages deposit and asks for a Data Availability Statement — so the burden shifts from a forced build to honest documentation of a (often restricted) access path.
- Length: AEA outlets have working length norms; JHE explicitly takes any length and encourages short papers, so a tight result need not be inflated.
- Stars: AEA permits significance stars; JHE/Elsevier also permits them, but SEs and clustering remain the load-bearing reporting object either way.
Anti-patterns
- Over-anonymizing for double-blind when JHE is single-anonymized (wasted effort, signals wrong target)
- Padding a clean short paper to look like a full-length article when JHE encourages short papers
- Submitting with "data available on request" instead of a specific Data Availability Statement
- Omitting standard errors / clustering from exhibits, or notes that are not self-contained
- Assuming the abstract limit, JEL requirement, or APC from memory instead of re-checking the live guide
- Forgetting the Declaration of Generative AI or the competing-interest statement
- Submitting while the same manuscript is under review at another journal (one-at-a-time rule)
Output format
【Portal】Editorial Manager (editorialmanager.com/jhlthec) ready? [Y/N]
【Review model】single-anonymized — NOT over-anonymized? [Y/N]
【Front matter】1–7 keywords + abstract (limit 待核实) + JEL if required? [Y/N]
【Exhibits】SEs + clustering shown, notes self-contained? [Y/N]
【Data Availability Statement】specific (data/holder/mechanism/path)? [Y/N]
【Declarations】competing interest + funding + GenAI; no AI author? [Y/N]
【Next step】submit via Editorial Manager → jhe-rebuttal after the decision
After you press submit
Editorial Manager will route the manuscript to a handling editor who decides whether it goes to review; suitable papers go to ≥2 health-economist referees (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). There is no double-blind step to clear, so a desk decision turns on fit and credibility, not anonymization mechanics — which is why the upstream work (jhe-topic-selection for fit, jhe-identification for design) does the heavy lifting. Keep the response-letter machinery (jhe-rebuttal) ready; if the decision is an R&R, you will re-enter the pack at the owning skill for each binding concern before resubmitting here.
Supplementary resources
Handoff boundary
This is the final preflight; it checks the package is complete and policy-compliant, not whether the science is ready — that is the upstream specialists' job. If the preflight surfaces a substantive gap (a missing identification defense, an overclaimed welfare statement), do not submit: route back to the owning skill first. After submission, the next stop is jhe-rebuttal when the decision letter arrives.
