| name | curranthro-submission |
| description | Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Current Anthropology (CA) via Editorial Manager — article-type selection, word/abstract caps, file formats (.doc/.rtf text + separate TIFF/EPS figures), Chicago author-date in final files, ethics statement, figure permissions, and the Wenner-Gren copyright assignment. Final checks; it does not draft content. |
Submission Preflight (curranthro-submission)
The last check before submitting on Editorial Manager (CA's submission system). CA is published by
the University of Chicago Press for the Wenner-Gren Foundation; its Major Articles will, on
acceptance, receive the CA✩ Treatment — simultaneous publication of multiple peer commentaries with
your Reply (Major Articles only; not Reports/Forums/Discussion items). The most common avoidable
failures are wrong article-type/word-count fit, figures embedded in the PDF instead of supplied as
separate files, and an unresolved ethics or permissions issue. Verify volatile specifics on the
official Instructions for Authors before relying on them.
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
- Unsure which files/metadata Editorial Manager expects
- Confirming the chosen article type's caps are met and files are in the right formats
- Finalizing the ethics statement, figure permissions, and the Wenner-Gren copyright assignment
Process facts (checked 2026-06; verify live portal prompts)
- Publisher / sponsor: University of Chicago Press for the Wenner-Gren Foundation for
Anthropological Research. Founded 1959 (Sol Tax). ISSN 0011-3204 (print) / 1537-5382 (web).
- Editors: co-editors Caroline Schuster and Catherine J. Frieman (Australian National
University), effective 1 January 2025, succeeding Laurence Ralph (Princeton) — the first
cross-disciplinary, first Australia-based editorial team (verified 2026-06-22; re-confirm on the live
masthead, as editors rotate).
- Portal: Editorial Manager.
- Selectivity & review filter: operating figures from the 2023 editor search are ~230 manuscripts/year,
about 50% receiving full peer review (the other half screened/desk-handled before full review), and
about 10% accepted — (year-dependent operating figures, not a standing promise; 需复核).
- Issues: six core issues/year plus one open-access supplementary issue; each core issue runs
five–six major articles plus reports/other content.
- Open access: CA is a subscription journal with green open access for all articles; gold open
access is available for authors with qualifying funder requirements; the editor may select one
article per core issue for open-access availability — (confirm current OA/APC terms on the rights page; 需复核).
- Article types & caps: Major Article 6,000–10,000 words (incl. references and endnotes; abstract
≤ 200 words; up to 12 figures/tables) — receives the CA✩ Treatment; Report 3,000–5,000 words
(incl. refs/notes; abstract ≤ 200; up to 4 figures/tables); Forum; Discussion / Comment ≤ 800
words including references (reply to a CA piece from roughly the prior 8 months); Current
Applications (open-access section).
- File formats: submit text + tables as a single
.doc or .rtf file (not PDF); submit figures
(graphs and images) as separate TIFF (.tif) or EPS (.eps) files.
- Style: free-format accepted at submission; final accepted files use Chicago Manual of
Style author-date, references alphabetized and not embedded in endnotes; include DOIs.
- Copyright: assignment of copyright to the Wenner-Gren Foundation for major articles, reports,
forums, discussion items, and commentaries.
- Review/anonymity: confirm the current model on the live Instructions for Authors before deciding how
to anonymize.
Preflight checklist
Article type & length
Files & formats (Editorial Manager)
Format & references
Ethics, rights & copyright
Anti-patterns
- Submitting a Major Article-length manuscript as a Report, or vice versa
- Uploading a single PDF with figures embedded instead of
.doc/.rtf text + separate TIFF/EPS
- Abstract over 200 words; references embedded in endnotes or not alphabetized (final files)
- Missing figure permissions; publishing images without consent
- No ethics statement; assigning Wenner-Gren copyright over materials you don't control
Output format
【Article type】Major Article / Report / Forum / Discussion / Current Applications (cap met? Y/N)
【Word count + abstract】within cap / ≤ 200? [Y/N]
【Files】single .doc/.rtf text + separate TIFF/EPS figures? [Y/N]
【References】Chicago author-date plan + alphabetized + DOIs? [Y/N]
【Ethics statement】consent / IRB / heritage / anonymization present? [Y/N]
【Copyright】Wenner-Gren assignment rights confirmed? [Y/N]
【Next】await decision → curranthro-rebuttal on R&R or to write the CA✩ Reply
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