Submitting to the JMS#

Reminder: for the AEA, the JMS is ScholarOne.

  1. Open the issue on JIRA. It must be Approved.

  2. Click on the Submit to MC transition. A pop-up will be shown.

Submit to MC pop-up

  1. In the pop-up, you should have all the necessary information

    • Note: links in the pop-up window are not clickable: double-click, then use right-click to Open in New Tab

    • MCEntryURL has the link to Manuscript Central (MC) in order to submit

    • Manuscript Central Identifier to find the manuscript

    • Field [MCRecommendationV2] has the information about how the editorial office should proceed, to be selected in the JMS

      • In cases where MCStatus contains RR, the information will be in field [MCRecommendation]

    • Field [Git working location] has the information to clone the repository (and thus be able to access the report)

  2. If necessary, clone the Bitbucket repository associated with the issue

    • If not already created, make a REPLICATION.pdf file from the markdown REPLICATION.md using Visual Studio Code, then commit and push!

  3. Open the Manuscript Central link (double-click, right-click, open in new tab)

    1. Enter your credentials to access Manuscript Central (if using LastPass, let LastPass fill the information)

    2. Click on the review tab and identify the manuscript number (Manuscript Central Identifier) of the paper

    3. Select Continue Review

    4. Always click Yes when asked: Would you be willing to review a revision of this manuscript?

    5. Select the recommendation as noted in the Issue

      • If MCStatus contains CA: Look at the field [MCRecommendationV2]

      • If MCStatus contains RR: Look at the field [MCRecommendation]

    6. Copy-paste the “Summary” part from REPLICATION.md into the field Comments to the Author.

      • If not already present, add “Details are in the full report.”

      • If not already present, add

    > [NOTE] Starting July 1, 2021, we will start to publish replication packages as soon as all requested changes to the deposit have been made. Please process any requested changes as soon as possible.

    1. Select and upload the REPLICATION.pdf, click on For author and  editor.

    2. In some cases, the Data Editor will have put a note in the issue with a “for Editor only” file. The contents of that file should be copied and pasted into the field Confidential Comments to the Coeditor.

    3. Re-verify all information

    4. Click on Submit

  4. Back in the pop-up,

    1. Click on Submit to MC