ectj-submission

EctJ Submission

Use this immediately before submission through Editorial Express.

Preflight

• Confirm the manuscript uses the required RES/EctJ LaTeX template and the correct online

appendix template if applicable.

• Check the current page norm. RES guidance says the paper should not normally exceed 20

pages including the printed appendix.

• Keep the summary within the current limit; RES guidance says no more than 150 words.
• Include an empirical application, even for theory papers.
• Keep mathematical proofs in the main text or printed appendix when current RES guidance

requires that; do not rely on the online appendix for proofs.

• Prepare a cover letter only for conflicts, exemptions, or prior reports when current

guidance says that is the intended use.

• Budget the current submission fee. The source map records a flat fee of GBP 75 plus VAT

under the 2026 RES policy, with no RES-member discount.

• Disclose replication restrictions or exemption needs at first submission.

Final hour order

Run the preflight in this order:

1. Venue facts: reopen resources/official-source-map.md and verify portal, fee, page, summary, proof,

and replication requirements against live pages.

1. Conformance: compile the template PDF, count printed pages, count summary words, and verify proof

placement.

1. Scientific gate: read the first two pages only. They must state the leading case, applied value, and

closest incumbent method without relying on later sections.

1. Package gate: confirm the replication README and master command exist even if the final package is

delivered after conditional acceptance.

1. Administrative gate: fee path, cover-letter reason, data restrictions, and author metadata.

Worked preflight: a specification-test vignette

Illustrative run of the final-hour order on a hypothetical kernel specification-test paper:

1. Venue facts reopened: fee, page norm, summary limit, and proof placement reverified on live

RES pages; one wording change found and noted in the source map.

1. Conformance: template compile gives 22 printed pages against the 20-page norm. The fix is

moving the secondary power grid to the online appendix and merging two bandwidth tables, not

shrinking margins; margin tricks are exactly what conformance screens catch.

1. Summary count: 164 words. Cut the sentence restating the literature; the summary needs only the

econometric object, the leading-case result, and the applied payoff.

1. Scientific gate: the first two pages name the incumbent test, its size distortion under

heteroskedasticity (illustrative: 11% rejection at nominal 5%), and the application.

1. Package gate: the master script reruns the smoke simulation in about nine minutes; the README

states that runtime.

Result after fixes: 19.5 pages, a 148-word summary, proofs in the printed appendix — submit.

Editorial Express slip list

• Metadata fields (JEL codes, keywords) inconsistent with the PDF front page.
• PDF compiled outside the RES/EctJ template, or the online appendix mixed into the main file

instead of the separate appendix template.

• Fee handled on an outdated amount; reconfirm the current figure and VAT treatment against the

journal's current author guidelines on submission day.

• Cover letter used for marketing; at this venue it exists for conflicts, exemption requests, and

prior reports only.

• Replication exemption needs known to the authors but not disclosed at first submission, which

the RES policy expects.

Fee and disclosure notes

• The recorded RES policy is a flat fee per new submission with no RES-member discount, and it is

non-refundable even on desk rejection except for genuine payment errors — budget it as a sunk

screening cost.

• Whether a resubmission after reject-and-resubmit incurs a fresh fee depends on current policy

wording; confirm on the live fee-policy page before assuming either answer.

• Disclosing restricted data at first submission is an RES expectation, because the editorial

board decides whether the paper can be considered at all under the replication policy.

Output format

[Submission readiness] Ready / Needs fixes / Not ready
[Format checks] <template/page/summary/proofs/appendix>
[Content checks] <leading case/empirical application/simulations>
[Administrative checks] <Editorial Express/fee/cover letter/replication disclosure>
[Blocking fix] <one issue to resolve first>