mind-submission

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 — author identity hidden from editors and referees until acceptance; prepare the manuscript for anonymous refereeing or it will not be read.
• Length: articles ~8,000 words total; longer only in exceptional circumstances (e.g., very extensive quotations); symbol-heavy papers should paginate like an 8,000-word article.
• 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 per corresponding author per 12-month period.
• Line numbering: required for the review copy (LaTeX lineno; Word line-numbering option).
• Style: the MIND house style / MIND Stylesheet applies to the accepted final version.
• Fee: no submission fee stated; optional open-access charge handled by OUP after acceptance (待核实).

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:

1. 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.
2. File pass. Strip document properties, PDF metadata, tracked-change names, embedded comment authors, and LaTeX build paths that reveal a username or institution.
3. 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

• Content type chosen (article / discussion / book review / critical notice)
• Article ~8,000 words (or justified exception); symbol-heavy paper paginated equivalently
• Abstract within the stated length (published 50–200 words)

Anonymity (triple-anonymous)

• No author names, affiliations, or revealing acknowledgements in the manuscript
• No self-identifying references ("as I argued in…"); self-citations neutralized
• Identifying file metadata stripped (document properties)

Preparation & format

• Line numbering on the document (LaTeX lineno / Word)
• Word or PDF; high-resolution image files ready to upload at the same time
• Consistent citation style (full MIND house-style conversion at acceptance — see mind-citation-and-style)
• Alt text for figures; funding declared where applicable

Eligibility & compliance

• Not in breach of the one-article-per-12-months corresponding-author rule
• Original, unpublished work; aware of the OUP copyright licence signed at acceptance

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

Supplementary resources

• ../../resources/external_tools.md — ScholarOne, LaTeX lineno, anonymization, the MIND Stylesheet
• ../../resources/official-source-map.md — official Mind URLs behind every fact in this pack