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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Business & Economic Statistics.

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Article types

Review
Original Article
Letter
Letter to the Editor
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 200 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Word Limits A typical paper for this journal should be no more than 35 pages, which includes the abstract, tables, references, and figures.
  • The manuscript should contain an abstract and from 3 to 6 key words or phrases (that do not appear in the title) in alphabetical order.
  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in ASA style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • General Formatting: The manuscripts should be prepared using 8 1 /2 x 11-inch pages, double-spaced, including key words and references, with margins of at least one inch all around all four edges.
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  • Style/References: All manuscripts should follow the style published in the ASA Style Guide.
  • They should not appear in separate files or at the end after the bibliography.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • Therefore, we request that two versions of the manuscript be supplied—a full version (not anonymous) and another version with all marks that might identify the authors or their institutions removed; any identifiable sources of support should be removed along with obvious references to one’s own previous work.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
  • Placement of tables and figures should be in the body of the manuscript as soon as possible following their first reference.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size).
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  • Figures and Tables: Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and clearly titled and labeled.
  • As an author, you are required to secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from the text of another source.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Authors should submit the following files: Upon final acceptance for publication, a LaTeX or plain text file of the full text (without figures), along with individual files for all figures will be requested.

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.
  • Authors should submit the following files: One PDF file of the anonymous manuscript.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Review: The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
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  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Normal-sized fonts (12 pt. should be used; the use of very small letters to save space is especially discouraged).
  • They must be carefully checked and returned within 48 hours of receipt.
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • Authors are encouraged to use LaTeX if possible, and should use “article” style, avoiding the use of any special macros.
  • Use of BiBTeX is encouraged, but authors should submit the.bbl file.
  • The conference paper must be properly cited in the journal version.
  • Whenever a dataset is used, its source should be fully documented and the data should be made available as on online supplement.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Pages should be numbered consecutively.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Authors should submit the following files: One PDF file of the manuscript with author details.
  • Formatting and Templates LaTeX - Manuscripts submitted in LaTeX should use the "article" style and follow the formatting guidelines detailed in the following.
  • The VoR is the article in its final, definitive, and citable form (this may not be immediately paginated, but is the version that will appear in an issue of the journal).
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Preparing Your Paper Structure Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) and figure(s) and their captions placed within the text.

Language and text style

  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.
  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.

Statistical reporting

  • The journal submission should have new content, be written for a statistical audience, and not violate copyright.
  • Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the American Statistical Association.

Manuscript structure

  • Whenever specific code has been used to implement or illustrate the results of a paper, that code should be made available if possible.
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.

Authorship and originality

  • Copyright: Each manuscript must be accompanied by a written declaration that it has not been published elsewhere, that it has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, and that all co-authors have read the manuscript and agree to the accuracy of their manuscript.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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What your package checks

Abstract: 200 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
References: ASA
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: double spacing, 1" margins

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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