Checklist
A short checklist to help authors before they submit their article to Data & Policy:
1. Consult the D&P preparing your materials page before you submit.
2. Read the D&P research transparency policy and make data and code openly available where this is possible.
3. Consider using one of the following templates to minimise the chance of the article being sent back at technical check stage:
- LaTeX template
- Word template
- Use Overleaf (a LaTeX-based collaborative authoring tool; read about benefits of this tool)
In addition, we have templates and guidance for specific types of article
4. Make sure that you've made included all the required statements: author contributions; competing interests; data transparency; funding statement.
5. Submit your article through the D&P ScholarOne site (or via the Overleaf collaborative authoring tool).
ORCID
We require all corresponding authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:
- Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
- Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
- Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.
See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
If you don’t already have an iD, you will need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account, or by supplying it during submission using the "Associate your existing ORCID iD" button.
ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
Preprint deposit during submission
When you submit your manuscript in Scholar One, you will be presented with the option to simultaneously submit a preprint to Cambridge Open Engage, Cambridge University Press’s early and open research platform. Posting a preprint enables faster dissemination of your work ahead of peer review. Preprints are citeable and accrue view and download metrics, allowing your research to gather attention ahead of formal publication.
If you and your co-authors opt in to this service during the submission process, your manuscript will be automatically deposited on Cambridge Open Engage, and made openly available in perpetuity. If your work goes on to be published in the journal, or elsewhere, we will add the link to the version of record to your preprint page so that readers are able to find the peer-reviewed version. You will also be able to log in to Cambridge Open Engage to claim your preprint, upload new versions, and see view and download metrics.
Please note:
- Preprints submitted to Cambridge Open Engage are subject to the Cambridge Open Engage Terms of Submission and Terms of Use.
- We will post the preprint using the exact manuscript and metadata that you submit the journal, so please make sure you are happy to share this version of the manuscript publicly, and have the rights to share any copyrighted material held within it before opting in.
- You must have all co-authors' permission to post a preprint.
- Preprints are not removed from Cambridge Open Engage except in very rare circumstances.
To participate, simply opt in during the ScholarOne submission process.