Manuscripts submitted to Enterprise & Society may not be under consideration elsewhere, nor may they have been published or accepted for publication. English is the language used for publication. Manuscripts must be submitted through Enterprise & Society's online submissions site.

Please note that by submitting an article for publication, you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that Cambridge University Press ("CUP") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to notify CUP immediately if your details change. If your article is accepted for publication, CUP will contact you using the email address you have used in the registration process. Please note that CUP does not retain copies of rejected articles.

The E&S submission site also has a place for authors to paste in (or compose) a cover letter, which can be an effective way to introduce or re-introduce your work.

Submitting your manuscript on ScholarOne

Preparing your manuscript

1. Follow the Instructions to Authors regarding the format of your manuscript and references.
2. Prepare your manuscript, including tables, using a word processing program and save it as a .doc, .rtf. or .eps file. All files in these formates will be converted to .pdf format upon submission. When naming your files, please use simple filenames and avoid special characters and spaces. If you are a Macintosh user, you must also type the three-letter extension at the end of the file name you choose (e.g. .doc, .rtf, .jpg, .gif, .tif, .ppt, .xls, .pdf, .eps, .mov).
3. Prepare your figures at publication quality resolution, using applications capable of generating high-resolution .tif files (1200 d.p.i. for line drawings and 300 d.p.i. for half-tone artwork). The printing process requires your figures to be in this format if your paper is accepted and printed. For useful information on preparing your figures for publication, go to the Cambridge Journals Artwork Guide. For online submission, please also prepare a second version of your figures at low-resolution for use in the review process; these versions of the figures can be saved in .jpg, .gif, .tif or .eps format.
4. For INITIAL submission, it is preferable that you insert the low-resolution versions of the figures and tables into the word processing but you can also upload these version as separate files.
5. When inserting figures into the text of you manuscript, please make sure they are readable; many figures contain tiny characters (such as numbers on a chart or graph) and if these are not easily readable in the text document, they will most likely be illegible.
6. Acknowledgements should be uploaded as a separate document file.
7. Prepare any other files as supplementary material. One such file should contain a full cover page with authors and their affiliations. Other supplementary material, such as appendices or data files may be submitted and can be marked for review. The permitted formats for these files are the same as for manuscripts and figures. Other file types, such as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets may be uploaded and will be converted to .pdf format.

Submitting your manuscript

Now that your files are ready, visit the online submission web site.

1. First, you will need to log into the system.
   • If you know your login details (i.e. you have submitted or reviewed a manuscript for E&S on this system before), use your User ID and Password to log on.
   • If you do not know your login details, check to see if you are already registered by clicking on the "Check for existing account" button and following the on-screen instructions. An e-mail will be sent to you if you have an account. This is also the way to reset your password if you have forgotten it. If you are not already registered, you can register by clicking on the "Create a new account" button on the login screen and following the on-screen instructions.
   • If you have trouble finding manuscripts or have other problems with your account do not create another account. Instead, please contact Manuscript Central Customer Support.
2. To submit a new manuscript, go to the "Author Center," choose "Submit a New Manuscript," and then follow the on-screen instructions. There are seven screens for you to follow to submit your manuscript, many screens involving several steps. A vertical list of screens will be at the left hand of each page. You move from one step to the next by clicking on the "Next" button at the lower right hand corner. Once you fill out each screen successfully, a green check mark will appear next to the numbers in the left hand column. To return to earlier screens in the submission process you will need to click on the screen title in the left hand column.
3. The first screen asks you te enter the type of paper you are submitting. Click on the dropdown list item "Manuscript." Then enter the title, running head (short title for page headers), and the abstract (cut and paste), and finish by clicking on the appropriate section of the License to Publish block.
4. The second screen asks you to offer at least two and up to four keywords. A sample list is given in the left hand box. Highlight any that fits your needs, then click on "ADD"; each keyword will be copied into the list at the right. You may enter keywords not on the list, of course. Finish by clicking on "Next."
5. The third screen is where you enter your author information. If there are multiple authors for your submission, please designate one as the "Corresponding Author," to whom outgoing messages will be sent. Click "Next."
6. Page four asks for your cover letter, which you may cut and paste or attach as a Word file using the Browse function. The cover letter should introduce the work at hand and suggest why you think it would be a valuable contribution to Enterprise and Society. On this page also, please note the number of figures and tables the submission includes and whether it has been previously submitted to the journal, then respond to the remaining question. Click "Next."
7. Screen five is the place where you attach files from your own computer.
   • Click on the "Browse" button and locate the document you want to upload. Double click on the document's file title to place it in the box at the left.
   • Select the document's file type from the pull-down menu. The designation choices include figure, table, and title page, but your manuscript text is the "Main Document." Once you have attached at least a title page and the text (which should not include your name anywhere), you can proceed to submission.
   • Click on the "Upload Files" button to submit your files. If you are uploading your manuscript file, and it is in one of the formats specified above, it will be automatically converted to a .pdf file for peer review. As this is happening a box will appear noting that the .pdf conversion is in process.
   • When the uploading is complete, a box will appear, "File Details." Click on "Save" to confirm the upload of the group of files. This will return you to Screen Six. Click "Next."
8. The final step is reviewing the information you have filled in an checking the files you have submitted, now in their PDF format. At the bottom of Screen SEven will be a "Review and Submit" box with a red "X" on the left. Click on the PDF button inside the box and the server, after grinding away for a bit, will display your documents as they will be delivered to referees. Please scan through the full document, and if all has gone well, close the PDF display by clicking on the "X" in the screen's upper right corner. This will return you to Screen SEven and a green check-mark will now sit to the left of "Review and Submit." Now, click on the blue "Submit" button on the lower left. A popup box will appear, asking whether you're sure you wish to submit now. Click "OK" and you're done. A final Submission confirmation box will appear. Pring this out for your reference, as it will containt the unique Manuscript ID number for your submission.
9. After these steps are completed, you will receive an automatic e-mail confirmation stating that your manuscript was successfully submitted. This e-mail will aslo repeat the assigned manuscript number, which is used in all correspondence.
10. If you return to your "Author Center," you will notice that your newly submitted manuscript can be found in the "Submitted Manuscripts" area. The status of your manuscript can be checked by returning to the Author Center and clicking on the Manuscript ID in the right hand box.

Submitting a revised manuscript

1. Log on to the online submission web site as before and, in the "Author Center," click on "Manuscripts to be Revised." You will then see the title of any manucripts awaiting revision.
2. If you click on the manuscript title you will reach the "File Manager" and you can upload the files that constitution your revised manuscript (to facilitate the production process, it is essential that you upload your revised manuscript as a .doc or .rtf file, and not in .pdf format).
3. If you click on "View comments/respond" you will see the editor's letter to you together with the referees' comments. You may cut and past your responses into the text areas at the bottom of the screen.

Getting help

If you experience any problems during the online submission process, please use the 'Author Help' function, which takes you to specific submission instructions, or 'Get Help Now', which takes you to the Frequently Asked Questions page. Alternatively, contact the Manuscript Central support line by email ([email protected]) or telephone (+1 434 817 2040 x167).

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