Final submissions stages

There is a 5 stage process of moving from a manuscript that is acceptable on substance to a final article in the Journal of Monetary Economics. The first 2 stages involve work with the JME editorial team, after you have received an “accept with minor revisions” decision. After the editorial team signs off on your manuscript, there are 3 additional stages of work with the Elsevier production team in the transition to a final article in the JME.

Stage 1: manuscript review

When an author receives an "accept with major revisions" decision letter, it is a requirement to implement the JME style. A manuscript will only move to an "accept" decision after these requirements have been met, which may require an "accept with minor revisions" stage in between.

Stage 2: uploading final version

When your manuscript is ready for publication, then you will receive an “Accepted - pending the upload of final version” decision.  At this stage, we ask that you place your manuscript in 10 point type and single space mode. (This is the final mode if you are using the JME Shell in SW-TeX.)

You will submit your manuscript to JME via the EM system, providing the original source files (TeX, Word, … ) and files containing figures for the main manuscript. You will need to upload individual files for the main manuscript:

1. The main manuscript in source file form, 
2. The SW style file if you are using SW-TeX [this is called sw20nhej2.sty] and the LaTeX files lineno.sty and geometry.sty (here). Any style files that you are using if you are working in LaTeX (for example, doublespace.sty);
3. the main manuscript in PDF form;
4. the figure files;
5. the tables;
6. the bibliography if it is a separate document;
7. supplementary materials, the appendix (preferably in PDF form, so that you have better control on its appearance), and maybe the ZIP files of replication material.

Please do not submit just a PDF document: it is in your interest and Elsevier's that source files are provided, so as to maximize speed of publication and minimize typesetting errors. At the same time, you should understand that the EM will automatically make a PDF document from your source code when you undertake the final submission.  

This automatically generated EM PDF document may be incomplete or inaccurate for LaTeX users and those individuals using the JME Shell in Scientific Word-TeX. It will typically include error messages indicating the nature of the problem, most frequently the absence of style files. If you experience problems, please make sure that you have uploaded the appropriate style files as discussed earlier in this section. If you have not, please add these. If you have and if you continue to experience problems, it is OK to approve this PDF document as long as you are providing the main source files and also a correct PDF version of your manuscript. Irrespective of which word processor in which you are working, if you experience difficulties in uploading your document, please send copies of all of your materials to the journal's editorial assistant. Please make the elements into two ZIP files, markedManuscript.zip and Supplements.zip

Stage 3: production

If the above files are in order, your manuscript will move to the "Accepted" status and will be transferred to the Elsevier production team. No further changes can be made in the manuscript during this stage, without the prior and explicit approval by the Editors.

The corresponding editor will receive proofs and a list of queries about the manuscript from the Elsevier staff. Proofs should be corrected carefully; the responsibility for detecting errors lies with the author. You will have three (3) days to complete proof corrections if your article is to stay on track for publication. It is very important that you quickly complete all forms requested by the Elsevier production team, specifically the copyright form. If you do not do so, then your manuscript will not enter production and its ultimate publication will be delayed.

Stage 4: article in press

Your article will appear on Science Direct in three stages, where it will be available to readers of JME as "an article in press".

1. The first version will be as an "accepted manuscript": this is the version that you sent to production.
2. The second version will be as an "uncorrected proof":  this is the version that Elsevier production sends to you for your corrections.
3. When the proofs have been corrected by you and the production team, the typeset version of your article will be posted on Elsevier's Science Direct as an "Article in press" with "corrected proof". 

If an error appears in the "corrected proof" after it is posted on Science Direct, please contact the editorial assistant with a statement of the problem.

Stage 5: publication in JME

When your manuscript is assigned to a particular issue of JME, you will receive an email from the editorial assistant indicating its placement in an issue. Assembled issues will also be available from Science Direct.

Editors
Borağan Aruoba
Eric Swanson

Associate Editors
Klaus Adam
David Argente
Christiane Baumeister
Jaroslav Borovicka
Ryan Chahrour
Davide Debortoli
Luca Fornaro
Adam Guren
Kinda Hachem
Cosmin Ilut
Ethan Ilzetzki
Anton Korinek
André Kurmann
Zheng Liu
Frederic Malherbe
Leonardo Melosi
Andreas Mueller
Pablo Ottonello
Natalia Ramondo
Felipe Saffie
Benjamin Schoefer
​Eric Sims
Luminita Stevens
Johannes Wieland
Jonathan Wright
Fang Yang