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This comprehensive guide provides a final preflight checklist for submitting manuscripts to academic journals like JFI via Editorial Manager. It covers mandatory components, including the submission fee, abstract word limits, keyword requirements, Generative AI declarations, and Option C data plans. It serves as a critical gatekeeping tool to ensure the manuscript meets all technical and procedural standards before final submission.

This comprehensive preflight checklist guides authors preparing manuscripts for submission to Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) via ScholarOne. It covers critical modern academic requirements, including double-anonymization techniques, specific formatting rules (ASA style, abstract limits), data and code availability statements, and generative AI disclosure, ensuring submissions meet the latest journal standards.