Submission Preflight (jru-submission)

When to trigger

• "Submitting this week" — last pass before uploading to Springer's submission system
• Unsure which files Springer's Editorial Manager expects, or how to anonymize for review
• Confirming the Data Availability Statement, ethics, funding, and AI-use disclosures are in place
• Verifying the abstract, length, and reference style conform before the editor sees the paper

Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)

• JRU is published by Springer (Springer Science+Business Media); content sits on Springer Nature Link (ISSN 0895-5646 print / 1573-0476 electronic). Editor-in-Chief and founder: W. Kip Viscusi (Vanderbilt), who has led the journal since 1988 (re-verified 2026-06-22 against the Springer editorial-board page; re-confirm before relying).
• Submission is through Springer's online system (Editorial Manager, the Springer standard — 待核实 against the live guidelines); the Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to reject submissions that do not meet the author guidelines.
• Review model: single-blind is the Springer econ default — 待核实; confirm whether JRU anonymizes. If single-blind, author identities are visible to referees and need not be stripped, but verify before relying on it.
• Data Availability Statement is required on original research articles; Springer strongly encourages depositing underlying data in a recognized repository.
• Exact abstract word limit, manuscript length cap, and any open-access / APC fees are 待核实 — read them off the official submission guidelines at submission time.
• ORCID is recommended for submitting authors.

Preflight checklist

Manuscript & style

• Abstract within the journal's word limit (待核实 — verify cap); keywords and JEL codes included
• Title page with full affiliations; corresponding author and ORCID set
• References in the journal's style (Springer basic / numbered — 待核实); every in-text cite resolves
• Figures plot the key functions (w(p), value function) with the EU benchmark; tables report SE/CI, not bare asterisks
• Experiment instructions / decision screens included as supplementary material; estimand stated in the main text

Files & disclosures for the Springer portal

• Main manuscript + supplementary appendix; experiment materials and code as supplementary files or repository link
• Data Availability Statement present and consistent with what is deposited
• Ethics / IRB approval stated for human-subjects experiments; consent noted
• Competing-interests and funding declarations complete
• AI/LLM use disclosed per Springer policy; AI not listed as an author
• Anonymization handled per the confirmed review model (待核实)

Sibling-fit last look

• The paper's object is a risk/uncertainty primitive — not a method demo (Experimental Economics) or a broad-behavioral result (JEBO); the cover letter says why JRU

Final consistency sweep

• Every number in the abstract matches the corresponding table to the last digit
• Notation in the text matches the notation in the figures and table notes
• All in-text citations appear in the reference list and vice versa
• Supplementary files referenced in the text are actually uploaded
• Author list, affiliations, and ORCIDs are final (changes after submission are friction)
• The paper does not assert a fact about the journal (limit, fee, policy) that is not verified — anything uncertain is left out, not guessed

Cover letter for a specialist desk

The Editor-in-Chief screens for fit, so the cover letter does real work at JRU:

• One sentence on the primitive. Name the risk/uncertainty object the paper moves (a representation, an elicited parameter, a VSL, an insurance elasticity).
• One sentence on why JRU, not a sibling. Pre-empt the desk question: this is a risk/uncertainty contribution, not a method demo (Experimental Economics) or a broad behavioral result (JEBO).
• Suggested and excluded reviewers if the system allows — useful in a small specialized pool where conflicts and rival camps are real.
• Prior-submission note if the paper was previously reviewed elsewhere and substantially revised.

What to expect after submission

• Single-blind specialist review (待核实) typically yields a few deep technical objections rather than many shallow ones; budget revision time for new analyses, not just edits.
• The binding decision usually turns on the decision-theoretic or measurement core, so an R&R will most often ask you to shore up the representation or the identification (jru-theory-model / jru-identification).

Anti-patterns

• Uploading without a Data Availability Statement (required even when data are restricted)
• Reporting significance with asterisks instead of standard errors / confidence intervals
• Omitting experiment instructions — for an elicitation paper the procedure is part of the method
• Assuming a word/abstract limit or a fee instead of reading the live guidelines (mark 待核实)
• A cover letter that does not say why the paper is JRU and not a sibling venue

Output format

【Manuscript】abstract within cap (待核实) + keywords + JEL? [Y/N]
【Exhibits】functions plotted vs. EU benchmark; SE/CI not stars? [Y/N]
【Data Availability Statement】present + consistent with deposit? [Y/N]
【Ethics/IRB + funding + AI disclosure】complete? [Y/N]
【Experiment materials】instructions/screens/code supplied? [Y/N]
【Fit】cover letter argues JRU over Experimental Economics / JEBO? [Y/N]
【Next step】submit via Springer portal → jru-rebuttal for what to expect

Supplementary resources

• templates/checklist.md — submission self-check
• templates/manuscript_template.md — lightweight manuscript scaffold
• ../../resources/official-source-map.md — official Springer URLs and volatile facts