Revisions and Final/Accepted Submissions

This page explains what to submit at each stage after your paper's first review. For a new (original) submission, use the Original Submission Checklist instead.

Part A · Revised submissionYou received a "revise and resubmit" decision. Upload in OJS. Part B · Final (accepted) versionYour paper has been accepted. Send by email, do not upload.

Part A · Revised Submission

1. Prepare the revision bundle

  1. Cover letter, including:
    • the original action editor(s);
    • the date of the decision letter;
    • a bulleted list of responses to the changes requested in the decision letter, indicating where in the paper each change was made;
    • the title and abstract.
  2. A copy of each previous decision letter, including the reviews exactly as you received them. Name them Decision.Letter.R1, Decision.Letter.R2, etc.
  3. The revised paper.
  4. A color-coded copy of the revised paper highlighting where the major changes were made.
Declarations still apply. The revision remains subject to the Submission Preparation Checklist you confirmed at original submission. If anything has changed (for example, new overlapping work, or a change of authors), say so in the cover letter.

2. Upload

  1. Open your existing submission. Please do not start a new submission; keep the original paper number.
  2. Under Round 1, scroll to the Revisions panel at the bottom and click Upload File. Upload every file in the bundle (the cover letter may instead go under Review Discussions).
  3. Email edasst@cljournal.org to let us know the revision is in.
If your submission has been archived, or you run into any problem uploading, email edasst@cljournal.org and we will reactivate it or help you out.

Part B · Final (Accepted) Version

Send the final version by email. Do not upload it to OJS.
To: editor@cljournal.org and EdAsst@cljournal.org

1. Email subject line

CL final version – [submission number]

2. Email body

  • Action editor: the action editor who handled the final version.
  • Dates (format "Month Day, Year"):
    • original submission date;
    • date the most recent revision was received;
    • date of acceptance.
  • Primary contact author: name and email of the person who should receive proofs.
  • List all author(s) ORCID numbers, register here.
  • Final title, with all major words capitalized (e.g. "The Life and Times of an Editor-in-Chief").
  • Final abstract, with no line breaks inside a paragraph.
  • List of changes: if any issues remained, a bulleted list of how you addressed the requests in the decision letter.

3. Attachments

File Notes
Single-spaced PDF Named ####.finalversion.pdf, where #### is the submission number.
Double-spaced PDF Including abstract, figure captions, footnotes, bibliography, tables and figures. With the CL LaTeX style, use the manuscript option of \documentclass (see the sample file).
Source files (.zip) Complete LaTeX source (at least .tex and .bib), plus all figures.
Final decision letter From the Editor-in-Chief, in its entirety, including the reviews.
Signed copyright form Download the form. Sign electronically, or print, sign and scan to PDF.
We confirm receipt within 3–5 business days. If you have not heard from us by then, or have any trouble, please contact edasst@cljournal.org.