Paper Checklist

As you write the paper (and prior to/after submission), make sure to do/consider these steps.

While Writing

• Double check the full names and affiliations of any authors.
• Identify 3 key points and paper highlights.
• Update and finalize author contributions.
• Draft the AI-use disclosure statement if one is needed, checked against the target journal’s current policy (see AI Tools in Research).
• Check that:
  • Title is appropriately declarative.
  • Word limits are obeyed (for the manuscript and the abstract).
  • No uses of “significant” when not referencing a statistical test.
  • All figures have labeled axes and units.

Prior to Submission

• Mint releases of relevant data and codes and get relevant DOIs (see GitHub and Zenodo – the model gets released before the meta-repository, and papers cite the version DOI, not the concept DOI).
• If GitHub repository was private, make public.
• Write code and data availability statements including the DOIs.
• Ensure that Acknowledgements are complete and include appropriate (and correct) funding statements.
• Ask lab members (or others) to replicate the analysis based on GitHub documentation.
• Ask lab members (or others) to read for clarity.
• Get final approval on draft from all authors (do not submit without this!)

After Submission

• Upload preprint to an appropriate server (such as the arXiv) or ESS Open Archive.
• Email or Slack citation and preprint link to co-authors.