Information and Tips for Authors

The Journal of Monetary Economics welcomes manuscript submissions on all topics related to macroeconomics.

All submitted manuscripts (new and revised) require a submission fee.  The last submission fee will be returned for accepted manuscripts.

Manuscript length should not exceed 50 pages including figures and tables.

Manuscript format:

• 12 point type double-spaced, a text width of 6.5 inches and a text length of 8.5 inches.
• footnotes should be used, not endnotes.
• footnotes and references may be single-spaced.
• figures and tables should be on separate pages at the the end of the manuscript and notes to the tables should make the table self-explanatory.
• figures and tables should be number consecutively using Arabic numbers.

Refer to the Guide for Authors for further details on style and format of manuscripts.

All manuscripts must be submitted through Elsevier's online submission system or EES.  A complete Tutorial for Authors can accessed from the JME/EES Homepage. 

Tips on Submitting and Tracking Manuscripts

1. After logging in as an Author you will taken to the Author Main Menu which allows you to submit manuscripts and track their progress through the system.
2. There are four categories under New Submissions.
   • Submit New Manuscript: To submit a new manuscript you will need to provide a manuscript and a submission letter in one of a number acceptable formats (most submissions involve a PDF document supplied by the author, but other available options include Word or Tex).
   • Incomplete Submissions: If you do not enter all of the relevant information in the submission process, your manuscript will show up in this category.  The Editors do not regularly check to see if there are incomplete manuscripts so it is up to the authors to make sure they have completed the submission process correctly.
   • Submissions Waiting for Author Approval: After you have successfully completed supplying the information on your manuscript the system must build a PDF file for JME.  This may sometimes take a while but you do not have to wait.  You may log-out and come back to the system later.  After the PDF is created you must approve it before the manuscript will be submitted to the Journal office.
   • Submissions Being Processed: Manuscripts in this category have been received by the Journal office and are being processed.  (See Tracking your manuscript below.)  Once the fee is received, you will receive an email notifying you that your manuscript has been assigned a manuscript number and is being forwarded to an editor for handling.
3. There are five categories under Revisions.
   • Submissions Needing Revision: This category represents papers for which revisions have been requested.  Select this category to submit a revised manuscript.
   • Incomplete Submissions Needing Revision, Revisions Waiting for Author Approval and Revisions Being Processed: Correspond to the similar categories under New Submission.
   • Declined Revisions: The JME does not use this category.
   • Very Important: With a resubmission, authors sometimes want to submit information for the referee.  DO NOT INCLUDE THIS WITH YOUR LETTER TO THE EDITOR.  Instead, attach this information at the back of the manuscript.  If you follow this procedure both the editor and the referee will have access to your comments.  If you do not do it this way, then your comments will not be seen by the referee.
4. On resubmissions, the Journal will endeavor to use the same editor and referee assigned to the original manuscript.
5. Tracking your manuscript.  There are several status indicators that will tell you where your manuscript is in the editorial process.
   • Submitted to Journal:  Your manuscript has be submitted and the Journal office is waiting on the receipt of the submission fee.
   • With Editor:  This means that the manuscript is with an editor and it is being evaluated for the assignment of a referee.
   • Under Review:  This indicates that the manuscript is with a referee and the editor is waiting for a report.
   • Required Reviews Complete:  A referee report has been received and the editor is in the process of making a decision.
   • Decision in Process:  The editor has made a decision and a notification is being prepared.
   • Please do not call the Journal office for further details regarding the status of your manuscript.  The office has no more information than is reported to you by the JME/EES system.  Calling merely delays the processing of papers by the office.