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spq-review-process

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Use to understand how Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ) evaluates a manuscript — masked (blinded) review, the blinding check that temporarily rejects under-blinded papers, what reviewers from different sociological-social-psychology traditions weigh, and the reject / revise-and-resubmit / accept decision pattern. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.

When to use

• stress-test fit and blinding before submitting
• interpreting a decision letter
• understanding what reviewers from different traditions weigh
• deciding between Article or Note
• shaping the paper to pass review
• running a review-risk pass
• comparing against sibling journals

When not to use

• contacting editors
• submitting individual-cognition papers
• submitting macro-sociology papers without social-psychological mechanism
• expecting open data to improve acceptance odds

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