wp-data-analysisUse when executing and reporting the analysis for a World Politics manuscript so it survives expert triple-blind review and the Dataverse replication requirement — honest uncertainty, robustness, and triangulation appropriate to comparative cross-national, qualitative, or formal-empirical work. Guid
wp-literature-positioningUse when positioning a World Politics manuscript against the comparative-politics and international-relations literatures so it reads as a contribution that travels across cases. World Politics expects engagement with both theoretical and substantive literatures; the move is to locate the paper in a
wp-rebuttalUse when writing the response to a World Politics revise-and-resubmit. World Politics suggests author response memos not exceed about five pages single-spaced, and revised articles may exceed the word limit only when growth results from responding to reviewers; the response must convert each anonymo
wp-research-designUse when defending the research design of a World Politics manuscript — comparative-historical and case selection, quantitative cross-national identification, qualitative process tracing, experiments, or formal-empirical linkage for cross-case questions. World Politics expects explicit research desi
wp-review-processUse to understand how World Politics evaluates a manuscript — triple-blind review with author anonymity preserved through the editorial decision, at least two non-Princeton reviewers and often an editor, a roughly four-month decision target, scope screening, and the APSA human-subjects requirement.
wp-submissionUse when running the final pre-submission preflight for World Politics via ScholarOne — article-type selection, triple-blind anonymization, the 12,500-word limit (including notes and references), the 150-word abstract, double-spacing, the 15-page online-supplement cap, house-style formatting, the AP
wp-tables-figuresUse when building tables and figures for a World Politics manuscript so exhibits are self-contained, accessible, and placed correctly relative to the word limit. At World Politics tables, figures, and appendixes are excluded from the 12,500-word count, but online supplementary material is capped at
wp-theory-buildingUse when building the theoretical argument of a World Politics manuscript so it travels across cases. World Politics rewards arguments that significantly advance theoretical debates in comparative politics and international relations, with explicit mechanisms and scope conditions that generalize bey
wp-topic-selectionUse when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the test is a substantive question that travels across cases or systems — not subfield novelty, a
wp-transparency-and-data-policyUse when preparing replication / transparency materials for a World Politics manuscript. World Politics requires authors who rely on quantitative data to deposit replication materials in the World Politics Dataverse after acceptance and before publication, with an explanatory file that lets others r
wp-workflowUse as the entry point for any World Politics manuscript. Routes to the right World Politics sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and whether you are writing a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the rou
wp-writing-styleUse when drafting or polishing a World Politics manuscript so it reads across cases, follows the World Politics house style, and fits the limits (≤ 12,500 words including notes and references; abstract ≤ 150 words; online supplement ≤ 15 pages). Manuscripts are double spaced with the word count indi