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jop-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a The Journal of Politics (JOP) manuscript in the literature — staking a theoretically innovative, general-interest contribution while keeping the manuscript double-blind. JOP's page budget forces an efficient literature section, so engage the debates that matter without a survey. Frames the contribution; it does not write the paper.
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# Literature Positioning (jop-literature-positioning)
JOP rewards a **theoretically innovative** contribution pitched to a **general** political-science
reader. The literature section must earn its space against the **page budget**: engage the debates the
paper actually moves, not a survey — and do it **double-blind**, without outing yourself.
## When to trigger
- Drafting or tightening the framing/literature section
- A reviewer said the contribution is "unclear," "incremental," or "ignores X"
- The literature review is eating too many of your 35 (or 10) pages
- Neutralizing self-citations for double-blind review
## How to position for JOP