--- name: amr-submission description: Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript — ScholarOne portal, AOM format and length, abstract, anonymization for review, references, ethics/originality, and required files. Theory-only journal; there is no data-availability or replication step. --- # Pre-Submission Preflight (amr-submission) > AMR is theory-only. There is no dataset, code, or replication package to deposit. The > preflight centers on the *theory paper's* format, anonymization, and AOM ethics — not on > empirical materials. ## When to trigger - "I'm about to submit to AMR" - Final check before clicking submit in ScholarOne - Unsure which files the portal expects for a conceptual paper ## Pre-submission checklist ### Scope & fit - [ ] The paper builds **new theory** (constructs / process model / reconceptualization), not an empirical study - [ ] It enters and "challenges and extends" a specific theoretical conversation - [ ] There is **no data, no measures, no statistical test** anywhere in the manuscript - [ ] Fit confirmed against the current AMR aims & scope (verify on the official page) ### Format (verify exact current requirements on the AOM author page) - [ ] Manuscript double-spaced, standard margins and 12-pt font - [ ] Title page separate from the manuscript body (for anonymous review) - [ ] Abstract present and within the journal's word limit (verify current limit) - [ ] Within the journal's overall length expectation (verify; AMR articles are full-length) - [ ] Figures meet AOM resolution/format specs; each is a conceptual model/typology, not a data plot - [ ] Propositions numbered consistently and matched to the figure ### Anonymization for double-anonymous review - [ ] No author-identifying content in the manuscript body - Self-citations phrased neutrally ("prior work (Author, 2020)"), not "in our earlier paper" - Acknowledgments removed from the body (added after acceptance) - Funding/grant identifiers kept out of the body - [ ] Document file properties scrubbed of author name/affiliation - [ ] File names contain no author or institution name ### References & citations - [ ] **APA-style** author–date in-text citations; full reference list per the AOM (APA-derived) Style Guide (APA edition UNVERIFIED — confirm; see source map) - [ ] Every in-text citation appears in the reference list and vice versa - [ ] The recent, live conversation in the target stream is cited, not only seminal works - [ ] All references are real and accurately quoted (no fabricated or mis-cited sources) ### Ethics & originality (AOM Code of Ethics) - [ ] Manuscript is original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere - [ ] Authorship reflects genuine intellectual contribution; order agreed by all authors - [ ] Any prior conference/working-paper version is disclosed as required - [ ] Similarity check run (institutional tool); overlap acceptable and self-overlap disclosed ### Portal files (ScholarOne) - [ ] Anonymized main manuscript (body + figures + references), required format - [ ] Separate title page with author info and corresponding author - [ ] Cover note / response to editor if requested - [ ] Any author-agreement or conflict-of-interest forms the system requires ## Desk-reject triggers to preempt 1. **It's an empirical study** (reports data, tests hypotheses) — the defining AMR desk reject. 2. **Incremental theory** — a minor extension with no new construct or mechanism. 3. **A literature review** with no original theoretical move (AMR is not a review journal). 4. **Construct proliferation** — relabeling existing ideas (cf. Suddaby, AMR 2010, DOI 10.5465/amr.2010.0419). 5. **Untestable-in-principle or tautological propositions** (AMR's scope demands "testable knowledge-based claims"). 6. **Poor fit/scope** or anonymization/formatting failures. ## ScholarOne operation notes - AMR uses **ScholarOne Manuscripts (Manuscript Central)**; register and submit through the AMR portal linked from journals.aom.org/journal/amr (exact URL — confirm; see source map). - Enter author metadata only in the system, never in the anonymized manuscript. - Suggested/opposed reviewers: provide only if the system asks and per its limits. - Choose the correct submission/article type (theoretical/conceptual article). - **Submission fee**: none — the Academy of Management does not charge submission fees (verified at aom.org, 2026-05). **AOM membership** to submit: confirm on the AOM author guidelines (not assumed). - Keep within the file-size and file-type limits the portal states. ## Anti-patterns - Submitting a paper that is really an empirical study or a literature review - Author identity leaking through "our prior study," acknowledgments, or file properties - Reference list missing the recent conversation reviewers belong to - Figures that are data plots (impossible at AMR) or undefined boxes-and-arrows - Forgetting to scrub document metadata after a final edit - Over-length manuscript that ignores the current limit (verify before submitting) ## Output format ``` 【Scope】builds new theory, no data: yes / fix 【Format】double-spaced / abstract within limit / figures conceptual: pass / fix 【Anonymization】body + properties + filenames clean: yes / fix 【References】AOM style; recent conversation cited; all real: yes / fix 【Ethics】original, not under review, authorship correct: yes / fix 【Portal files】anonymized MS + title page + forms: complete / missing [...] 【Next step】await decision → amr-review-process; R&R → amr-rebuttal ``` ## Related resources - [`templates/manuscript_template.md`](templates/manuscript_template.md) — Standard AMR conceptual-article skeleton (puzzle intro, theory development, propositions, conceptual model, discussion) - [`templates/checklist.md`](templates/checklist.md) — 8-section pre-submission self-check (scope / format / anonymization / abstract / theory / figures / references / ethics & portal) - [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — Theory-building tools (citation mapping, reference managers, conceptual-diagram software, argument-logic aids)