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name: orgsci-submission
description: Use when preparing the final Organization Science submission package — the ScholarOne preflight covering the mandatory <500-word contribution statement, double-anonymous anonymization, the all-inclusive ~50-page length norm, the separate standalone anonymized appendix, abstract and ORCID requirements, INFORMS formatting, and the optional post-acceptance open-access option.
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# Submission Preflight (orgsci-submission)

## When to trigger

- You are ready to submit and need a final checklist
- You are unsure what files Organization Science / ScholarOne expects
- You need to confirm anonymization and length before upload

## Where and how

- **Portal:** ScholarOne Manuscripts at **mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orsc**.
- **ORCID:** required for the **submitting author**.
- **Fees:** there is **no mandatory submission or publication fee**. Open access is **optional** via the INFORMS Open Option (IOO), a **post-acceptance APC of US$3,000** that has **no bearing on the peer-review decision** — never select it expecting to influence review.

## The two gating documents

1. **Contribution statement (mandatory since June 1, 2023).** A **<500-word** statement in the **cover letter** articulating the novel contribution to organization research, read by the **EIC and Senior Editor** during desk review (alongside the abstract) but **not** by reviewers. **Submissions without it are returned for revision before editorial review** — do not omit it. (Draft it with `orgsci-contribution-framing`.)
2. **Fully anonymized main manuscript.** Double-anonymous review requires removing names, affiliations, and acknowledgements, and writing self-citations in the third person or suppressing them.

## Length and files

- **Length norm:** strive for **under 50 pages of double-spaced 12-pt text (or 40 pages 11-pt)**, **1-inch margins, all-inclusive**. No rigid universal hard cap, but editors may **desk-reject excessively long submissions** (with an option to resubmit shorter).
- **Separate appendix:** submitted as a **separate anonymized standalone document** "for review," meant for **online supplementary posting**, not main-text publication. Move heavy robustness material there.
- **Abstract:** **≤ 250 words**.
- **Format:** INFORMS author-date citations; double-spaced; 1-inch margins; Garamond/Times-New-Roman-like fonts (**no Helvetica Narrow**); PDF or MS Word.

## Replicability and integrity

- Provide enough detail and references to **permit replication**; be prepared to provide raw data on request and to retain data after publication. (No mandatory code-and-data deposit, unlike Management Science.)
- Confirm current COI, ethics/AI, and conference-overlap policies live — these can change.

## Preflight checklist

- [ ] Contribution statement < 500 words in the cover letter
- [ ] Main manuscript fully anonymized (names, affiliations, acknowledgements, self-cites)
- [ ] Separate anonymized standalone appendix prepared
- [ ] Within the all-inclusive ~50-page norm (12-pt, double-spaced, 1-inch margins)
- [ ] Abstract ≤ 250 words; keywords supplied (count 待核实)
- [ ] INFORMS author-date style; no Helvetica Narrow; PDF/Word
- [ ] ORCID linked for the submitting author
- [ ] Replication detail sufficient; data retained and available on request
- [ ] Open-access (IOO) understood as optional and post-acceptance only


## Submission readiness pass for Organization Science

Use this as a second-pass capability check. First lock a level map, a mechanism paragraph, and the cover-letter contribution statement; then test whether the manuscript addresses interdisciplinary organization reviewers who ask whether the mechanism travels across levels of analysis.

- **Primary move:** Verify portal, article type, anonymity, declarations, files, data/code, and current source-map facts; return blockers before formatting advice.
- **Decision ledger:** return `claim / evidence / blocker / next edit` rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.
- **Neighbor test:** compare against AMJ for empirical management framing, ASQ for organization-theory depth, Management Science for formal/quantitative operations; if the neighboring outlet has the stronger audience claim, recommend re-routing before polishing.
- **Verification floor:** before submission-ready advice, re-open `resources/official-source-map.md` for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.

## Output format

```
【Portal】ScholarOne mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orsc; ORCID set
【Gating docs】<500-word contribution statement ✓ ; main ms anonymized ✓
【Length】≤ ~50 pp all-inclusive; heavy material in standalone anonymized appendix
【Abstract/format】≤250 words; author-date; no Helvetica Narrow
【Live checks】keywords count, R&R window, COI/AI policy (待核实)
【Next step】orgsci-review-process
```