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name: orgstud-submission
description: Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Organization Studies (OS) via ScholarOne — double-anonymization, the 13,000-word cap, the 300-word unstructured abstract, the keyword rule, and SAGE house format. Final checks; it does not draft content.
---

# Submission Preflight (orgstud-submission)

## When to trigger

- "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit on ScholarOne
- Unsure which files and fields the OS ScholarOne form expects
- Confirming the manuscript is properly anonymized for double-anonymized review
- Checking length, abstract, and keyword rules against OS's actual limits

## Process facts (source map refreshed 2026-06; re-confirm on the SAGE OS and EGOS pages)

- OS is published by **SAGE for EGOS** (founded 1980; ISSN 0170-8406 print / 1741-3044 online; monthly; FT50 generalist-management list). Submission is via **ScholarOne Manuscripts** at `mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orgstudies`.
- **Review model: double-anonymized** — both author and reviewer identities are concealed. This drives the whole preflight: the manuscript must carry **no identifying information**, and author details go on a **separate title page** uploaded as a distinct file (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
- **Length: ≤13,000 words including references and appendices** (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). This is generous by US standards and signals OS's tolerance for discursive, theoretically-developed prose — but the cap is inclusive of references/appendices, which surprises authors.
- **Abstract: unstructured, ≤300 words** (not a structured abstract) (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
- **Keywords: 5–7**, with **four selected from the OS ScholarOne keyword list** and the remainder free (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
- **Referencing: SAGE Harvard** (author–date) house style (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
- Managing editor (EGOS office): Sophia Tzagaraki (osofficek@gmail.com); co-editors-in-chief Renate Meyer and Paolo Quattrone (re-verified 2026-06-22; note that older infobox listings naming Daniel Hjorth refer to a *former* co-EiC — confirm the live SAGE masthead before naming an editor).
- **No submission fee.** Open-access/APC exact terms are **待核实** — confirm the OA option and any charge on the SAGE OS page before relying on them (checked 2026-06-22).

## Preflight checklist

### Anonymization (double-anonymized review)
- [ ] Manuscript file contains **no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or funding** that identify authors
- [ ] **Self-citations neutralized** (cite in third person; no "as we showed in...")
- [ ] Document properties / file metadata stripped of author identity
- [ ] Separate **title page** uploaded with full author details, affiliations, acknowledgements
- [ ] Site/organization identities masked if confidentiality requires (state the masking)

### Format & length
- [ ] Total **≤13,000 words including references and appendices**
- [ ] **Unstructured abstract ≤300 words**
- [ ] **5–7 keywords**, four from the OS ScholarOne list
- [ ] **SAGE Harvard** referencing throughout
- [ ] Figures/tables prepared to SAGE artwork specs; legible in greyscale
- [ ] Effect magnitudes/CIs interpreted (quant); data structure + process figures present (qual)

### Declarations & policy
- [ ] Not under review elsewhere; original work; AI not listed as an author (per SAGE policy)
- [ ] Ethics/consent statements for fieldwork; data-availability statement as required
- [ ] Conflict-of-interest and funding statement prepared (on the title page, not the blinded file)
- [ ] OA option / any APC checked on the SAGE OS page (待核实)

## Anti-patterns

- Leaving author-identifying self-citations or acknowledgements in the blinded manuscript
- Treating the 13,000-word cap as excluding references/appendices (it does not)
- Submitting a structured abstract or exceeding 300 words
- Fewer than four keywords from the OS ScholarOne list
- Putting funding/COI in the blinded file instead of the title page
- Assuming an APC applies (or doesn't) without checking — mark 待核实

## Output format

```text
【Anonymization】no author info in manuscript; self-cites neutral; separate title page? [Y/N]
【Length】≤13,000 words incl. refs/appendices? [Y/N]
【Abstract】unstructured ≤300 words? [Y/N]
【Keywords】5–7, four from OS ScholarOne list? [Y/N]
【Referencing】SAGE Harvard? [Y/N]
【Declarations】ethics / data / COI / funding on title page? [Y/N]
【Next step】submit via ScholarOne → orgstud-review-process for what to expect
```

## Supplementary resources

- [`templates/checklist.md`](templates/checklist.md) — submission self-check
- [`templates/manuscript_template.md`](templates/manuscript_template.md) — lightweight manuscript scaffold
- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — official URLs and volatile facts