orgsci-submission - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: orgsci-submission description: Use when preparing the final Organization Science submission package — the ScholarOne preflight covering the cover-letter contribution case, double-blind manuscript preparation, the all-inclusive ~50-page length norm, the separate standalone anonymized appendix, abstract/keyword and ORCID requirements, INFORMS formatting, transparency checklist, and the optional post-acceptance open-access option.

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.

Submission-critical documents

Cover-letter contribution case. The cover letter is viewed by the EIC and Senior Editor but not by reviewers. Use it to articulate the contribution to organization research in a concise block that complements the abstract. Draft it with orgsci-contribution-framing.
Fully anonymized main manuscript. The submission guidelines require double-blind preparation: remove names, affiliations, and acknowledgements, and write self-citations in the third person or in another neutral form.

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.

Transparency and integrity

For submissions on or after 2025-08-01, certify compliance with Organization Science's Data and Methods Transparency Policy and upload the transparency checklist where required.
Provide enough setting, data, methods, and analytic detail to permit replication.
Quantitative and theoretical-code papers should be ready to share code upon editor request during review; accepted quantitative papers must publicly share data/code unless a documented exception and alternative transparency plan applies.
Disclose AI/AI-assisted technology use, overlapping data or papers, COI, ethics/IRB issues, and any conference co-review status.

Preflight checklist

Cover-letter contribution case prepared and aligned with the abstract
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; 3-10 keywords supplied
INFORMS author-date style; no Helvetica Narrow; PDF/Word
ORCID linked for the submitting author
Transparency checklist complete; data/code sharing or exception plan ready
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.
Submission-ready gate: before final advice, re-open resources/official-source-map.md for upload-week rules and name the one live-check item that could change the recommendation.

Output format

【Portal】ScholarOne mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orsc; ORCID set
【Gating docs】cover-letter contribution case ✓ ; main ms anonymized ✓
【Length】≤ ~50 pp all-inclusive; heavy material in standalone anonymized appendix
【Abstract/format】≤250 words; 3-10 keywords; author-date; no Helvetica Narrow
【Transparency】checklist complete; code/data sharing or exception plan ready
【Next step】orgsci-review-process