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
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Portal: ScholarOne Manuscripts at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orsc.
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ORCID: required for the submitting author.
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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Abstract: ≤ 250 words.
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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
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.
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Primary move: Verify portal, article type, anonymity, declarations, files, data/code, and current source-map facts; return blockers before formatting advice.
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Decision ledger: return
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.
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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.
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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
