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This skill polishes scientific prose for manuscripts targeting top-tier journals like Nature Geoscience. It ensures the writing is highly accessible to non-specialists, while simultaneously maintaining rigorous scientific and methodological precision. It focuses on eliminating jargon, condensing wordy phrasing, adopting active voice, and calibrating all claims accurately to the presented evidence and uncertainty.

A comprehensive guide detailing how to properly categorize and structure supplementary content for major academic conference submissions, such as NSDI. It outlines the rules for the four distinct containers (Body, References, Appendices, Auxiliary Material), helping authors determine if evidence is required for judging a claim (Body), merely supportive (Appendix), or critical for online review (Auxiliary). It also covers best practices for revision packets.

This guide outlines the rigorous standards for writing top-tier distributed systems conference papers. It details the mandatory narrative arc—moving from an operational pain point to a named design principle—and emphasizes that every claim must be supported by precise, measured evidence (e.g., percentiles and specific workloads) rather than relying on superlatives or vague adjectives. It also provides guidance on structuring the argument, budgeting page space, and designing figures as core evidence.

A specialized guide for authors preparing manuscripts for top-tier academic journals. This skill teaches how to structure and write the mandatory contribution statement (under 500 words), focusing on articulating the paper's overall contribution to the field rather than simply claiming novelty. It covers identifying the source of contribution (e.g., new data, mechanism, theory) and aligning the discussion section to match the high-stakes claim made in the statement.

A comprehensive guide for selecting and defending appropriate research designs—including qualitative, quantitative, experimental, and computational methods—for organizational science manuscripts. It emphasizes matching the method to the theoretical contribution and level of analysis, rather than solely focusing on causal identification. Learn how to structure your argument, ensure transparency, and build robust mechanism evidence.

This skill guides authors in sharpening and articulating the single theoretical contribution of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript. It teaches how to elevate empirical findings into actionable theoretical moves—such as new mechanisms or reconceptualized constructs—required to pass high-level academic review. It ensures the contribution is stated consistently across the abstract, introduction, and discussion sections.

A comprehensive guide for selecting and justifying research designs in Organization Studies. It covers rigorous standards for both qualitative (ethnographic, process, historical) and quantitative approaches. The core principle emphasized is that the design must directly illuminate the underlying organizational mechanism or process, not just measure endpoints.

A comprehensive guide for constructing rigorous and auditable exhibits (tables and figures) in academic manuscripts, particularly for Organization Studies and process modeling. Learn how to structure data-to-theory evidence tables, process models with explicit mechanisms, and data structure figures to allow reviewers to clearly trace the inference from raw data to theoretical constructs, significantly enhancing the paper's methodological rigor.

This guide helps researchers evaluate whether a raw phenomenon or empirical question meets the high theoretical standards required by top-tier academic journals like Organization Studies (OS). It diagnoses whether a topic is theoretically generative, processual, and engages with social theory, guiding the user to refine the focus from mere description to a core theoretical contribution.

A comprehensive guide for rigorously positioning an Operations Research (OR) manuscript against prior art. It teaches authors to move beyond vague 'gap' statements by constructing a precise, technical delta against 3-5 closest papers. Focus areas include weakening assumptions, improving bounds, enhancing algorithmic complexity, and defining new operational regimes, often presented in a structured comparison table to satisfy technical reviewers.

A comprehensive guide to the Operations Research (OR) academic publishing review process. This guide explains the departmental editorial routing, the soft double-anonymous review model, and how to interpret complex decision letters (Reject, Major/Minor Revision, Accept). It details the roles of Area and Associate Editors, and provides actionable strategies for authors to strengthen their technical contributions and respond effectively to reviewer feedback.

A comprehensive guide for researchers positioning academic work within the pervasive and ubiquitous computing literature (e.g., PerCom, MobiCom). It teaches the critical 'delta-first' method, instructing authors to highlight their unique contribution and novelty contrast against the nearest prior work, rather than simply listing citations. Essential for proving field command and eligibility.