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

【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 — submission self-check
• templates/manuscript_template.md — lightweight manuscript scaffold
• ../../resources/official-source-map.md — official URLs and volatile facts