thedixitjain Submission Preflight (jms-submission)
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit on ScholarOne
- Unsure which files JMS expects (anonymised manuscript + separate title page)
- Confirming the manuscript meets double-blind anonymisation and house format
- Choosing the right article type (Original, Review, Point–CounterPoint, JMS Says)
Process facts (source map refreshed 2026-06; re-confirm on the official Wiley/SAMS pages)
- JMS is the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) journal, published by Wiley; content is hosted on Wiley Online Library (the journal home is
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14676486). The editorial office is at Durham University.(检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) - Submission portal: Wiley ScholarOne / Manuscript Central at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmstudies.
(检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) - Review model: double-blind. The manuscript must be fully anonymised (no author names, no identifying self-citations in the first person, no acknowledgements that reveal identity); author details go on a separate title page uploaded as a distinct file.
- Length: typically 10,000–13,000 words inclusive of tables, figures, and references; manuscripts substantially over (e.g., >15,000) may be returned for reduction before review.
(检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) - Abstract: ≤200 words; 4–6 keywords in alphabetical order.
(检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) - Article types: Original Articles, Review Articles, Special Issues, Point–CounterPoints (Point ~9,000–12,000 words; CounterPoint ~7,000 words, editorially curated), and JMS Says essays. Confirm the current set and length rules.
(检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) - No submission fee is charged at submission for standard articles; open-access APCs apply only if the author chooses OA at acceptance (Wiley hybrid). Do not treat any APC as a submission-time fee.
(verified 2026-06-22; re-verify the exact OA APC figure before submission) - General Editors (team-based; no single EiC): Johann Fortwengel, Corinne Post, and Kristina Potočnik (verified 2026-06-22 via Wiley/SAMS; re-verify before naming an editor in a cover letter).
Preflight checklist
Anonymisation (double-blind)
- Manuscript contains no author names, affiliations, or identifying acknowledgements
- Self-citations phrased in the third person ("Smith (2019) found…", not "in our prior work")
- File metadata/properties scrubbed of author identity
- Separate title page file with names, affiliations, ORCID, corresponding author, acknowledgements, and funding
Format & house style
- Double-spaced throughout, including notes and references
- Harvard author-date referencing; alphabetical reference list; page numbers for quotations
- Endnotes only (no footnotes), kept minimal
- Tables numbered with Roman numerals, figures with Arabic numerals; each exhibit self-sufficient
- UK or US English, consistent throughout
- Abstract ≤200 words; 4–6 alphabetical keywords
- Total length within the inclusive 10,000–13,000-word budget
Article type & declarations
- Correct article type selected on ScholarOne (Original / Review / Point–CounterPoint / JMS Says)
- AI use declared (including copy-editing) per current policy
- Data/transparency statement included if required for the design
- Confirmed the paper is not under review elsewhere; no AI listed as an author
Anti-patterns
- Submitting a manuscript that reveals authorship (first-person self-citations, acknowledgements, metadata)
- Wrong referencing style (numbered/APA instead of Harvard author-date)
- Forgetting that the word count is inclusive of tables/figures/references — then exceeding it
- Footnotes instead of endnotes; figures/tables mis-numbered against house style
- Treating a Point–CounterPoint or JMS Says as a normal Original Article
- Confusing an OA APC with a submission fee
Output format
【Anonymisation】no author identity in manuscript + separate title page? [Y/N]
【Referencing】Harvard author-date, alphabetical, double-spaced, endnotes only? [Y/N]
【Abstract】≤200 words + 4–6 alphabetical keywords? [Y/N]
【Length】within inclusive 10,000–13,000 words? [Y/N]
【Article type】Original / Review / Point–CounterPoint / JMS Says selected correctly? [Y/N]
【Declarations】AI use + data/transparency statement? [Y/N]
【Next step】submit via ScholarOne → jms-review-process for what to expect
Supplementary resources
templates/checklist.md— submission self-checktemplates/manuscript_template.md— lightweight manuscript scaffold../../resources/official-source-map.md— official URLs and volatile facts
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → Journal-of-Management-Studies-Skills/skills/jms-submission/SKILL.md