thedixitjain 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-checktemplates/manuscript_template.md— lightweight manuscript scaffold../../resources/official-source-map.md— official URLs and volatile facts
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → Organization-Studies-Skills/skills/orgstud-submission/SKILL.md