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name: orgsci-submission description: Use when preparing the final Organization Science submission package — the ScholarOne preflight covering the cover-letter contribution case, double-blind manuscript preparation, the all-inclusive ~50-page length norm, the separate standalone anonymized appendix, abstract/keyword and ORCID requirements, INFORMS formatting, transparency checklist, and the optional post-acceptance open-access option.

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

• Portal: ScholarOne Manuscripts at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orsc.
• ORCID: required for the submitting author.
• 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

1. 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.
2. 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

• 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).
• 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.
• Abstract: ≤ 250 words.
• 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

• Cover-letter contribution case prepared and aligned with the abstract
• Main manuscript fully anonymized (names, affiliations, acknowledgements, self-cites)
• Separate anonymized standalone appendix prepared
• Within the all-inclusive ~50-page norm (12-pt, double-spaced, 1-inch margins)
• Abstract ≤ 250 words; 3-10 keywords supplied
• INFORMS author-date style; no Helvetica Narrow; PDF/Word
• ORCID linked for the submitting author
• Transparency checklist complete; data/code sharing or exception plan ready
• Open-access (IOO) understood as optional and post-acceptance only

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.

• Primary move: Verify portal, article type, anonymity, declarations, files, data/code, and current source-map facts; return blockers before formatting advice.
• Decision ledger: return claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.
• 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.
• 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