| name | jais-submission |
| description | Use when running the final pre-submission preflight of a Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) manuscript — ManuscriptCentral portal, double-blind anonymization, the correct manuscript category and its length budget, the required SEM correlation/covariance matrix, the cover-letter elements (Senior Editor nomination, two suggested reviewers), and APA-6 formatting. Verifies readiness to submit; it does not polish prose (jais-writing-style) or interpret decisions (jais-review-process). |
Submission Preflight (jais-submission)
When to trigger
- "Submitting this week" — the last compliance pass before pressing submit
- Unsure which JAIS category to declare or whether you are within its length budget
- Need to confirm double-blind anonymization and APA-6 formatting are complete
- You want to avoid an administrative return before review
Submission channel and format facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
- Portal: submit online via ManuscriptCentral at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jais. JAIS is the flagship journal of the Association for Information Systems (AIS); ISSN 1536-9323.
- Review: double blind — authors are anonymous to reviewers and vice versa; avoid self-identifying language in the text and references.
- Reference style: APA 6th edition.
- Review-copy formatting: for the review version, double-space the document and use Times New Roman 12 pt.
- Body: "text, tables, and figures only"; the body must "function as a standalone document"; links/multimedia go in appendices; complex materials in separate files.
- Fees / OA: JAIS follows AIS Green Open Access (authors may self-archive with no embargo; articles free to AIS members); no article processing charge is stated. Copyright is transferred to AIS prior to publication.
Declare the right category and check the length budget
Self-select among JAIS's seven categories and confirm the budget (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准):
- Research Articles / Theory / Literature Reviews / Foundational Research — over ~15,000 words "are very likely to receive extra scrutiny… and may be returned to be shortened."
- Research Perspectives — approximately 10,000 words.
- Editorials — 6,000–8,000 words (typically invited).
- Policy and Impact — 5,000–7,000 words.
- Absolute ceiling: "Manuscripts that exceed 65 pages including everything will not be sent out for review."
Confirm the abstract word limit on the live style guide — it is 待核实 from the public format page.
Confirm the category one last time
The single most consequential field in the JAIS submission form is the category, because it determines the Senior Editor, the reviewer pool, and the bar. Re-confirm at submission that the declared category still matches the paper after all revisions: a paper that drifted from an empirical test toward a construct-development contribution should move from Research Article to Theory; a synthesis that grew a forward-looking theoretical payoff may now be a Literature Review. A category mismatch is the most avoidable cause of a fit-screen return — fix it here, not after a rejection.
Double-blind anonymization
Cover letter and data materials JAIS expects
Format & files check
Open-access and rights expectations to confirm before you submit
JAIS follows the AIS Green Open Access model: authors of accepted papers may self-archive the accepted version with no embargo, and articles are free to AIS members. There is no stated article processing charge, but copyright is transferred to AIS prior to publication via the Copyright Release form, with certain author rights retained. Confirm the current rights and OA terms on the policies page before submitting, and make sure your coauthors and any funder mandates are compatible with green self-archiving rather than gold OA. These are policy facts that shift, so treat specifics as 待核实 at submission time.
Anti-patterns
- Submitting through the wrong portal — JAIS uses ManuscriptCentral, not an INFORMS or Wiley system.
- Declaring "Research Article" for a construct-development paper (route to the Theory category).
- Omitting the required SEM correlation/covariance matrix and descriptives.
- Leaving self-identifying citations or acknowledgments in a double-blind file.
- Exceeding 65 pages or sitting well past ~15,000 words without a category justification.
Output format
【Portal/format】ManuscriptCentral; double-spaced TNR 12pt; APA 6th: ready
【Category/length】declared category within budget; ≤65pp: yes/trim
【Anonymity】no identifying info; neutral self-cites: yes/fix
【Cover letter】SE nomination + two suggested reviewers + history: ready
【SEM matrix + data】correlation/covariance + descriptives; anonymized data on request: ready/gaps
【Body standalone】text/tables/figures only; appendices separate: yes/fix
【Source status】verified URL / 待核实 (abstract limit)
【Next skill】jais-review-process
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