--- name: brycewang-stanford/advmat-submission source: https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-advmat-submission@1/SKILL.md source_sha256: b406e5419c84 --- # Advanced Materials Submission Preflight (advmat-submission) ## When to trigger - "Submitting tonight" — the last check before the upload button - You are unsure which files the Wiley submission system expects - You need to confirm the manuscript fits its article-type format - You want a single gate before handing off to peer review ## Pre-submission checklist ### Article type and format - [ ] Correct article type selected (Communication vs. Research Article) and content matches (see `advmat-length-management`) - [ ] Within the typeset page budget for that type (display items counted with text) - [ ] Prepared in the Wiley Advanced Materials template / accepted format - [ ] Communication: opening paragraph written to serve as the abstract; Research Article: short abstract (~200 words) + 3–7 keywords - [ ] SI units, consistent significant figures, all abbreviations and formulae defined ### Files - [ ] Main manuscript (with Experimental Section) + figures - [ ] All figure files at Wiley's required resolution/format (vector for line art; high-DPI raster for micrographs) - [ ] **Supporting Information** as a separate file, clearly labeled (see `advmat-supplementary`) - [ ] **Table-of-Contents (TOC) graphic + blurb** prepared to spec - [ ] Cover letter (see `advmat-cover-letter`) - [ ] Bibliography in current Wiley Advanced Materials reference style ### Metadata and identifiers - [ ] Title, abstract, author list entered consistently with the manuscript - [ ] **ORCID** provided for authors as required (corresponding author at minimum) - [ ] Affiliations and corresponding-author contact correct - [ ] Funding recorded per Wiley instructions - [ ] Data-availability statement and any required declarations present ### Authors and integrity - [ ] All authors meet authorship criteria and approved submission - [ ] Author contributions (CRediT) recorded if required - [ ] Originality / not-under-consideration-elsewhere confirmed - [ ] Prior preprint (ChemRxiv / arXiv) disclosed - [ ] Competing-interest statement provided - [ ] Ethics / biosafety statements included if biomaterials or animal/human-derived samples are involved ### Referees - [ ] Suggested referees entered (see `advmat-referee-strategy`) - [ ] Opposed referees entered with a brief, professional rationale ### Self-consistency - [ ] Every "see Supporting Information" / "Figure Sx" pointer resolves - [ ] Figure/scheme/table numbering continuous and matching in-text callouts - [ ] SI items use the S-prefix and are each cited from the main text - [ ] The main text stands alone without the SI (cross-check `advmat-supplementary`) ## Submission-system notes - Submit through Wiley's online submission system for Advanced Materials (verify the current portal — Wiley has been migrating journals to the Research Exchange / "ReX" platform); confirm account and ORCID requirements on the author page. - Color figures are free in Adv. Mater. (online and print) — but still budget figures against the page limit. - Keep the SI as a distinct upload, not appended to the main manuscript PDF. - Open access is optional: the OnlineOpen APC is high (on the order of ~US$6,000+ — confirm the live figure) and may be covered by a Wiley transformative/DEAL agreement for eligible institutions. - If transferred from another Wiley journal, check that the transfer carried the correct files and that the article type is right for Adv. Mater. ## Night-before dry run 1. **Clean typeset.** Build the manuscript in the Wiley template from scratch to catch the real page count and any broken references. 2. **Page-budget check.** Confirm it fits the article-type format with a margin (see `advmat-length-management`). 3. **Pointer audit.** Confirm every "Supporting Information" and "Figure Sx" callout resolves, and no S-item is uncited. 4. **Asset check.** TOC graphic + blurb ready; figures at required resolution; SI a separate file. 5. **Metadata dry-fill.** Draft the portal fields (title, abstract, keywords, ORCID, funders, declarations) in a text file so the live session is transcription, not composition. 6. **Freeze.** No content edits after the dry run; any change reopens the page-budget and pointer audits. ## Desk-return triggers to eliminate | Trigger | Why editors bounce it | |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | Wrong article type for the content | Routed off the intended track | | Missing / off-spec TOC graphic | Incomplete submission | | SI appended inside the main PDF | Breaks separate-SI production | | No benchmarking / incremental framing | Reads as specialist → desk reject | | Missing ORCID / declarations | Held in editorial screening | ## Anti-patterns - Discovering an overrun only when typeset at production - Uploading the SI glued onto the main manuscript PDF - Wrong article type (Communication vs. Research Article) for the content - Broken "see SI" cross-references after last-minute trimming - Forgetting the TOC graphic, ORCID, or a required declaration - Not disclosing a prior preprint ## Output format ``` 【Article type】Communication / Research Article — matches content? yes / fix 【Format】Wiley template; within page budget? yes / fix 【Files】manuscript / figures / SI / TOC graphic / cover letter / bib — all present? 【Metadata】ORCID + keywords + declarations? yes / fix 【Integrity】originality, preprint disclosure, competing interests, ethics 【Referees】suggested + opposed entered? yes / fix 【Stands alone】yes / fix 【Next】await reports → advmat-revision; plan referees → advmat-referee-strategy ``` ## Attached resources - [`templates/checklist.md`](templates/checklist.md) — full pre-submission self-check across article type / format / files / metadata / authors / referees / self-consistency - [`templates/manuscript_template.md`](templates/manuscript_template.md) — Adv. Mater. skeleton (title, abstract/opening, body, Experimental Section, figure/TOC budgeting, SI outline) - [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — characterization-analysis software, the DFT/simulation stack, figure tools, and data repositories > Portal (Research Exchange/ReX vs. legacy), file specs, TOC-graphic format, APC, and required statements are volatile — verify all on the official Wiley Advanced Materials author page before submitting.