Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for an Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS) manuscript — Editorial Manager files (anonymized manuscript, separate title page, declarations), Elsevier policies (competing interests, AI, ethics), and open-access decisions. Checks readiness to submit; it does not handle the post-decision response (aos-rebuttal).
SkillScore91Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 20 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 22 without it.
Without skill68%
With skill91%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The response provides the URL editorialmanager.com/AOS.
The output includes editorialmanager.com/AOS under portal information.
The output includes editorialmanager.com/AOS as the portal destination.
and 4 more in the full report
5 fixed15 passed either way2 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+23 pp
Tokens
+51%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-24%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v120 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 5
Prompt
We are writing a cover letter to the Editors-in-Chief of Accounting, Organizations and Society. Who currently serves as the Editors-in-Chief of the journal?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The response names Marcia Annisette, Martin Messner, and Hun-Tong Tan as Editors-in-Chief.
Missed
Passed
case-12 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md69 lines3 files
Pre-Submission Preflight (aos-submission)
When to trigger
"We're submitting this week" — the last pass before Editorial Manager
Unsure which files AOS's portal expects or how anonymization is enforced
Deciding on the open-access option and its cost
Declarations (competing interests, funding, AI, ethics) still unassembled
Volatile facts below were checked on 2026-07-16 against the official ScienceDirect/Elsevier AOS pages. Portals, editors, and policies change — re-open the current Guide for Authors (sciencedirect.com/journal/accounting-organizations-and-society/publish/guide-for-authors) before uploading.
Verified AOS specs (re-check current values)
Publisher / identity: Elsevier; ISSN 0361-3682; founded by Anthony Hopwood (launched 1976).
Submission portal: Editorial Manager at editorialmanager.com/AOS — fully online; the system builds the review PDF from your uploaded source files.
Review model:double-anonymized — the manuscript file must contain no author-identifying information; identity lives on the separate title page.
Editors-in-Chief (verified 2026-07-16): Marcia Annisette, Martin Messner, Hun-Tong Tan — confirm the masthead on the journal homepage before writing any editor-specific cover letter.
Length: no fixed word cap published in the Guide for Authors as of the check date; long interpretive papers are normal. Re-check on the official site rather than assuming.
Fees: no submission fee is charged by Elsevier journals of this type as of the check date (re-check); publishing is free under the subscription route. Open access is optional (hybrid): the APC is journal-specific and personalized at submission — confirm the current amount in the OA options page / submission system before electing gold OA.
Special calls: the journal runs conference and special-issue tracks in Editorial Manager (e.g., the 50th-anniversary conference used a dedicated "Conference submission" article type) — select the correct article type deliberately.
Editorial Manager file set
Anonymized manuscript — no names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or self-identifying citations; file name and document metadata scrubbed
Separate title page — title, all authors and affiliations, corresponding-author contact, acknowledgments, funding sources
Declaration of competing interests (Elsevier declaration tool / statement) — completed even if "none"
Tables and figures per current artwork instructions (editable tables; figure files at required resolution)
Highlights / abstract elements if the current guide requests them — verify, do not assume
Optional but wise: cover letter stating fit with AOS's interdisciplinary mission in two or three sentences
Supplementary material (instruments, appendices, online-only exhibits) as separate files
Policy declarations (Elsevier-wide, enforced at AOS)
Ethics: human-participant work (interviews, experiments, surveys) reports institutional approval and informed consent in the manuscript; documentation retained for editor request
Generative AI: any use in writing declared in a statement per Elsevier policy; AI is never an author
Originality: not under review elsewhere; overlapping working papers/conference versions disclosed in the cover letter
Authorship: all authors approved the submission; CRediT-style contribution info ready if requested
Data statement: what can and cannot be shared (field data usually restricted by consent/anonymity — say so plainly rather than silently omitting)