orgsci-contribution-framing
Use when drafting the mandatory <500-word contribution statement and the discussion section for an Organization Science manuscript — articulating the overall contribution to organization research from any of the journal's accepted sources, not novelty for its own sake. This is the single most decisive skill for desk-survival at this venue.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill orgsci-contribution-framing --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Contribution Framing & the Contribution Statement (orgsci-contribution-framing) ## When to trigger - You are preparing to submit and need the mandatory contribution statement - A senior editor said "interesting, but the contribution is not clear" - Your discussion restates results without saying what organization research learns - You are defaulting to a "novelty" pitch and need a stronger frame ## The mandatory contribution statement (required since June 1, 2023) Organization Science requires a **contribution statement of under 500 words in the cover letter**, read by the **Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editor during desk review alongside the abstract** but **not** seen by reviewers. Submissions without it are returned for revision before editorial review, so treat it as a gating document. In under 500 words it must articulate, plainly, the **novel contribution to organization research**: what we did not understand about organizations before this paper, and now do. ## Frame around overall contribution, not novelty The editorial philosophy is explicit: **"theoretical novelty is neither necessary nor sufficient,"** and overall contribution outweighs novelty. Identify which **source(s
- When to trigger
- The mandatory contribution statement (required since June 1, 2023)
- Frame around overall contribution, not novelty
- Write the discussion to match
- Anti-patterns
- Contribution pass for Organization Science
- Output format
What does the orgsci-contribution-framing skill do?
Use when drafting the mandatory <500-word contribution statement and the discussion section for an Organization Science manuscript — articulating the overall contribution to organization research from any of the journal's accepted sources, not novelty for its own sake. This is the single most decisive skill for desk-survival at this venue.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill orgsci-contribution-framing --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.