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newms-submission
GitHub用于New Media & Society期刊投稿前的最终预检。检查字数、摘要、关键词、匿名化处理、引用格式及伦理声明等合规性，生成文件清单，不代写内容。
触发场景
准备向Sage Track提交NM&S稿件前
执行最终格式、长度和策略合规性审查时
组装Sage Track所需的文件包时
安装
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill newms-submission -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "newms-submission",
"description": "Use for the final preflight before submitting a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript via Sage Track — word target, abstract, keywords, masking, SAGE Harvard referencing, ethics statement, and ORCID. Runs the checklist; it does not draft content."
}
Submission Preflight (newms-submission)
The last gate before upload. NM&S submits through Sage Track at
mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nms. This skill is a mechanical preflight: format, length, masking, and the
ethics/data statements that an anonymous, ethics-attentive interdisciplinary journal expects. Verify
every upload-field prompt on the live SAGE author-instructions page because details can change,
especially across the 2026 editorial transition. As of 2026-06-22, Steve Jones is stepping down as
Editor in June 2026 and the successor Editor(s) had not yet been publicly announced — treat all
editor-specific guidance as live-check material and confirm the current masthead before submitting.
When to trigger
- The manuscript is written and analyses are final; you are about to upload
- Doing a final masking, length, and policy compliance sweep
- Assembling the file set Sage Track will ask for
Hard preflight checklist
- Word target 8,000 — all text including notes, references, tables, and charts. Submissions more than a few hundred words over the target are not considered. Report your count.
- Abstract 150 words, unstructured, stating purpose, approach, and findings.
- Keywords — at least 4, after the abstract.
- Masked for anonymous review — no author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or self-identifying phrasing in the manuscript; provide a separate title page. You may self-cite without naming yourself. (Confirm current masking format on the live page.)
- SAGE Harvard referencing — author-date in text, alphabetical reference list; consistent.
- Research-ethics statement — IRB/ethics approval, consent, anonymization, and (if used) scraping
method/ToS handled per
newms-transparency-and-data. - Data-availability statement — what is/ isn't shared and why, consistent with consent/ToS.
- ORCID ID for the submitting author; coauthors should link ORCID IDs before acceptance.
- Exhibits anonymized — screenshots redacted, quotes reverse-search-resistant.
- Figures/tables legible, self-contained, and counted toward the word target.
File set (typical Sage Track; confirm at upload)
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
| Anonymized manuscript | masked, with abstract, keywords, body, references, tables/figures |
| Title page (separate) | authors, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding, corresponding-author contact, word count |
| Figures (if separate) | high-resolution, captioned |
| Supplementary (if any) | clearly limited; not a dumping ground to evade the word target |
| Cover letter (if invited) | brief fit statement; not required to argue the whole case |
Volatile specifics to verify
Confirm Sage Track upload fields, optional open-access fee details, and the current masthead on the
live SAGE pages. See ../../resources/official-source-map.md
for the 2026-06-20 official-source baseline.
Worked micro-example (illustrative)
Preflight on a digital-ethnography paper:
- Count: 8,240 words incl. refs/tables → over target; cut a redundant quote table + trim lit review.
- Masking: removed "in our prior fieldwork (Author 2023)" → "in prior fieldwork (Author 2023)".
- Ethics statement: IRB ref + paraphrased-quotes note added; ToS for scraped posts disclosed.
- Data statement: "Coding scheme + code available; identifiable data withheld per consent and platform ToS."
- Result: within target, masked, ethics + data statements present → ready for Sage Track.
Calibration anchors
- The word target is all-inclusive and firm. References and tables count; being a few hundred over can mean no review.
- Mask before you upload. One self-identifying phrase can compromise anonymous review.
- Ethics + data statements are not optional polish at an online-data journal — write them deliberately.
Anti-patterns
- Submitting over the word target because "tables shouldn't count" (they do)
- An unmasked manuscript or a forgotten self-identifying acknowledgment
- Mixed or non-SAGE-Harvard references
- No research-ethics or data-availability statement on a platform-data study
- Trusting remembered limits instead of the live page during the editorial transition
Output format
【Length】words incl. notes/refs/tables vs. 8,000 target [count]
【Abstract / keywords】150 words / ≥4 keywords? [Y/N]
【Masked】no identifying info; separate title page? [Y/N]
【Referencing】SAGE Harvard, consistent? [Y/N]
【Ethics + data statements】present and accurate? [Y/N]
【Live check】Sage Track fields, OA choices, and masthead checked? [Y/N]
【Next】newms-rebuttal (after a decision)
Supplementary resources
templates/checklist.md— the copy-paste submission preflight checklist../../resources/official-source-map.md— portal, limits, masking, referencing facts
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