Instruction to authors

A manuscript should be submitted electronically in MS Word (download template here) or LaTex (use Overleaf template or download template here) through the OSCM Journal Submission System. Upon acceptance, please use the OSCM Journal final-version two-column template to prepare your camera-ready manuscript. In case of any problem with the submission, please contact the OSCM Journal Help Desk at [email protected] or OSCM Journal Editors at [email protected]. Once received, it will be reviewed by the editor handling the submission for suitability. If further review is deemed appropriate, the manuscript will be sent to 2 or more reviewers, otherwise it may be rejected by the editor. The journal employs a blind review process.

When preparing your manuscript, please follow the guidelines below:

A. Scope and Submission

1. We publish high quality papers that contribute significantly to theory and / or practice. Articles may be of any type: literature review, research papers, case studies, or short communications.
2. The paper submitted for consideration for publication in the OSCM Journal is not copyrighted, accepted or under review in other journals.
3. Authors are encouraged but not required to provide a cover letter for their manuscript. In the cover letter, authors may include a statement that the paper is an original contribution and is not under consideration in other journal. Statement of funding may also be included.

B. Manuscript Preparation

4. A separate title page should include the title, author names, affiliations, addresses, ORCID iDs, and e-mails. The abstract should be no more than 250 words with 3 to 6 keywords. The main manuscript file must be fully anonymized: remove author names, affiliations, and any identifying information from the body, headers, footers, and file metadata. Self-citations should be handled carefully to avoid revealing authorship (e.g., cite in the third person).
5. The abstract of one paragraph length should not contain formulas and references. It should explain the background of the study, the research process / method, and the major findings.
6. Manuscripts may be prepared in MS Word or LaTeX (using the journal's provided templates). Use 12-point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing throughout, single column, with 1-inch (2.54 cm) margins on all sides. Pages should be numbered consecutively.
7. The length of the manuscript should not exceed 8,000 words, including abstract, tables, figures, references, and appendices (approximately 32 pages).
8. The use of footnotes and end-notes should be avoided.

C. Structure and Content

9. The Introduction should emphasize the research background and motivation, the research gap, and the objectives of the study. Author(s) should be able to position the current paper within the existing literature in the field. It is therefore important that the introduction is well connected to the existing literature.
10. The literature review may or may not be put as a separate section, but it is important to link the paper to the existing literature.
11. The discussion of results should focus on interpretation rather than repeating information from the Results section. Authors are encouraged to: (a) link findings back to existing literature for comparison, (b) articulate theoretical and practical / managerial implications, (c) acknowledge limitations of the study, and (d) suggest directions for future research.
12. Equations should be numbered.
13. Section headings should be in bold. Subheadings should also be in bold with introductory paragraphs separating the headings/subheadings.
14. Tables should present useful information and not merely duplicate what is in the text. Tables should be numbered. The caption should be clear enough to represent what is presented in the table. Please supply editable files (for example, tables should not be put in the form of a picture).
15. All figures and tables should have clear captions and inserted directly in the body of the paper (NOT listed in the back of the paper).
16. Authors may submit supplementary materials (e.g., additional analyses, proofs, survey instruments, datasets) as separate files. Supplementary materials will be made available online alongside the article if accepted.

D. Citations and References

17. Starting in 2025, the OSCM Journal uses APA citation format. Please use the official APA guidelines for reference.
18. In the text, references should be cited by the author(s) surname(s) and the year of publication (e.g. White, 2018). References with two authors should be cited with both surnames (e.g. White and Lee, 2018). References with three or more authors should be cited with the first author followed by et al. (in italics; e.g. White et al., 2018).
19. All citations and references should be checked for accuracy and completeness. Any missing, unused, or nonexistent references should be corrected and can be a basis for rejection of the manuscript.
20. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain appropriate permissions from copyright owners or authorities of any copyrighted materials from outside parties that are used in the paper.

E. Publication Ethics

21. A paper submitted to OSCM Journal must adhere to publication ethics in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. The paper must be free from plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification. Authors are encouraged to pre-check their manuscript using plagiarism detection software (e.g., Turnitin, iThenticate) prior to submission. In the case of multiple authors, all authors must be aware of and approve the submission.
22. Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the research or its interpretation. A Conflict of Interest statement should be included before the list of references (after Acknowledgements, if any).
23. If the research involves human participants (e.g., surveys, interviews, experiments), authors must state that appropriate ethical approval was obtained and include the approval reference number. Informed consent procedures should be described. If ethical approval was not required, authors should state this and explain why.
24. Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement indicating whether the data supporting the findings are available, and if so, where they can be accessed. While not required, making datasets (or anonymized versions) available in a public repository is strongly encouraged to support reproducibility.
25. The use of AI-assisted tools (e.g., large language models, AI writing assistants) in the preparation of the manuscript must be disclosed in the cover letter or acknowledgement section, specifying the tool used and the nature of its contribution. In accordance with COPE guidelines, AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of all content, including any AI-assisted portions.
26. For multi-author papers, an Author Contribution Statement using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) framework is encouraged.
27. Acknowledgement, if any, should be placed before the list of references. When the paper is written as part of a funded research, the source of funding must be acknowledged.

F. Revision and Resubmission

28. Submission of the revised manuscript should be accompanied by a detailed response letter outlining how each reviewer comment has been addressed point-by-point. The revised paper should highlight modified or revised parts using tracked changes (in Word) or a different font color.
29. A rejected or desk-rejected manuscript is automatically released from the review process and can be resubmitted to other journals.

Updated: Mar 1st, 2026