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Information Systems Research (ISR) Skills
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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at Information Systems Research (ISR) — the INFORMS quarterly at the intersection of technology, organizations, economics, and society, and a member of the IS field's Senior Scholars' Basket of Eight.
This repository is opinionated. It is not a generic "IS writing" toolbox. It is an ISR-specific stack built around ISR's defining identity: a sociotechnical and intradisciplinary mission that houses both rigorous behavioral/empirical research and analytical economic, econometric, and design-science modeling as co-equal first-class genres under one cover. It covers fit-driven topic selection, behavioral or analytical mechanism building, literature positioning that bridges IS silos, multimethod research design and analysis, the mandatory ~500-word contribution statement, INFORMS house-style exhibits and prose, ScholarOne submission with required editor/reviewer nominations, the Senior-Editor-led review process, and R&R rebuttals.
Durable norms first. Current page limits, nomination counts, review model, ORCID requirement, and Open Option fee were refreshed from official INFORMS pages on 2026-06-20. Always re-check the live ISR submission guidelines before uploading.
Why a Separate ISR Skill Stack?
ISR imposes constraints that differ materially from single-paradigm or generic management journals:
| Constraint | Information Systems Research (ISR) | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | IS at the tech–organization–economy–society intersection | IT-as-wallpaper / generic reference-discipline papers are off-fit |
| Core identity | Sociotechnical and intradisciplinary ("bridging IS silos") | Single-paradigm contributions are weaker than silo-bridging ones |
| Genres | Behavioral empirical and analytical/economic & design-science, co-equal | The skill must serve modeling and behavioral work equally |
| IT artifact | Must do load-bearing theoretical work | If any tool would do, it is not yet an IS contribution |
| Length | 32 pages of text, 38 pages total; overflow → electronic companion | Tighter than many peers; proofs/items go online |
| Abstract | 300 words maximum | Lead with the contribution |
| Review | Double-anonymized; Senior-Editor-led with an EIC fit gate | Reviewers advise; the SE decides |
| Cover letter | ~500-word contribution statement (since June 1, 2023) + editor/reviewer nominations | Boilerplate or missing statements are returned |
| Format | Double-spaced, ≥11-pt, 1-inch margins; INFORMS author-date style | Verify current specifics |
| Publisher | INFORMS (OR/economics lineage), quarterly | An OR/economics heritage uncommon among behavioral journals |
Generic "scientific writing" or "social-science methods" packs do not address these constraints.
Quick Start
Option A — Claude Code Plugin (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/isr-skills
/plugin install isr-skills
/reload-pluginsOption B — Manual Copy
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/isr-skills.git
cd isr-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/isr-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/isr-* ~/.codex/skills/First Prompt
Use isr-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my ISR manuscript.Default Workflow
isr-topic-selection
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isr-theory-development
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isr-literature-positioning
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isr-methods
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isr-data-analysis
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isr-contribution-framing
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isr-tables-figures
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isr-writing-style (polish)
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isr-submission
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isr-review-process
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isr-rebuttalisr-workflow is the router — it tells you which skill to use next based on where you are, and on whether your paper is behavioral, analytical, design-science, or multimethod.
Skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
isr-workflow | Router — decides which sub-skill to invoke next; knows ISR's co-equal genres |
isr-topic-selection | Sociotechnical/intradisciplinary fit test + genre choice (vs MISQ/JMIS/MS) |
isr-theory-development | Behavioral hypotheses or analytical propositions, centered on the IT artifact |
isr-literature-positioning | Joining an IS conversation; bridging behavioral/economic/design-science silos |
isr-methods | Matching genre (behavioral/analytical/DSR/multimethod) to the question |
isr-data-analysis | Identification & validity (empirical), proof discipline (analytical), DSR evaluation |
isr-contribution-framing | Explicit contribution to IS + the mandatory ~500-word contribution statement |
isr-tables-figures | INFORMS-style exhibits; main-text vs electronic-companion split under the page cap |
isr-writing-style | Front-loaded contribution, intuition-before-algebra, INFORMS author-date style |
isr-submission | ScholarOne preflight: anonymization, contribution statement, editor nominations |
isr-review-process | The EIC fit gate and Senior-Editor-led process; reading a decision letter |
isr-rebuttal | Multi-round R&R revision and point-by-point response to the SE |
Resources
resources/external_tools.md— IS data sources (platform/trace data, Compustat/CiTDB, Qualtrics/Prolific) and software for both genres (Mathematica/MATLAB/Gurobi for analytical; Stata/R/Mplus/SmartPLS for empirical; DSR evaluation harnesses)resources/official-source-map.md— every encoded current fact and its official INFORMS/ISR URL, refreshed 2026-06-20
Differences vs. MISQ / JMIS / Management Science
| Dimension | ISR | MISQ | JMIS | Management Science |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field | IS (sociotechnical, intradisciplinary) | IS | IS | Broad management / OR |
| Genre identity | Behavioral and analytical/DSR, co-equal | Stronger design-science identity | IS, distinct conventions | Management/OR, not IS-specific |
| Publisher | INFORMS | MISRC / U. Minnesota | Taylor & Francis | INFORMS |
| Fee note | INFORMS Open Option $3,000 after acceptance | — | — | $79 original-submission fee (2025) |
If your contribution is a built artifact seeking the design-science genre's home, weigh MISQ; if the IS angle is incidental to a generic OR/economics core, weigh Management Science.
Related
- awesome-journal-skills — index of journal-specific skill packs
License
MIT