Rules for Writing Elite Information Systems Papers (Thatcher 2025) | SSRN

English Podcast Starts at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast Starts at 00:15:02Hindi Podcast Starts at 00:31:09Danish Podcast Starts at 00:44:45ReferenceJason Bennett Thatcher (2025). Rules for Writing Elite Information Systems Papers: Field Notes for my PhD Students. SSRN Electronic Journal, 1–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5993034Linkedin Posthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/jason-thatcher-0329764_rules-for-writing-elite-information-systems-activity-7412052161993347072-fw33‌Youtube Channel⁠https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcher⁠Connect over linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mayukhpsm/Revise and Resubmit 🎙️✨Welcome aboard, researchers, rebels, and revise-resubmitters! 🚀This is Revise and Resubmit—your no-BS cockpit for decoding academic publishing's black box. 📚💥 One sentence. That's all it takes to hook a reviewer. Or lose them forever.Today? We dive into a goldmine: "Rules for Writing Elite Information Systems Papers: Field Notes for my PhD Students" by Jason Bennett Thatcher. 📖🔥 Published online December 31, 2025, in the Elsevier SSRN Electronic Journal—this isn't some dusty preprint. It's a living, breathing academic Editorial Guide handbook, uploaded fresh to SSRN, never headed for a journal. A work-in-progress treasure trove! 🗝️💎Jason distills decades of MISQ and ISR wins, PhD mentoring, and brutal reviews into 17 battle-tested rules. Forget Strunk's style fluff—these are heuristics for theoretically grounded, construct-centered, mid-range empirical bangers. 🎯 Bold intros that grab. Consistent terms that stick. Self-contained visuals that teach. Rationale. Action steps. Real-paper examples. Tables mapping rules to sections—intro, theory, methods, results, conclusion. Even a diagnostics box for editing workflows! 🛠️📊Built on Bem, Starbuck, Cochrane, Davis's outlining magic, and Pinker's clarity ninja moves. It clarifies arguments. Structures persuasion. Models exemplars. Communicates transparently. Plus, mentor wisdom from Business and Humanities: discipline, respect, voice. Your roadmap to elite IS pubs! 🌟PhD warriors, this handbook screams: Level up your game. 🔥Huge thanks to author Jason Bennett Thatcher and Elsevier for this SSRN gem! 🙌Subscribe now: "Revise and Resubmit" on Spotify, YouTube's "Weekend Researcher", plus Amazon Prime and Apple Podcasts! Hit play, join the squad. ⬆️🎧But here's the hook that’ll keep you up at night: What if one rule from Jason’s playbook could turn your next revise-and-resubmit into an unconditional accept? 🤔💭Stay tuned!