Participants are encouraged to incorporate feedback from their presentations to the SMA Fellows and “Pub” Crawl Committee. Participants should submit their full papers directly to JOMSR through the JOMSR submission portal no later than February 1, 2026 for special consideration. All papers generated through the “Pub” Crawl” will be subject to the blind peer-review process at JOMSR, but the editorial team will give special consideration to these papers. Please note that participation in the “Guided JOMSR ‘Pub’ Crawl” does not guarantee acceptance in JOMSR, nor is participation in the “Guided JOMSR ‘Pub’ Crawl” a requirement for acceptance into JOMSR.

Authors should acknowledge the Southern Management Association (SMA) and the “Guided JOMSR ‘Pub’ Crawl” in the acknowledgments section of the publications that result from this program. Authors should prepare their manuscripts for blind review according to the JOMSR’s Submission Guidelines, which can be found at the following website: https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/MSR.

Requests for clarification and questions about the Guided JOMSR “Pub” Crawl can be sent to SMA Board Member, Julie Hancock (julie.hancock@unt.edu).