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Use when turning results into an explicit contribution to IS for an Information Systems Research (ISR) manuscript and when drafting the mandatory ~500-word cover-letter contribution statement (required since June 1, 2023). Frames the contribution; it does not position the literature (isr-literature-positioning) or run the submission preflight (isr-submission).

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# Contribution Framing (isr-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- Results exist but the "so what for IS?" is thin or implicit
- You must write the **~500-word contribution statement** required in every ISR cover letter
- A reviewer or Senior Editor says the contribution is incremental or single-paradigm
- The paper reads as a competent study with no clear advance to an IS conversation

## ISR's mandatory contribution statement

Since **June 1, 2023**, ISR requires a **~500-word contribution statement** in every cover letter. It must articulate the **novel, rigorous, original contribution to IS** — what the paper adds beyond existing literature and why it matters. Generic or missing statements are returned for revision, so this is not boilerplate; it is the first thing the EIC reads at the **fit gate** before a Senior Editor is assigned. Draft it to answer, concretely: What did we not know? What do we now know? Why does it matter for IS scholarship and for practice/policy/society?

## Frame the contribution to ISR's mission
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