Submitting TeX to ScholarOne I'm trying to submit a latex document to a SAGE journal using ScholarOne.

I'm having a hard time.

The (poor) documentation says that it accepts tex files, but the pdf it produces says that it cannot turn my tex into a pdf.


  Note: The following files were submitted by the author for peer
  review, but cannot be converted to PDF. You must view these files (e.g. movies) online. 
  
  response.tex


Is this just what it does with tex files? Should it compile them? I don't know. If it is not compiling, how do I get the error message?
Both the Royal Society of Chemistry journals and the American Chemical Society journals use ScholarOne Manuscripts™ as their web submission platform. In both cases, the system is able to compile LaTeX documents into a PDF file. There are, however, strict requirements about the type of LaTeX document you can use. These are spelt out in a specific help section entitled “Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts Using TeX/LaTeX”.


  ACS Authors have two distinct options for submitting work authored in TeX:
  
  FAST Submission: Submit your own PDF file—and provide the native TeX and figures in a .zip file—and your own PDF file will be used for the review process.
  
  STANDARD Submission: Submit a complete and properly styled TeX file, figures, and references using the achemso style package. The TeX files will be converted to PDF by ACS Paragon Plus and used for the review process.


The help further states:


  When you upload your TeX/LaTeX Manuscript File, the system will analyze the file, and identify additional resource files referenced within the file (such as image files and bibliographic files) that are necessary to complete the document.


and 


  Manuscript files prepared in TeX/LaTeX (Version 2.02 and earlier) will be used in journal production provided you adhere to the following guidelines:
  
  
  Use only LaTeX2e. Use of plain TeX and RevTeX is discouraged.
  Use generic style files whenever possible. Minimal formatting is all that is required in the document.
  Include all sections of the article in a single file. Include the list of references within the LaTeX file. Captions must be created in the TeX/LaTeX document.
  References should be cited in text using \cite{}, and the list of references should be itemized using \bibitem{}.
  Use \frac to build fractions. Do not use \over or \stackrel to build fractions in displayed equations.
  Use \sum_{}^{} for summations and \prod_{}^{} for products.
  Use the array environment only to build true matrices, not for aligning multiline equations.
  Use characters/symbols in the generic LaTeX character set only. Symbols from other sets may not translate correctly.
  Avoid extensive use of \newcommand and `\def .
  Some style files (text and bibliographic) that are available in the public domain may be used for most ACS journals, e.g., jacs.sty and jacs.bst; jpc.sty and jpc.bst; achemso. The use of the achemso style package is strongly encouraged. Please note that the ACS does not provide support for using these files.
  


A further requirement, which is not actually listed, is that all figures should be in the same directory (you cannot upload a directory structure). And, as noted, if you use bibtex, you have to run it manually and include the content of the .bbl file into your .tex file before upload.



So, in conclusion: ScholarOne Manuscripts™ has the capability to support LaTeX compilation. Whether this is enable or not for your specific journal/publisher, I cannot know. In any case, check the documentation! (or ask the editorial office)