aejmac-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a macro paper fits the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (AEJ: Macro) rather than AER, J. Monetary Economics, RED, or AEJ: Applied. Tests the broad-interest macro bar and venue fit; it does not write the paper or fix identification.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejmac-topic-selection --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Topic Selection & Venue Fit (aejmac-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a macro result but are unsure it is "AEJ: Macro-shaped" vs. a field outlet - The question feels technically interesting but narrow to specialists - You are choosing between AEJ: Macro, AER, JME, RED, and AEJ: Applied - A coauthor wants to lead with a method (a new DSGE block, a new estimator) rather than a macro question ## The AEJ: Macro fit bar AEJ: Macro is the AEA's **quarterly, broad-interest macro** journal (founded 2009; one of four AEJs). The fit test has three legs: 1. **Substantive macro question of broad interest.** Growth, business cycles, monetary/fiscal policy, labor-macro, international macro, or macro-finance — framed so a general macroeconomist (not only your subfield) cares about the answer. AEJ: Macro editorial decisions explicitly weigh *breadth of topic and interest to the AEJ: Macro audience* (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). 2. **Quantitative discipline.** The paper must measure something with a credible mapping from model or data to the number. Either a quantitative-theoretical apparatus (DSGE / HANK / structural estimation / calibration) or an identified empirical design (SVAR / local p
- When to trigger
- The AEJ: Macro fit bar
- Venue decision table
- Sharpening the question (do this before drafting)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the aejmac-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a macro paper fits the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (AEJ: Macro) rather than AER, J. Monetary Economics, RED, or AEJ: Applied. Tests the broad-interest macro bar and venue fit; it does not write the paper or fix identification.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejmac-topic-selection --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.