ajps-review-process
Use to understand how the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind peer review, desk screening, decision categories, the methodology-only Research Note and Correspondence routes, and the third-party verification that follows acceptance. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-review-process --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.
# Review Process (ajps-review-process) Knowing how AJPS screens, decides, and then **verifies** lets you pre-empt failure modes before submitting. AJPS is **double-blind**, published by Wiley for the MPSA, and pairs ordinary peer review with a **post-acceptance third-party verification** step that no in-house-only journal has (see `ajps-replication-and-verification`). ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test the paper against likely rejection grounds - Deciding whether the paper is an Article, a methodology/meta-analysis **Research Note**, or a **Correspondence** - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what happens between "accept" and "in print" ## How AJPS review works 1. **Double-blind.** Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers. Anonymize accordingly (see `ajps-submission`). 2. **Editorial screening.** The editorial team screens for fit, contribution, and methods before sending to external review; weak-fit or out-of-scope papers can be returned without full review. 3. **External review.** Papers passing the screen go to expert reviewers who weigh identification, contribution, and rigor. 4. **Decision** (
- When to trigger
- How AJPS review works
- Type-specific routes
- Shape the paper to pass
- Anti-patterns
- Decision-stage map (what is being judged when)
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Referee-pushback patterns and the venue-specific fix
- Review-risk pass for American Journal of Political Science
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the ajps-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind peer review, desk screening, decision categories, the methodology-only Research Note and Correspondence routes, and the third-party verification that follows acceptance. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-review-process --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.