amann-topic-selection
Use when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review. Decides fit and frames the review's animating problem; it does not gather the literature (amann-literature-synthesis) or write the proposal (amann-proposal-framing).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amann-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 for an Annals Review (amann-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a candidate literature and need to know whether it is "Annals-shaped" - A topic feels either too narrow (a single-construct review) or too sprawling (a whole discipline) - You are deciding between Annals and a sibling outlet — AMR, AMJ, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, or an Annual Review - The domain is young/fast-moving and you suspect it is not yet mature enough to review for Annals ## The five Annals-fit tests A literature belongs in Annals when it passes all five. Fail one and route accordingly. 1. **Maturity.** There is a *body* of research — multiple research streams, accumulated findings, recognizable debates — not a handful of recent studies. A domain still being born produces a *premature* review that dates within a year. (Fails → too young; wait, or place a focused piece elsewhere.) 2. **Importance / breadth of interest.** The questions matter to management and organization scholars broadly, and to allied audiences (organizational psychology, sociology of organizations), not only to a dozen specialists. Annals reaches across the field. (Fails → too niche; a f
- When to trigger
- The five Annals-fit tests
- Decision table
- Framing the animating problem
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the amann-topic-selection skill do?
Use when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review. Decides fit and frames the review's animating problem; it does not gather the literature (amann-literature-synthesis) or write the proposal (amann-proposal-framing).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amann-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.