amanthro-review-process
Use when you need to understand how American Anthropologist (AA) evaluates a manuscript — editorial screening, anonymous peer review under an ethics of care, the four-field editorial board, decision categories, and how section choice shapes the path. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amanthro-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 (amanthro-review-process) Knowing how AA screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. AA is the four-field AAA flagship, uses **anonymous peer review**, and explicitly practices an **ethics of care** toward authors and reviewers — but the editorial bar is still four-field significance plus sound, ethical evidence. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test against editorial screening grounds - Choosing the right **section** (the review path differs for forums, multimodal, review essays) - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what reviewers are asked to weigh, including ethics ## How AA review works 1. **Editorial screening first.** The editor-in-chief and associate editors (a **four-field board**) assess fit, four-field significance, and obvious ethics issues before sending out for review. A technically fine but subfield-bound paper can be returned or redirected here. 2. **Anonymous peer review.** Reviewers typically do not see author identities; anonymize the manuscript and file name and provide a separate title page (see `amanthro-submission`). Expect expert, sometimes cross-subfield, re
- When to trigger
- How AA review works
- Shape the paper to pass
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- What reviewers are asked to weigh (anticipate it)
- Calibration anchors (hedged)
- Supplementary resources
What does the amanthro-review-process skill do?
Use when you need to understand how American Anthropologist (AA) evaluates a manuscript — editorial screening, anonymous peer review under an ethics of care, the four-field editorial board, decision categories, and how section choice shapes the path. 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 amanthro-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.