annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics
Use when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics --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.
# Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics) ## Journal positioning The Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) is published by Annual Reviews, and it is among the highest-impact venues in the astronomical sciences. Its defining character is that it publishes only invited, comprehensive, critical reviews — never primary research. An ARA&A article is the field's authoritative synthesis of a subject: it surveys what is known, weighs the evidence, resolves or sharpens disagreements, and orients the community toward open questions. Authors are typically commissioned by the editorial committee, and a topic earns a review when it is mature enough to synthesize yet active enough to need orientation. Readership is the entire astronomy and astrophysics community, including graduate students who treat these articles as canonical entry points. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official guidelines. Before proposing or submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Annual Reviews site and confirm the invitation/commissioning process. ## When to trigger - An a
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics skill do?
Use when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics --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.