apsr-review-process
Use to understand how the American Political Science Review (APSR) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review, desk-rejection screening (remit / ethics / substance), the reject / accept / revise-and-resubmit decision categories, editor discretion, and the Registered Reports route. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill apsr-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 (apsr-review-process) Knowing how APSR screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. APSR is **double-anonymous** and screens hard at the desk before external review. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test against desk-rejection grounds - Deciding whether to use the **Registered Reports** (Stage 1) route - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what reviewers are instructed to weigh ## How APSR review works 1. **Double-anonymous.** Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers. Anonymize the manuscript accordingly (see `apsr-submission`). 2. **Desk screening first.** Every paper is considered for **desk rejection** on three grounds: - **Remit** — not research, not political science, out of scope, or not in adequate English. - **Ethics** — plagiarized/unattributed text, or research based on unethical procedures. - **Substance** — missing a key element of an article, insufficiently significant findings, or **failure to engage the relevant literature(s)**. - *Substantive* desk rejections require **at least two editors** to agree. 3. **External review.** Papers passing t
- When to trigger
- How APSR review works
- Registered Reports route (prospective designs)
- Audit yourself against the desk (three grounds, three tests)
- Write for the reviewer coalition
- Reading the decision letter
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the apsr-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how the American Political Science Review (APSR) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review, desk-rejection screening (remit / ethics / substance), the reject / accept / revise-and-resubmit decision categories, editor discretion, and the Registered Reports route. 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 apsr-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.