bjps-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a British Journal of Political Science (BJPS) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a contribution of wide, cross-subfield, international interest. BJPS readers span subfields and countries, so the paper must engage the literatures they expect and avoid the desk-screen trap of looking parochial. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill bjps-literature-positioning --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.
# Literature Positioning (bjps-literature-positioning) BJPS is read across comparative politics, IR, theory, behaviour, political economy, and methods, and draws contributions from related disciplines (sociology, social psychology, economics, philosophy). Positioning is therefore not throat-clearing — it is how a non-specialist editor and reviewer see that the paper speaks to a **live, general** debate rather than a parochial one. ## When to trigger - Drafting or revising the introduction and the "contribution" paragraph - A reviewer said you "missed obvious work" or "don't engage the broader debate" - Your country/subfield literature is solid but the paper doesn't connect to general theory - You need to distinguish your contribution from the closest prior papers - Writing a **Comment** that must engage the target article precisely ## How BJPS wants the literature engaged 1. **Engage the debate, not a pile of citations.** Identify the live disagreement or open question the paper speaks to, and cite the works that *define* it — including across subfields and countries. 2. **Two audiences at once.** Satisfy specialists (you know the frontier) *and* generalists (why it matters). A sin
- When to trigger
- How BJPS wants the literature engaged
- Cross-subfield / cross-national engagement (a distinctive BJPS demand)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Engagement depth BJPS editors expect, by paper type
- Calibration anchors (hedged)
- Supplementary resources
What does the bjps-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning a British Journal of Political Science (BJPS) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a contribution of wide, cross-subfield, international interest. BJPS readers span subfields and countries, so the paper must engage the literatures they expect and avoid the desk-screen trap of looking parochial. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill bjps-literature-positioning --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.