bjps-review-process
Use to understand how the British Journal of Political Science (BJPS) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind review with at least two referees, the desk screen, decision categories, and what reviewers are asked to weigh. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill bjps-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 (bjps-review-process) Knowing how BJPS screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. BJPS uses **double-blind** review usually involving **at least two referees**, and an editorial team drawn from across the discipline screens for fit before sending a paper out. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test against desk-screen grounds - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what reviewers are instructed to weigh - Deciding whether the paper's general interest is strong enough to send out for review ## How BJPS review works 1. **Double-blind.** Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers. Anonymize the manuscript accordingly: remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding notes, and links to personal/university websites (see `bjps-submission`). 2. **Desk screen first.** The editorial team assesses fit — **wide political-science interest**, scope, adequate English, and basic competence — before external review. A competent but parochial (single-subfield or single-country-framed) paper is a common desk-screen casualty. 3. **External review.** Papers passing the
- When to trigger
- How BJPS review works
- Shape the paper to pass
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- What BJPS referees probe, by tradition
- Calibration anchors (hedged)
- Supplementary resources
What does the bjps-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how the British Journal of Political Science (BJPS) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind review with at least two referees, the desk screen, decision categories, and what reviewers are asked to weigh. 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 bjps-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.