cement-and-concrete-research
Use when targeting Cement and Concrete Research or deciding whether a cementitious-materials manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's materials-science fit, the mechanism-plus-characterization bar, the distinction from mix-design optimization, characterization rigor, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cement-and-concrete-research --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.
# Cement and Concrete Research (cement-and-concrete-research) ## Journal positioning Cement and Concrete Research is the leading archival journal for the **science of cementitious materials**: cement hydration and chemistry, microstructure development, durability and degradation mechanisms, and the mechanical behavior of concrete and cement-based materials. Its center of gravity is mechanistic understanding backed by rigorous characterization — why a phase assemblage forms, how microstructure evolves, and how that governs transport, durability, or strength. The journal rewards papers that establish a materials-science mechanism, not papers that merely report that a mix or admixture changed a performance number. A mix-design or proportioning optimization with no mechanism, no characterization, and no fundamental insight is a poor fit. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official author guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live Cement and Concrete Research Guide for Authors. ## When to trigger - The author names Cement and Concrete Research for a cement-chemistry, microstructure, durability, or concrete-mechani
- 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 cement-and-concrete-research skill do?
Use when targeting Cement and Concrete Research or deciding whether a cementitious-materials manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's materials-science fit, the mechanism-plus-characterization bar, the distinction from mix-design optimization, characterization rigor, 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 cement-and-concrete-research --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.