commres-review-process
Use to understand how Communication Research (CR) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymized review, editorial screening for quantitative/theory fit, external review, and the requirement that two independent positive reviews back a Revise or Accept decision. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-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 (commres-review-process) Knowing how CR screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. CR is **double-anonymized** and is a **quantitative, theory-testing** journal, so it screens for both fit and methodological rigor. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test fit, rigor, and anonymization - Deciding whether the contribution is quantitative and theory-testing enough for CR - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what reviewers are instructed to weigh ## How CR review works 1. **Double-anonymized.** Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers. Anonymize the **main document and supplemental materials**; write self-citations in the third person (see `commres-submission`). 2. **Editorial screening first.** Manuscripts that are off-scope (qualitative/interpretive for a quantitative venue), descriptive, atheoretical, or methodologically weak may be declined without full review. CR screens for a **tested communication mechanism**, not a platform description. 3. **External review.** Manuscripts that pass go to expert referees under the double-anonymized model. 4. **Two indepe
- When to trigger
- How CR review works
- Open practices in review
- Shape the paper to pass
- Two gates, two failure modes (calibration anchor, hedged)
- Worked micro-example: reading a "major revisions" signal (illustrative)
- Anti-patterns
- Review-risk pass for Communication Research
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the commres-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how Communication Research (CR) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymized review, editorial screening for quantitative/theory fit, external review, and the requirement that two independent positive reviews back a Revise or Accept decision. 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 commres-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.