est-review-process
Use to understand how Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) evaluates a manuscript — editor desk-screening that declines a significant fraction without external review, expert review by typically three reviewers, and editor-led decisions. It sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill est-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 (est-review-process) Knowing how ES&T screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. ES&T editors **desk-decline a significant fraction** of submissions before any external review, so the manuscript must clear the editorial bar on significance and fit first. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test against desk-decline grounds - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what expert reviewers are likely to weigh - Deciding whether the work is urgent enough for ES&T Letters instead ## How ES&T review works 1. **Editorial screening first.** The Editor-in-Chief / executive editors screen submissions; a significant fraction are **declined without external review** when significance, fit, novelty, or rigor fall short. 2. **Expert external review.** Manuscripts that pass are sent to expert reviewers — typically **three** — who assess within a few weeks. Reviewer identities are kept anonymous; the author-blinding model is not stated as a fixed rule (待核实). 3. **Editor decision.** Associate editors and the editorial leadership make the call; typical outcomes are **reject / major or minor revision / accep
- When to trigger
- How ES&T review works
- Shape the paper to pass
- Desk-reject triggers and where they get fixed upstream
- Worked micro-example (illustrative — predicting a decision on an LCA paper)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the est-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) evaluates a manuscript — editor desk-screening that declines a significant fraction without external review, expert review by typically three reviewers, and editor-led decisions. It 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 est-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.