gec-review-process
Use to understand how Global Environmental Change (GEC) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymized review, editorial screening for scope and social-science fit, the role of multiple external reviewers, and the decision categories. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill gec-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 (gec-review-process) Knowing how GEC screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. GEC uses **double-anonymized** review and screens first for **scope and social-science fit** — the most common avoidable rejection is a paper without a genuine human-dimensions contribution. Process facts were refreshed from the official Guide for Authors on 2026-06-20. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test against editorial-screening grounds - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what interdisciplinary reviewers are likely to weigh - Deciding whether the social-science contribution is strong enough to clear the desk ## How GEC review works (verified 2026-06-20; re-confirm volatile items) 1. **Double-anonymized.** Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers; submit a separate title page and anonymized manuscript (see `gec-submission`). 2. **Editorial screening first.** Editors assess **fit with the human-and-policy-dimensions scope**, the presence of a **significant social-science component**, sufficient significance, and adequate engagement with the relevant literatures. Out-of-s
- When to trigger
- How GEC review works (verified 2026-06-20; re-confirm volatile items)
- Shape the paper to pass
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the gec-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how Global Environmental Change (GEC) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymized review, editorial screening for scope and social-science fit, the role of multiple external reviewers, and the decision categories. 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 gec-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.