jais-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a question fits the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and which of its seven manuscript categories to target. Locks the IS phenomenon, the unit of analysis, and the category before theory work begins; it does not build the theory (jais-theory-development) or invent citations.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jais-topic-selection --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.
# Topic & Category Selection (jais-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have an interesting IS finding or idea but are unsure JAIS (vs. MISQ / ISR / JMIS) is the right home - You cannot say in one sentence what the **information-technology artifact or digital phenomenon** is doing in the paper - You are unsure whether to enter as a Research Article, a standalone Theory paper, a Literature Review, a Research Perspective, Foundational Research, or Policy and Impact - A coauthor wants a "JAIS-grade" question but the draft reads like a generic management or CS paper ## First: is this a JAIS question at all? JAIS rewards work where **information systems / digital technology is theoretically load-bearing**, not decorative. The about page describes JAIS as "inclusive in topics, level and unit of analysis, theory, method and philosophical and research approach" and says it "encourages theory based multi- or inter-disciplinary research" (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). That pluralism is genuine — but it is theory-gated. A descriptive industry report or a pure machine-learning benchmark with no IS theory is a desk-reject regardless of execution quality. Ask: *would an IS scholar in a different sub-
- When to trigger
- First: is this a JAIS question at all?
- Then: pick the right JAIS category (this is the move siblings do not force)
- Scope the length to the category
- Confirm the IT artifact is theoretically load-bearing
- The "why JAIS, not the sibling" test, made concrete
- Worked vignette: routing the same study to different categories (illustrative)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jais-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a question fits the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and which of its seven manuscript categories to target. Locks the IS phenomenon, the unit of analysis, and the category before theory work begins; it does not build the theory (jais-theory-development) or invent citations.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jais-topic-selection --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 984 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.