jcp-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a consumer phenomenon belongs at the Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP) versus a sibling, and which JCP manuscript type fits, before theory and studies are locked. Sets scope and outlet fit; it does not build the mechanism (jcp-theory-development).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jcp-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 Selection (jcp-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a consumer phenomenon and are unsure it is *psychological-process* enough for JCP - The finding feels real but you cannot say what about the **mind of the consumer** is new - You are choosing between JCP, JCR, JMR, Marketing Science, or Psychological Science - The result is small and clean and might be a **Research Report** rather than a full article - A coauthor wants to add field data / strategy framing that may push the paper out of JCP's lane ## What JCP actually wants JCP publishes **theory-driven research on the psychology of consumers** — how people form judgments, make decisions, feel, get motivated, construct identity, and respond to persuasion in consumption contexts. The decisive question at topic-selection is not "is this about consumers?" but **"is the contribution a psychological process that operates in a consumption setting?"** A topic fits JCP when (a) there is a consumer-relevant outcome, (b) there is a plausible *mental* mechanism behind it, and (c) the mechanism is testable with controlled (mostly experimental) methods. Topics that fail (a) are general psychology; topics that fail (b) are effe
- When to trigger
- What JCP actually wants
- Outlet fit: which sibling, and why not
- Choosing the manuscript type (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jcp-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a consumer phenomenon belongs at the Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP) versus a sibling, and which JCP manuscript type fits, before theory and studies are locked. Sets scope and outlet fit; it does not build the mechanism (jcp-theory-development).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jcp-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.