jde-review-process
Use when choosing a submission route or understanding how peer review works at the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) — the full-length, AER-Insights-style short-paper, and pre-results review (Registered Reports) tracks, single-anonymized review, timelines, and the submission cap. Explains the pipeline; it is not the final preflight.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jde-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 (jde-review-process) ## When to trigger - You are deciding among the full-length, short-paper, and pre-results review routes - You need realistic expectations about JDE review and timelines - You have a prospective design and want it reviewed before results exist - You want to confirm you are within the submission cap ## How JDE review works JDE is the **leading field journal in development economics** (Elsevier), edited by Editors-in-Chief **A. Foster** and **K. Macours**, with **Dean Karlan** among the Co-Editors. Review is **single-anonymized** — referees know the author's identity; the author does not know the referees. It is highly selective: ~**1,300 submissions a year**, only about **a quarter sent for review**, and roughly **6-8% published**. Submission is via **Editorial Manager**. There is a **USD 50 non-refundable submission fee** for original manuscripts. Open access is optional; the current APC is **USD 4,760** excluding taxes. **Submission cap:** under normal circumstances an author may **not submit more than three papers within any 12-month period**. Plan submissions accordingly. ## The three routes ### Full-length (standard) The default track. No fi
- When to trigger
- How JDE review works
- The three routes
- Full-length (standard)
- Short-paper (limited-revision) track
- Pre-results review (Registered Reports)
- Choosing a route
- Route-choice decision table
- Worked routing example (illustrative)
- Calibration anchors (hedged)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jde-review-process skill do?
Use when choosing a submission route or understanding how peer review works at the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) — the full-length, AER-Insights-style short-paper, and pre-results review (Registered Reports) tracks, single-anonymized review, timelines, and the submission cap. Explains the pipeline; it is not the final preflight.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jde-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.