jeem-topic-selection
Use when scoping or scope-testing a Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) manuscript — confirming the environmental/resource mechanism is load-bearing and the question clears the field-journal bar before any analysis is finalized. Decides fit and routes; it does not invent evidence or citations.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jeem-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 (jeem-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - The paper is aimed at JEEM and you are not sure the **environmental or resource mechanism is doing the work** versus being a label on a generic applied-micro result - A coauthor asks "is this JEEM, JAERE, JPubE, AEJ: Policy, or Ecological Economics?" - The result is interesting but the **policy or welfare stakes** are not articulated - The paper is a method/valuation exercise and you must show it speaks to a substantive environmental question, not just a technique ## Data first or question first Environmental economics is data-rich — satellite imagery, sensor networks, administrative permit registries, parcel records — and that abundance tempts a "we have a great dataset, what can we estimate?" approach. JEEM rewards the reverse: a sharp environmental-economic *question* that the data then answer. A novel dataset is an asset only if it identifies a welfare-relevant parameter the field wants; on its own it is a desk-reject risk ("interesting data, no contribution"). Before committing, write the one-sentence question and the regulator-usable number it targets, then ask whether the data identify it — not the other way aroun
- When to trigger
- Data first or question first
- The JEEM fit test
- Branch-specific scoping
- Sibling boundaries (be explicit in the paper)
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Short-paper route
- The desk-reject self-test
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Timeliness without chasing headlines
- Output format
What does the jeem-topic-selection skill do?
Use when scoping or scope-testing a Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) manuscript — confirming the environmental/resource mechanism is load-bearing and the question clears the field-journal bar before any analysis is finalized. Decides fit and routes; it does not invent evidence or citations.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jeem-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.