jf-topic-selection
Use when judging whether a research question is general-interest and economically significant enough for The Journal of Finance (JF), and when sharpening the framing. Tests fit and contribution; it does not design the empirics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jf-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 & General-Interest Fit (jf-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - Deciding whether a question is "JF-level" or belongs at a field/subfield journal - The contribution is sound but narrow, and you must judge its reach - Choosing among JF, JFE, and RFS for a finished paper ## JF's bar: broad, flagship-level, general-interest JF is the **flagship general-interest journal of the American Finance Association (AFA)**, founded **1946**, published **bimonthly** by Wiley-Blackwell, reaching 8,000+ readers across asset pricing, corporate finance, banking, microstructure, and household finance. With JFE and RFS it is one of the finance **"top-3"**. The acceptance bar is severe: the editor's reports describe roughly a **~5% acceptance rate** with **~33–45% of submissions desk-rejected** (afajof.org editor reports, accessed 2026-05-30). A paper must matter to the **whole** AFA readership, not one subfield. ### How JF differs from JFE / RFS for topic fit - **JF**: the most general-interest of the three; rewards a single broad result any finance economist would find important. - **JFE**: tolerates more specialized, results-driven corporate/empirical papers. - **RFS**: often reward
- When to trigger
- JF's bar: broad, flagship-level, general-interest
- How JF differs from JFE / RFS for topic fit
- Fit test (run before committing)
- General-interest scoring grid
- Worked vignette — is an anomaly "JF-level"?
- Referee-pushback patterns and the JF-specific fix
- Calibration anchors
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jf-topic-selection skill do?
Use when judging whether a research question is general-interest and economically significant enough for The Journal of Finance (JF), and when sharpening the framing. Tests fit and contribution; it does not design the empirics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jf-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 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.