joc-submission
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Communication (JoC) via Manuscript Central — format selection, double-anonymous preparation, page/abstract caps, APA-7th formatting, Word (.docx), the Data Availability Statement, and declarations. Final checks; it does not draft content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill joc-submission --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.
# Submission Preflight (joc-submission) The last check before pressing submit on **Manuscript Central**. JoC is **double-anonymous**, so the single most common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized main document or supplement. Verify volatile specifics on the official page before relying on them. ## When to trigger - "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload - Unsure which files/metadata Manuscript Central expects - Confirming the page/abstract caps are met and the manuscript is properly anonymized ## Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page) - **Owner / publisher:** International Communication Association (ICA) / Oxford University Press. - **Portal:** **Manuscript Central** (`mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcom`). - **Review model:** **double-anonymous** — anonymize the main document **and** supplemental materials; provide a separate title page. - **Formats:** original research article (main document ≤ 35 pages), **JoC Forum** (3,000–6,000 words), special-issue submissions. - **Abstract:** **≤ 150 words.** - **Length:** main document **≤ 35 pages**, including the abstract, main text, references, tables, figures, and endnotes. - **Style & file:** **APA 7th editi
- When to trigger
- Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)
- Preflight checklist
- Format & length
- Anonymity (double-anonymous)
- Format & metadata
- Compliance & files
- Desk-reject and return-to-author patterns (avoidable before upload)
- Calibration anchor: what "ready" means at JoC (hedged)
- Worked micro-example: a 5-minute anonymity sweep (illustrative)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the joc-submission skill do?
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Communication (JoC) via Manuscript Central — format selection, double-anonymous preparation, page/abstract caps, APA-7th formatting, Word (.docx), the Data Availability Statement, and declarations. Final checks; it does not draft content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill joc-submission --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.