jop-review-process
Use to understand how The Journal of Politics (JOP) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind review, desk screening for fit and general interest, an efficiency-minded review process, and acceptance that is contingent on replicability checked by a JOP replication analyst. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jop-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 (jop-review-process) Knowing how JOP screens and decides lets you pre-empt failure modes before submitting. JOP is **double-blind**, screens for **general interest and fit**, is known for a relatively **efficient** review process, and ties final acceptance to **replicability** assessed by a **JOP replication analyst**. ## When to trigger - Before submitting, to stress-test fit and replicability - Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations - Understanding what happens between conditional acceptance and publication - Deciding whether the paper reads as general-interest enough to clear desk screening ## How JOP review works 1. **Double-blind.** Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers. Upload an anonymous version of the manuscript (see `jop-submission`). 2. **Desk screening.** Editors screen for **fit and general interest** — is this political science of broad interest, sufficiently novel, and within scope and category limits? Specialist-only or incremental papers are at risk here. 3. **External review.** Papers passing the desk go to expert reviewers across the relevant subfield(s). 4. **Decision categories**: typically **rejec
- When to trigger
- How JOP review works
- Shape the paper to pass
- Anti-patterns
- The gauntlet, stage by stage
- Referee pushback patterns and the JOP fix
- Review-risk pass for Journal of Politics
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the jop-review-process skill do?
Use to understand how The Journal of Politics (JOP) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind review, desk screening for fit and general interest, an efficiency-minded review process, and acceptance that is contingent on replicability checked by a JOP replication analyst. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jop-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.