jop-submission
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for The Journal of Politics (JOP) via Editorial Manager — category selection, double-blind preparation, the page budget (Research Article <= 35 / Short Article <= 10, double-spaced 12-point), the Online Appendix <= 25 pages, abstract and keywords, and JOP Style Guide formatting. Final checks; it does not draft content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jop-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 (jop-submission) The last check before pressing submit on **Editorial Manager** (`editorialmanager.com/jop`). Two JOP failure modes dominate: an **over-the-page-budget** manuscript (JOP counts **pages, not words**) and an **under-anonymized** file (JOP is **double-blind**). Verify volatile specifics on the official page first. ## When to trigger - "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload - Unsure which files/metadata Editorial Manager expects - Confirming the category's page limit is met and the manuscript is properly anonymized ## Process facts (refreshed 2026-06-20; live-check volatile items on the official page) - **Owner / publisher:** Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) / University of Chicago Press. - **Portal:** **Editorial Manager** (`editorialmanager.com/jop`). - **Review model:** **double-blind** — upload an anonymous version; provide a separate title page. - **Categories & length:** **Research Article ≤ 35 pages**, **Short Article ≤ 10 pages**, each **double-spaced, 12-pt, one-inch margins**, **including** text, footnotes, references, and tables/figures. - **Online Appendix:** separate file, **≤ 25 pages**, **excluded** from the 35
- When to trigger
- Preflight checklist
- Category & length (pages, not words)
- Anonymity (double-blind)
- Format & compliance
- Anti-patterns
- Desk-reject triggers at the upload gate
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Editor pushback patterns and the venue fix
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the jop-submission skill do?
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for The Journal of Politics (JOP) via Editorial Manager — category selection, double-blind preparation, the page budget (Research Article <= 35 / Short Article <= 10, double-spaced 12-point), the Online Appendix <= 25 pages, abstract and keywords, and JOP Style Guide formatting. Final checks; it does not draft content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jop-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.