journal-of-accounting-research
Use when targeting Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) or deciding whether an accounting manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill journal-of-accounting-research --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.
# Journal of Accounting Research (journal-of-accounting-research) ## Journal positioning JAR, published out of Chicago Booth, is one of accounting's "big three" and the standard-bearer for economics-based, empirically rigorous accounting research. Its core is archival capital-markets and analytical work judged on the strength of the research design and identification, with a famously high empirical bar. JAR runs an annual conference issue that publishes new, discussant-vetted research. Readership is the economics-oriented accounting and accounting-finance community. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the JAR / Chicago Booth / Wiley site and the submission system. ## When to trigger - The author names JAR (or the economics-based accounting top tier) as the target venue. - An archival capital-markets or analytical accounting paper with a clean design and strong identification needs positioning. - An accounting paper whose strength is its identification strategy needs framing for the highest empirical bar. - The author needs JA
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the journal-of-accounting-research skill do?
Use when targeting Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) or deciding whether an accounting manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill journal-of-accounting-research --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.