journal-selection
Use when choosing a target journal for a paper, comparing journal rankings, asking "where should I submit this", or building a submission strategy across multiple journals. Field-agnostic — detects the paper's research area and suggests appropriate outlets across tiers.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-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.
# Journal Selection ## Overview This skill helps select target journals for a paper based on current web information. It does not maintain a static journal database — journal scopes, rankings, and editorial direction change, and stale data gives bad advice. Instead, every recommendation is verified via web fetch in the current session. The skill is field-agnostic: it detects the paper's research area and suggests appropriate outlets across ambition tiers. ## When to Use - "Where should I submit this paper?" - "What journals would take a paper on X?" - "Rank these three journals for me" - Planning a submission strategy with fallback options - Checking a journal's current scope or editorial focus - Comparing journals by review time, fees, or acceptance rate ## Mandatory Steps 1. **Identify the paper's field and contribution level** from the abstract, topic, and the user's stated ambition. The field determines which rankings and database subsets apply. 2. **Search journals via web search** — do not use a static list or cached knowledge. Journal scopes, rankings, and editorial boards change. 3. **Verify each candidate via web fetch** on the journal's official homepage. Confirm it is st
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- Verification Before Completion
What does the journal-selection skill do?
Use when choosing a target journal for a paper, comparing journal rankings, asking "where should I submit this", or building a submission strategy across multiple journals. Field-agnostic — detects the paper's research area and suggests appropriate outlets across tiers.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 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.