jpam-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript against prior work — the policy-evaluation evidence base, the relevant economics / political-science / public-management literatures, and the policy/program record. Frames the gap and contribution; it does not design the study or write the full review.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jpam-literature-positioning --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.
# Literature Positioning (jpam-literature-positioning) JPAM sits at a crossroads: a paper must engage the **substantive policy literature** (what is known about this program/field), the **methods literature** (how comparable effects have been credibly estimated), and frequently a **second discipline** (an economics result that a political scientist needs, or vice versa). Positioning establishes both an **evidence gap** and a **decision-relevant contribution** — not just "no one has done exactly this." ## When to trigger - Drafting or revising the introduction and related-work framing - A reviewer said the contribution is "incremental" or "doesn't engage the [field] literature" - Reconciling conflicting prior estimates of the same policy's effect - Bridging an economics and a political-science / public-management literature ## How to position for JPAM 1. **Map the policy-evidence base.** What is the current best estimate of this (or the closest) policy's effect, and how credible is it? Cite the strongest causal studies, not just the most cited. 2. **State the gap as a decision gap.** Frame the hole as something a policymaker actually needs: an unstudied population, a new policy regi
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- How to position for JPAM
- Contribution types JPAM values
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- Anti-patterns
- Sibling-venue positioning (do not mis-home the paper)
- Calibration anchors (hedged)
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- Supplementary resources
What does the jpam-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript against prior work — the policy-evaluation evidence base, the relevant economics / political-science / public-management literatures, and the policy/program record. Frames the gap and contribution; it does not design the study or write the full review.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jpam-literature-positioning --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.