jpsp-topic-selection
Use when judging whether a personality/social-psychology project fits the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) and — critically — which of the three independently edited sections (ASC, IRGP, PPID) it belongs to. Tests theoretical-contribution fit and section choice; it does not generate research ideas.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jpsp-topic-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.
# Topic Selection & Section Fit (jpsp-topic-selection) JPSP rewards a **theoretical contribution**, not just a clean effect. Before anything else you must make two decisions: (1) is the contribution big enough for JPSP's long-format, multi-study standard, and (2) which of the **three sections** is it for. Picking the wrong section is a common, avoidable cause of a desk re-route or rejection — each section is edited separately. ## When to trigger - Deciding whether a project is a JPSP paper or belongs in a shorter / more specialized outlet - Choosing among **ASC**, **IRGP**, and **PPID** - Reframing a single-study finding into a JPSP-scale theoretical package ## Step 1 — Choose the section | Section | Core remit | Signals it's the right home | |---------|-----------|------------------------------| | **ASC** — Attitudes and Social Cognition | Attitudes, persuasion, social cognition, attribution, stereotyping, emotion/motivation in social contexts | The contribution is about how people *think, evaluate, and feel* in social contexts | | **IRGP** — Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes | Dyads, close relationships, intragroup and intergroup processes, group behavior | The unit is
- When to trigger
- Step 1 — Choose the section
- Step 2 — Test JPSP-scale fit
- Anti-patterns
- Borderline routing: when two sections both seem to fit
- Fit pass for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the jpsp-topic-selection skill do?
Use when judging whether a personality/social-psychology project fits the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) and — critically — which of the three independently edited sections (ASC, IRGP, PPID) it belongs to. Tests theoretical-contribution fit and section choice; it does not generate research ideas.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jpsp-topic-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/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.