physics-reports
Use when targeting Physics Reports (Phys Rep) or deciding whether a long, comprehensive invited review across any area of physics fits this Elsevier review journal (Physics Letters C heritage). Encodes the journal's fit, framing, evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill physics-reports --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.
# Physics Reports (physics-reports) ## Journal positioning Physics Reports is Elsevier's review journal, originating as Physics Letters C, that publishes long, comprehensive review articles across the full breadth of physics. Its defining character is monograph-scale depth: a Physics Reports article is intended to become the standard reference on its topic, exhaustively surveying the theory, methods, results, and open problems of an active field. Reviews are typically invited but the journal also considers proposals, and the expected length is far beyond a normal journal article — often dozens to over a hundred pages. The currency is completeness, pedagogical clarity for working physicists, and lasting reference value, not brevity. Readership is the specialist and graduate-student community of the relevant subfield plus physicists entering it. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before proposing or submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Physics Reports Elsevier site. ## When to trigger - The author is considering a comprehensive, monograph-length review of a physics
- 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 physics-reports skill do?
Use when targeting Physics Reports (Phys Rep) or deciding whether a long, comprehensive invited review across any area of physics fits this Elsevier review journal (Physics Letters C heritage). Encodes the journal's fit, framing, 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 physics-reports --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.