ppsych-literature-synthesis
Use when systematically gathering and synthesizing literature across psychology sub-areas for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece — coverage discipline, and for meta-science the systematic evidence about the field's practices. Builds the evidence corpus; it does not impose the analytical spine (ppsych-organizing-framework) or audit balance (ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppsych-literature-synthesis --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 Synthesis (ppsych-literature-synthesis) ## When to trigger - The topic/proposal is set and it is time to read across the relevant sub-areas thoroughly - Reading feels unsystematic; you fear missing work a psychologist from an adjacent area would expect - You have many papers but no way to weigh, compare, or reconcile their findings across paradigms - For meta-science: you need systematic evidence *about the field's practices*, not just substantive findings ## Coverage discipline: read across areas, not one literature A PoPS piece's credibility rests on the reader's belief that you read **across the relevant sub-areas**, not only your home paradigm — and PoPS reviewers are often drawn from the very areas being integrated, so siloing is noticed. Build coverage systematically: 1. **Seed set.** Start from the proposal's key references and each sub-area's canonical pieces. 2. **Forward + backward snowball.** Backward: every paper's reference list. Forward: who cites the seeds (Google Scholar / Scopus / Web of Science). Iterate until new searches stop turning up unseen important work (*saturation*). 3. **Database + keyword sweep.** Search **PsycINFO/APA PsycNet**, plus PubMe
- When to trigger
- Coverage discipline: read across areas, not one literature
- Meta-science: systematic evidence about the field's practices
- From reading to synthesis (not summary)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the ppsych-literature-synthesis skill do?
Use when systematically gathering and synthesizing literature across psychology sub-areas for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece — coverage discipline, and for meta-science the systematic evidence about the field's practices. Builds the evidence corpus; it does not impose the analytical spine (ppsych-organizing-framework) or audit balance (ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppsych-literature-synthesis --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.