prl-referee-strategy
Use when choosing suggested and opposed referees for a Physical Review Letters submission and pre-empting the objections APS referees are likely to raise. Plans referee handling; does not write the manuscript or the rebuttal.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill prl-referee-strategy --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.
# PRL Referee Strategy (prl-referee-strategy) ## When to trigger - The submission form asks for suggested / opposed referees - You want to anticipate the objections a PRL referee will raise and address them in advance - A prior Letter was bounced and you are rethinking who reviews it - You are coordinating the cover-letter referee section (see `prl-cover-letter`) ## How PRL review works (durable shape) PRL is **selective**. APS editors triage on importance + breadth, then send promising Letters to referees (commonly two or more). A referee can recommend rejection on **importance/breadth grounds even when the work is correct** — so your strategy must defend both the science *and* the venue fit. There are defined resubmission and appeal routes if you disagree (handled in `prl-revision`). ## Choosing suggested referees | Principle | Practice | |------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | Competent on the method | Can actually judge your systematics/derivation | | Spans the breadth claim | Include someone from the neighboring field you claim to reach | | No conflict of interest | Not recent collaborators, advisors, or same-
- When to trigger
- How PRL review works (durable shape)
- Choosing suggested referees
- Choosing opposed referees
- Worked example: a referee slate
- Reading the editor's use of your list
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the prl-referee-strategy skill do?
Use when choosing suggested and opposed referees for a Physical Review Letters submission and pre-empting the objections APS referees are likely to raise. Plans referee handling; does not write the manuscript or the rebuttal.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill prl-referee-strategy --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.