reports-on-progress-in-physics
Use when targeting Reports on Progress in Physics (RoPP) or deciding whether a physics review manuscript fits this IOP authoritative progress-report venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill reports-on-progress-in-physics --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.
# Reports on Progress in Physics (reports-on-progress-in-physics) ## Journal positioning Reports on Progress in Physics is the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing journal for authoritative, in-depth review articles — "progress reports" — that survey the state of understanding in a physics topic and define its frontier. Like its APS counterpart Reviews of Modern Physics, RoPP is largely an invited venue; most content is solicited by the editorial board from recognized experts who can deliver a comprehensive, critical, and pedagogically clear account of a field. The readership spans the physics community broadly: specialists seeking a definitive reference, researchers entering an adjacent area, and advanced students. Primary research results are outside scope; RoPP articles synthesize what is established, identify what is contested, and map the open questions ahead. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the IOP Publishing site and the RoPP submission system. ## When to trigger - An author has been invited by the RoPP editorial
- 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 reports-on-progress-in-physics skill do?
Use when targeting Reports on Progress in Physics (RoPP) or deciding whether a physics review manuscript fits this IOP authoritative progress-report venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-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 reports-on-progress-in-physics --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.