revedres-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a question is synthesis-worthy and RER-scale before committing to a Review of Educational Research (RER) review or meta-analysis. Tests fit and frames the contribution; it does not run the search (revedres-literature-synthesis) or write the protocol (revedres-proposal-and-commissioning).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill revedres-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 (revedres-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a candidate review topic and need to know if it clears the RER bar - You suspect the literature may be too thin (or too settled) to reward a synthesis - A reviewer at RER is likely to ask "why does this field need a review now?" - You are unsure whether the artefact belongs at RER or at AERJ / *AERA Open* / *Educational Researcher* ## The four RER fit tests RER publishes **comprehensive, critical, integrative reviews** — not original empirical research, and not narrow stock-takes. Before investing months in a search, run the topic through four gates. 1. **Importance to education.** Does the question matter to learning, instruction, policy, equity, or educational contexts broadly — not just to a sub-specialty? RER is read across education and welcomes work from any discipline (psychology, sociology, economics, etc.) *provided it bears on education*. A question of interest only to one method club fails. 2. **Maturity (enough to synthesize).** Is there a real body of primary studies — enough that a synthesis can find structure, reconcile conflicts, or pool effects? Too young → there is nothing to integrate (a *
- When to trigger
- The four RER fit tests
- Choosing the review type the question demands
- Positioning against the prior review (the "second-review problem")
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the revedres-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a question is synthesis-worthy and RER-scale before committing to a Review of Educational Research (RER) review or meta-analysis. Tests fit and frames the contribution; it does not run the search (revedres-literature-synthesis) or write the protocol (revedres-proposal-and-commissioning).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill revedres-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.