rfs-referee-strategy
Use when choosing suggested/opposed referees or running an objection pre-mortem before submitting a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Anticipates reviewer concerns; does NOT write the rebuttal (that is rfs-rebuttal).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill rfs-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.
# Referee Strategy & Objection Pre-Mortem (rfs-referee-strategy) ## When to trigger - The portal asks for suggested and opposed reviewers - You want to anticipate the objections RFS referees will raise before they do - A coauthor asks "who will referee this and what will they hate?" - Preparing the cover letter's referee section ## Two jobs: referee selection and objection pre-mortem ### A. Suggesting and opposing referees - **Suggest** referees who are active in your exact sub-field, have published the closest methods, and can evaluate both the novelty and the rigor. RFS referees are usually the authors you cite most. - Aim for a balanced slate: not only your closest collaborators' circle, and not only theorists for an empirical paper (or vice versa). - **Oppose** referees only with a brief, professional reason (active competing project, prior dispute, direct conflict). Do not over-exclude — editors notice and discount long oppose lists. - Never suggest coauthors, advisors/advisees, or same-institution colleagues — these are conflicts the editor will strike. - **Do not suggest a current RFS editor as a referee.** Know who handles your area (e.g., Viral Acharya, Xavier Giroud, Andr
- When to trigger
- Two jobs: referee selection and objection pre-mortem
- A. Suggesting and opposing referees
- B. Objection pre-mortem (the high-value step)
- Reading the desk-reject vs. send-out signal
- Cover-letter referee note
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the rfs-referee-strategy skill do?
Use when choosing suggested/opposed referees or running an objection pre-mortem before submitting a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Anticipates reviewer concerns; does NOT write the rebuttal (that is rfs-rebuttal).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill rfs-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.