rje-review-process
Use to understand and plan around The RAND Journal of Economics (RJE) review pipeline — the upfront editor screen (possible desk reject), peer review by two anonymous referees, and a final read by the handling Editor. Sets expectations and shapes a submission that clears the first screen.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill rje-review-process --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.
# Review Process (rje-review-process) ## When to trigger - You want to know what happens after you press submit on Wiley Research Exchange - You are deciding how to pitch the cover letter and front-load the contribution - You are gauging desk-reject risk before paying the submission fee ## How RJE review works (verified 2026-06-01) RJE uses an **editor-screened, then two-anonymous-referee** model (source: rje.org/submissions.html): 1. **Editor screen.** Each manuscript is first assigned to an Editor on the Board of Editors who **quickly reviews it and may desk-reject** before any refereeing. The current **Editor-in-Chief is Craig Bond (RAND)**; handling Editors include IO specialists such as Gary Biglaiser, Ying Fan, Alessandro Gavazza, Jean-François Houde, Julian Wright, and Jidong Zhou. Because the front screen is explicit and fast, the **first page of the article and the cover letter must make the IO contribution legible immediately**. 2. **Two anonymous referees.** Manuscripts that survive the screen go to **two referees who are anonymous to authors**. (Whether author identity is concealed from referees — single vs double blind — is **待核实**; do not assume double-blind.) 3. **Ha
- When to trigger
- How RJE review works (verified 2026-06-01)
- What clears the screen at the IO flagship
- Desk-reject risk table (calibrate before you submit)
- Worked vignette: anticipating the screen on an auction paper
- Referee and editor expectations once past the screen
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the rje-review-process skill do?
Use to understand and plan around The RAND Journal of Economics (RJE) review pipeline — the upfront editor screen (possible desk reject), peer review by two anonymous referees, and a final read by the handling Editor. Sets expectations and shapes a submission that clears the first screen.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill rje-review-process --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.