smr-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript against the methods literature across sociology, statistics, econometrics, psychometrics, and computational social science, and avoiding sibling-journal misattribution. Maps the contribution onto prior methods; does not derive or simulate.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smr-literature-positioning --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.
# SMR Literature Positioning Use this to place the contribution in the *methods* literature, not the substantive one. SMR reviewers are methodologists who often know the closest prior estimator, the original derivation, and the competing approach in a neighboring discipline. A missed precedent is the fastest path to a reject. ## Position against methods, not findings The literature review of an SMR paper answers "what is the closest *method*, and how is yours different?" — not "what is known about the substantive topic." Structure the review as a small map: - **Direct ancestors**: the method(s) your contribution extends, corrects, or replaces. Cite the primary source, not a textbook summary. - **Cross-discipline siblings**: the same problem solved in statistics, econometrics, psychometrics, machine learning, or network science. SMR readers expect you to know that a "new" sociology method may already exist under another name elsewhere. - **Competing methods**: the alternatives a reviewer will demand you beat in simulation. Name them here so the comparison set in `smr-simulation-studies` is not a surprise. ## The precedent audit Run this before drafting the review: - Search the **ori
- Position against methods, not findings
- The precedent audit
- Cross-field translation table
- Sibling-journal misattribution guard
- What an SMR reviewer checks first
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the smr-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript against the methods literature across sociology, statistics, econometrics, psychometrics, and computational social science, and avoiding sibling-journal misattribution. Maps the contribution onto prior methods; does not derive or simulate.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smr-literature-positioning --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.