vis-related-work
Use when positioning an IEEE VIS submission against the visualization literature across TVCG, the six VIS areas, EuroVis/CGF, PacificVis, and adjacent HCI/graphics venues, writing delta-first contrast rather than a citation catalog, keeping self-citations double-blind when opted in, and handling concurrent, preprint, and prior-version overlap for a TVCG journal article.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill vis-related-work --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.
# VIS Related Work Use this to audit novelty and positioning. IEEE VIS reviewers are close to the visualization literature and expect to see where your paper sits relative to the nearest prior work — stated as a **delta**, not a list. Because VIS full papers are **TVCG articles**, the novelty bar is a journal bar. Reopen the current call for dual-submission, anonymity, and prior-publication rules before advising authors. ## Positioning checks - **Separate the visualization novelty from the engineering.** What is new: a visual encoding, an interaction technique, a system integrating known parts in a newly effective way, an empirical finding about perception or use, or a model/methodology? - **Cover the visualization lanes.** VIS reviewers expect TVCG/VIS prior work in your area, the European (EuroVis / Computer Graphics Forum) and Pacific (PacificVis) literature, and the adjacent HCI/graphics venues when you borrow from them (see the table). A bibliography missing the obvious sibling work reads as unaware. - **Write delta-first.** Each closely related paper gets one sentence naming what it did and one naming what you do differently — not a summary. Position, don't catalog. - **Prese
- Positioning checks
- Visualization literature lanes
- Delta-first positioning vignette
- Concurrent and prior-version judgment calls
- Eligibility red flags
- Output format
What does the vis-related-work skill do?
Use when positioning an IEEE VIS submission against the visualization literature across TVCG, the six VIS areas, EuroVis/CGF, PacificVis, and adjacent HCI/graphics venues, writing delta-first contrast rather than a citation catalog, keeping self-citations double-blind when opted in, and handling concurrent, preprint, and prior-version overlap for a TVCG journal article.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill vis-related-work --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.