wp-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the test is a substantive question that travels across cases or systems — not subfield novelty, and not a single-case description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill wp-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 & Fit (wp-topic-selection) World Politics is a **leading specialist** in comparative politics and international relations. The bar is not "new to my country case" and not "of general interest to all of political science" — it is **a substantive political question that travels across cases or systems** and advances theoretical debate. Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest. ## When to trigger - Choosing among possible projects or framings for a World Politics submission - A reviewer/colleague said the paper feels "too case-specific" or "just one country" - Deciding between a **research article** and a **review article** - Worried the topic may be out of scope (policy/opinion, theory-only, historical, journalistic) ## The World Politics fit test A strong research article usually clears all four: 1. **Comparative or IR substance.** The question concerns the central problems of **comparative politics or international relations** — regimes, institutions, conflict, cooperation, development, identity, political economy — not a discipline-agnostic methods demo and not pure IR theory alone. 2. **It travels.** The argument or mechanism applies **beyond a sing
- When to trigger
- The World Politics fit test
- Research article vs. review article
- Differentiation (so you target the right venue)
- Anti-patterns
- Fit-objection patterns and the venue-specific fix
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the wp-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the test is a substantive question that travels across cases or systems — not subfield novelty, and not a single-case description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill wp-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.