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This skill provides a rigorous framework for political scientists to pre-test their research projects against the standards of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS). It evaluates whether a topic has a sharp, generalizable question, demonstrates strong causal identification, provides a substantive theoretical contribution, and fits the appropriate submission type (Article, Research Note, Correspondence). Use this before committing significant time to writing.

This skill serves as the central workflow router for manuscripts submitted to the American Journal of Sociology (AJS). It guides authors through the entire academic lifecycle, from initial topic selection and theoretical framing to research design, data analysis, and final submission/rebuttal. It helps authors determine the appropriate next step based on the manuscript type (research article, comment, reply) and current stage, ensuring the work meets AJS's high standard for theoretical ambition and sociological dialogue.

This guide provides comprehensive instructions for authors submitting to the American Journal of Sociology (AJS). It details AJS's unique house style (which is NOT the ASA style guide), covering citation mechanics, note formatting, reference lists, and manuscript structure. Crucially, it advises writers on how to structure their arguments to be theoretically ambitious and legible to a generalist audience, ensuring the core contribution is immediately apparent.

A comprehensive guide for conducting rigorous academic literature reviews. It teaches authors how to critically appraise and synthesize conflicting empirical evidence by weighing findings based on credibility, study design, and contextual differences. The framework ensures balance, maintains objectivity, and elevates the quality of academic scholarship.

This guide helps pure mathematics researchers evaluate whether their results possess sufficient depth, originality, and lasting importance to be submitted to highly selective, top-tier journals. It functions as a pre-submission screening tool, guiding authors to assess the true significance and appropriate scope of their work before investing significant time in framing or writing a full manuscript.

A comprehensive guide to the rigorous standards for structuring pure mathematics manuscripts, specifically detailing the proper use of appendices and auxiliary material. It teaches authors how to distinguish between the essential core argument (which must remain in the main text) and supplementary technical results, long computations, or background lemmas (which belong in the appendix). This ensures the main text remains focused while maintaining academic rigor and verifiability for peer review.

This guide provides comprehensive methodological blueprints for designing scholarly manuscripts submitted to Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS). It covers various research paradigms, including qualitative field studies, behavioral experiments, surveys, and historical/archival inquiries. Emphasis is placed on rigorous planning, ethical considerations (IRB approval, consent, anonymity), and maintaining theoretical alignment between the research design and the core argument, helping researchers avoid methodological pitfalls.

This guide helps researchers critically evaluate and sharpen their accounting research questions, ensuring the focus is on the social, organizational, or behavioral aspects of accounting practices, rather than purely financial or capital-market outcomes. It outlines the 'AOS fit' test and helps select the appropriate intellectual tradition for submission.

A comprehensive guide for critically appraising primary academic studies (e.g., DID, IV, RDD) when writing literature reviews. It teaches how to assess the methodological credibility, robustness, and potential biases of existing evidence, ensuring the synthesis accurately reflects the field's best knowledge rather than merely counting conflicting results.

This guide provides best practices for organizing supplementary material and appendices in major conference submissions. It teaches authors how to maintain the core 11-page body's self-contained integrity while including necessary details (like full configurations, extended result grids, and full proofs) in appendices, ensuring the work remains robust even if reviewers do not read the supplemental content.

This guide provides a detailed framework for authors to strategically place content within technical conference papers. It outlines the distinct roles of the extended abstract, main body, appendix, and artifact, ensuring that all acceptance-critical information is positioned where reviewers are required to read it. Following these rules maximizes the paper's chances of successful peer review acceptance.

A comprehensive guide for authors targeting top-tier journals in systems and control theory (e.g., Automatica). This skill helps authors re-frame their work from narrow application studies to general, methodologically rigorous advances. It details the necessary components, including theoretical guarantees (stability, convergence, optimality), structured proofs, and necessary breadth to meet the highest academic standards.