Skill UI

A comprehensive guide for authors revising technical papers for top-tier conferences like ISSTA. It details the necessary structure, emphasizing strict scope definition, establishing clear evaluation contracts (subjects, baselines, metrics), pairing every claim with concrete evidence, and adhering to specialized review discipline.

A comprehensive guide for structuring academic manuscripts intended for top-tier journals like JAE. It teaches authors how to transition from merely identifying a research gap to joining and advancing an ongoing, seminal, economics-based scholarly conversation. Key focus areas include capital markets, financial contracting, and disclosure theory.

This comprehensive router guides researchers through the entire process of developing, analyzing, and submitting a manuscript to the Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE). It provides a structured roadmap, helping users determine the next critical step—from initial topic selection and theory development to advanced econometrics, contribution framing, and final submission preparation. It ensures that the work maintains a rigorous, economics-based argument using archival data, preventing common pitfalls like vague ideas or insufficient identification strategies.

A comprehensive protocol for authors handling Revise and Resubmit (R&R) or major revisions for methods papers in high-impact statistical journals. This guide structures the revision process, emphasizing how to prioritize feedback based on the handling Co-Editor's letter, classify comments (fundamental, clarification, disagreement), and draft a professional, point-by-point response letter. It ensures the manuscript updates precede the response, maintaining a gracious and concrete tone.

Provides a comprehensive guide to the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) submission process. It details the three distinct submission routes—Full-length, Short-paper, and Pre-results Review—helping researchers choose the optimal path based on their research design, whether they have a sharp finding, a prospective RCT, or extensive theory. Covers review standards, timelines, and submission caps.

A comprehensive guide for authors on structuring professional and scientifically sound rebuttals to major journal peer reviews (e.g., JEEM). It teaches how to triage demanding feedback, address core methodological critiques (spatial confounding, leakage, valuation bias), and maintain a collegial, evidence-based tone to strengthen the manuscript.

Provides a structured workflow for revising academic manuscripts based on feedback from the Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) editor. This guide focuses on improving accessibility, narrative balance, framing, and overall structure for a broad, non-specialist audience. It helps authors plan the revisions and draft a professional, collaborative reply letter to the editorial team.

A comprehensive guide for authors responding to revise-and-resubmit (R&R) decisions from highly selective journals. It teaches a rigorous strategy for addressing referee concerns regarding proof gaps, assumptions, generality, and exposition, ensuring the response is structured, evidence-based, and highly professional.

This workflow router guides authors through the complex lifecycle of submitting a paper to the Journal of Financial Intermediation (JFI). It coordinates the entire academic writing process, determining the optimal sequence of skills based on whether the contribution is theory-led or empirics-led. It is designed to help authors structure their research, focusing on methodological rigor (e.g., Gate B checks) before drafting the final prose.

A comprehensive guide for authors responding to major/minor revisions, reject-and-resubmits, or transfer offers from top-tier international finance journals (JIMF). It teaches the structured, evidence-based approach necessary to address reviewer critiques, reconcile conflicting feedback, and successfully advocate for revised methodology.

A comprehensive guide for drafting a structured and evidence-based response to academic peer reviews, particularly for high-stakes journals like JLE. It teaches authors how to triage reviewer comments, structure the response letter (opening summary, point-by-point), and address complex issues such as legal identification and institutional description while maintaining a professional, non-defensive tone.

This comprehensive guide provides a detailed strategy for authors drafting a formal, point-by-point rebuttal letter following major or minor journal revisions. It teaches how to address deep-seated concerns—such as contribution, identification, and robustness—by ensuring the response is highly evidence-based, structured for quick adjudication, and meets the stringent standards of top-tier academic publishing.