Skill UI

This comprehensive guide helps authors evaluate whether their philosophical manuscript meets the high standards required by leading generalist academic journals, such as Mind. It details criteria for originality, the development of rigorous arguments, deep engagement with opposing views, and adherence to specific structural and stylistic norms common in analytic philosophy. Use it as a critical pre-submission checklist to strengthen your scholarly contribution.

This guide helps researchers structure and articulate strong theoretical contributions for top-tier MIS journals. It details how theory takes different forms—be it a causal behavioral mechanism, a design theory, or an economic model—depending on the specific MIS research tradition, ensuring hypotheses are derived a priori and the IT artifact is load-bearing.

A comprehensive guide for drafting responses to reviewers during the Revise & Resubmit (R&R) phase. It teaches authors how to transform developmental, theory-level critiques into a credible, point-by-point reply and improved manuscript. Focus is placed on maintaining a respectful, collaborative tone and demonstrating deep theoretical engagement.

A comprehensive guide for navigating the rigorous and theory-first review process in Organization Studies. This skill helps users set accurate expectations regarding desk-reject odds, the developmental double-anonymized review, and how to decipher ambiguous editor and reviewer signals (e.g., distinguishing high-risk R&R from a major revision). It provides a strategic framework for deciding whether to revise the manuscript or reposition it to a different journal.

This tool acts as an orchestrator for writing *Progress in Human Geography* manuscripts. It guides authors through the entire writing process by routing the piece based on its lifecycle stage, genre (Review Article vs. Progress Report), and whether the topic is truly review-worthy. It systematically ensures the resulting work is synthetic, critical, and focused on developing a core academic argument.

This function guides academic writers in transforming rich textual readings into a consequential, field-shaping argument suitable for major scholarly publications (like PMLA). It moves beyond mere description by structuring the core elements: a contestable thesis, the interpretive warrant, the critical move, and the broad implications (stakes) for the discipline. Use this when your reading has deep potential but lacks a clear, governing, and consequential claim.

A comprehensive guide for positioning manuscripts at the intersection of demography, population science, and global development policy. It helps authors structure their contribution to engage both population experts and policy scholars, ensuring the work reads as a broad-interest, synthetic contribution rather than a niche academic estimate.

This comprehensive guide details the multi-stage review process for submitting manuscripts to the Population and Development Review (PDR). It covers the initial editorial screening, double-anonymized peer review by experts, and key criteria for acceptance. Use this resource to stress-test your paper, anticipate potential failure modes, and structure your work for maximum scholarly impact before submission.

This guide provides a comprehensive workflow for managing complex, multi-year academic research projects targeting large, multi-round conferences (like SIGMOD). It details the five-act publication cycle, strategies for round selection under embargo periods, backward planning from paper cutoffs, and essential team coordination practices for sustained research development.

This guide helps researchers structure rigorous, mechanism-driven theoretical arguments for top-tier academic journals. It teaches users how to move beyond mere correlation by establishing a clear causal logic, identifying the underlying mechanism, and integrating established strategic lenses (e.g., RBV, Dynamic Capabilities) to build testable hypotheses.

This workflow router is designed for academic researchers targeting top-tier strategy journals. It does not write the paper but acts as a systematic guide, analyzing the current state of your manuscript—from vague ideas to final submission—and recommending the precise next specialized skill needed. It ensures that the paper is systematically improved across theory development, methodological rigor, data analysis, and contribution framing, guiding the author through the entire publication lifecycle.

A comprehensive audit tool for stress-testing the logical coherence of sociological theory manuscripts. This skill guides the user through checking every link in the theoretical spine (premises → mechanism → propositions → conclusion), ensuring that claims are warranted, identifying strongest rival explanations, and handling potential counter-cases. It strengthens the argument itself, independent of empirical data.