Skill UI

This comprehensive guide helps researchers determine if their academic research question aligns with the scope and criteria of top-tier strategic management journals (e.g., SMJ). It provides a multi-part fit test covering strategic DNA, unit of analysis (firm-level), theoretical stakes, and empirical identification challenges. It guides authors on sharpening their questions and choosing the correct specialized journal (SMJ, SEJ, GSJ).

This guide helps researchers determine if their academic idea constitutes a genuine theoretical problem suitable for a specialized theory journal, rather than an empirical study or a simple literature review. It screens for conceptual advances, teaching users to distinguish between mere topics, data-driven findings, and deep theoretical gaps. Use this when you have an intuition or critique but are unsure of the theoretical depth or appropriate academic venue.

This guide provides researchers with a critical framework for determining if their work on algorithms, data structures, and discrete mathematics is suitable for SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms). It outlines a rigorous three-question fit test, offers a routing map to comparable specialized venues (like STOC or FOCS), and clarifies the specific academic pattern required for a submission to be considered novel and impactful to an algorithms expert.

This guide provides a structured framework for academics to elevate their research topics. It instructs authors on transforming narrow empirical questions into major theoretical and institutional debates, connecting research to core societal issues (China, World, Era). It emphasizes moving beyond simple policy assessment to address structural contradictions and theoretical gaps, suitable for advanced academic writing.

This guide provides a comprehensive framework for researchers to assess the scientific value, originality, and scope of their research findings. It helps determine if a topic is suitable for high-level journals like Scientia Sinica Informationis (SSI), guides the choice between Chinese and English versions, and advises on the appropriate journal fit and article column (e.g., Review, Paper, Letter). Ideal for pre-submission planning and refining research focus.

This guide helps researchers evaluate the scope and general significance of their theoretical computer science work. It introduces the 'breadth test' (corridor, lineage, technique) and a detailed routing map to advise whether the paper is best suited for a flagship, broad-scope venue like STOC, or a more specialized conference (e.g., SODA, ITCS, CCC). It provides a structured decision procedure for optimizing academic publication success.

A comprehensive guide for researchers determining if their Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) project contribution is an 'interface artifact' suitable for UIST, or if it belongs to a different venue like CHI or CSCW. It employs the 'artifact-subtraction test' to distinguish between technical system novelty and empirical user findings, ensuring proper conference submission routing.

A comprehensive guide for positioning computer science manuscripts for top-tier security conferences like USENIX Security. It covers core topics (systems, network, privacy, software security), required evidence (rigorous artifact, measurement, vulnerability analysis), and strategic advice on framing the work to meet adversarial reviewer expectations. Ideal for authors preparing high-stakes academic submissions.

A comprehensive guide for researchers on how to effectively position academic contributions, particularly for top-tier development economics journals. It instructs users to move beyond merely stating a research topic (e.g., 'first to study X in Y') by framing their findings as generalizable claims about underlying mechanisms or quantitative gaps. Key focus areas include linking academic gaps to active development policy debates and strategically distinguishing the work from similar fields like JDE or World Development.

This guide provides a comprehensive framework for researchers to assess if their development-related work is suitable for World Development (WD). It moves beyond mere methodological rigor, focusing instead on the paper's multidisciplinary relevance, real-world policy stakes, and ability to advance global understanding of development problems (e.g., poverty, governance, inequality). It helps authors ensure their findings appeal to a broad academic and policy audience.

This skill serves as a comprehensive guide for academic authors, helping them pressure-test if their research topic is appropriate for specialist journals in comparative politics and international relations (IR). It helps determine if a project is substantive, comparative (travels across cases/systems), theory-advancing, and falls within the journal's core scope, ensuring the work meets high academic standards.

This skill provides a rigorous fit test for legal scholarship ideas targeting The Yale Law Journal (YLJ). It helps users determine if their claim has generalist significance beyond a single niche, whether the argument is substantial enough (a claim, not a survey), and what the appropriate format (Article, Essay, Forum) should be. It is crucial for pre-drafting evaluation.