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A comprehensive guide for authors on how to position their computational or methodological contributions when submitting to the INFORMS Journal on Computing (IJOC). It emphasizes the critical need to advance against two distinct frontiers simultaneously: the Operations Research/Mathematical Science problem domain, and the core computing methodology. Use this when reviewer feedback questions the novelty or when your work straddles OR and CS boundaries.

A comprehensive guide for polishing sophisticated academic manuscripts, particularly those in Information Systems Research (ISR). This skill helps ensure the contribution is front-loaded, the structure is clear for diverse disciplinary audiences (behavioral, economic, design-science), and the formatting adheres to strict academic standards (e.g., INFORMS author-date style, abstract length limits). Ideal for late-stage editing passes before submission.

A comprehensive guide for drafting and polishing academic manuscripts for the Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE). This skill ensures adherence to strict house conventions, including writing citation-free 100-word abstracts, structuring quantitative findings, correctly reporting estimated coefficients with standard errors, and managing front matter (keywords, acknowledgments, COI statements).

A comprehensive guide for refining academic manuscripts, specifically tailored for top-tier accounting journals (e.g., JAR). It instructs authors on restructuring their introductions to immediately front-load the research question, setting, identification strategy, and key findings. It covers advanced academic writing conventions, rigorous signposting, and adherence to specialized house styles.

This skill provides a comprehensive guide for polishing academic manuscripts intended for the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV). It focuses on restructuring the prose to place the entrepreneurial phenomenon at the forefront, writing for a multidisciplinary audience, and balancing narrative description with theoretical rigor. Essential for late-stage revision before journal submission.

This guide teaches systematic methods for positioning a research manuscript's marginal contribution, particularly for general-interest academic journals. It emphasizes locating the true academic frontier, explicitly naming 2-3 closest preceding works, and articulating the novel 'delta' in one sentence. The goal is to pass the 'travel test'—demonstrating why the finding matters to a broad, non-specialist readership.

This guide provides advanced strategies for positioning a research contribution within the complex academic landscape of Economic Geography. It emphasizes that strong positioning must bridge multiple, distinct scholarly frontiers (e.g., quantitative-spatial economics and evolutionary geography) rather than focusing on a single literature, ensuring the work meets the rigorous standards of top-tier journals.

A comprehensive guide for researchers writing for top-tier journals like JFI. It teaches authors how to structure the introduction and related-work sections by clearly positioning their contribution against the established frontier of banking and financial intermediation. It emphasizes identifying the specific mechanism gap, citing the two to four closest antecedent papers, and distinguishing the work from adjacent financial fields.

A comprehensive preflight checklist designed for authors submitting manuscripts to specific academic journals (e.g., JHR). It ensures the paper meets critical requirements regarding scope (empirical microeconomics), page limits (e.g., 40 pages), required front matter (disclosure statements, data plans), and adherence to journal-specific submission protocols, helping authors avoid technical rejection and improving overall publication chances.

This skill guides authors on how to sharply position their research contributions within highly specialized academic fields, such as international economics. Instead of writing a broad survey, it helps define a precise 'delta'—the unique gap, mechanism, or data set—relative to the most relevant frontier papers. Ideal for defining the novelty and scope of an academic manuscript for top-tier journals.

A guide for structuring academic manuscripts, teaching authors how to precisely situate their research contribution against established theoretical frontiers (e.g., TCE, PPE, Firm Theory). It moves beyond simply listing prior work to defining a clear conceptual delta relative to canonical anchors, which is crucial for top-tier scholarly journals.

This guide helps authors refine academic prose for institutional and organizational economics journals. It teaches how to structure the narrative to open with an institutional puzzle, clearly name the underlying mechanism, and frame the contribution as a delta on a specific frontier, ensuring the focus remains on governance and organizational forms rather than just data or models.