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This tool guides researchers through the critical initial phase of academic manuscript preparation. It tests whether a research question has genuine accounting relevance, a credible source of identifying variation (e.g., policy shock, rule change), clear economic stakes, and sufficient marginal contribution for top-tier accounting journals like JAR. It serves as a methodological fit check before any data collection begins.

This router is designed to guide authors through the entire, highly structured process of developing and submitting an academic manuscript specifically to the Journal of Accounting Research (JAR). It does not perform the research itself but acts as a decision tool, directing the user to the next most appropriate specialized skill—whether it's refining the core topic, strengthening the economic theory, executing data analysis, or drafting a rebuttal response—ensuring a coherent and high-quality research workflow.

This tool guides users through the rigorous scope requirements for submitting research to the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES). It ensures that a project possesses both methodological novelty and clear empirical relevance, particularly in microeconomics, macroeconomics, business, and finance. It serves as a critical sanity check, preventing submissions that are purely theoretical or purely applied without methodological contribution.

This guide helps researchers assess if a corporate finance question is suitable for the Journal of Corporate Finance (JCF). It provides a framework to determine if the topic fits the journal's empirical or theoretical remit (e.g., governance, M&A, financial structure) and advises on the optimal article format (full-length vs. shorter paper). It serves as a critical self-check against common academic rejection pitfalls.

This tool helps researchers explicitly articulate the theoretical contribution of their manuscripts for submission to top-tier journals like JCR. It guides the user through framing the contribution as Advancing, Deepening, or Repudiating existing consumer theory. It is essential for drafting the mandatory Consumer Relevance and Contribution Statement (≤300 words), ensuring the claim is conceptual, interdisciplinary, and focused on consumer understanding, rather than just managerial outcomes.

This tool serves as a comprehensive workflow router for authors targeting the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JEBO). It guides users through the entire academic writing process, from initial topic selection and literature positioning to experimental design, robustness checks, and rebuttal strategy, ensuring the manuscript meets the unique methodological requirements of behavioral economics.

This tool guides researchers in evaluating whether their economic project topic is suitably specialized and ambitious for elite, growth-focused academic journals. It helps users frame their research question around core growth mechanisms, such as human capital accumulation, endogenous growth theory, or institutional dynamics, ensuring the work meets the standard of a "first-order growth question."

This tool provides a comprehensive pre-submission checklist designed for authors submitting survey papers (either a proposal or a full draft) to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) via the AEA portal. It ensures compliance by verifying JEL codes, disclosure statements, data availability, and adherence to style guides, helping authors finalize their submission package.

This tool helps refine academic survey articles to adopt the authoritative and accessible "JEL voice." It focuses on improving prose structure, ensuring the narrative flows for non-specialist economists, and structuring the introduction and abstract according to academic conventions. It transforms summary writing into synthesis dialogue, making complex topics engaging for a broad audience.

A comprehensive guide for authors preparing manuscripts for top-tier academic journals, especially in finance (e.g., The Journal of Finance). It details how to anticipate potential objections from handling editors and expert referees, covering areas like identification credibility, robustness checks, and general interest framing. This tool helps optimize the paper's structure pre-submission to maximize acceptance chances.

This comprehensive guide provides a detailed preflight checklist for submitting academic manuscripts to the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE). It walks authors through critical steps covering formatting standards (e.g., abstract length, citation style), ensuring anonymity, managing mandatory code/data deposits, and verifying submission requirements such as fees and target portals. Use this tool to ensure your paper is submission-ready.

This tool guides researchers in scoping and rigorously testing a research topic for submission to top-tier finance journals, such as the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE). It helps users refine an economic question, establish a novel contribution, identify plausible causal links, and assess the paper's depth against high academic standards (e.g., Jensen or Fama-DFA prizes). It is crucial for transforming a general academic idea into a publishable, high-impact manuscript.