A skill your agent uses when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by…

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Install Aaag Review Process

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-review-process -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills aaag-review-process --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Annals-of-the-American-Association-of-Geographers-Skills/skills/aaag-review-process .claude/skills/aaag-review-process && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
aaag-review-process
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
532 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by…

  • 1-3 referees (one being the editor
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How the Annals reviews (verify…, What gets a paper… and Area-aware reviewer expectations, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Decision categories

What it does

Aaag Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by area, 1-3 referees (one being the editor or designate), decision categories, and what desk-rejects a paper. Sets expectations; it does not write the paper or the response letter.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • 1-3 referees (one being the editor
  • Decision categories
  • What desk-rejects a paper

Example prompts

  • “/aaag-review-process”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Aaag Review Process loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 532 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 532 words, ~1,349 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/aaag-review-process/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
aaag-review-process
description
Use when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by area, 1-3 referees (one being the editor or designate), decision categories, and what desk-rejects a paper. Sets expectations; it does not write the paper or the response letter.

Review Process (aaag-review-process)

Knowing how the Annals judges a paper lets you pre-empt the objections that sink it. Submissions are routed to a subject editor by area, reviewed double-anonymously, and held to the broad four-area flagship's bar. Confirm volatile specifics on the official pages (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准).

When to trigger

  • Before submission, to stress-test against likely reviewer and editor objections
  • Choosing the area so the right subject editor and reviewers handle the paper
  • Interpreting a decision letter before drafting a response (aaag-rebuttal)

How the Annals reviews (verify current wording)

  • Editorial structure. A subject editor leads each area — Geographic Methods; Human Geography; Nature and Society; Physical Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences — plus a General Geography / cross-disciplinary editor and a Cartography Editor. Editors serve four-year terms (current editors are volatile — 检索于 2026-06;以官网为准).
  • Review model. Double-anonymous peer review for Articles, Special Issues, Forums, and Commentaries, by one to three referees, one of whom is the editor or a designate. Commentary Responses undergo single-anonymous review.
  • Decision categories. Accept / minor revision / major revision (revise-and-resubmit) / reject — exact labels vary; treat a major revision as a genuine, scoped invitation.

What gets a paper desk-rejected or rejected early

TriggerWhy it failsPre-empt with
Not really geographyspace/place/scale is decorativeaaag-topic-selection (delete-test)
Wrong area / wrong venuespecialty-venue increment to the flagshipaaag-topic-selection, aaag-literature-positioning
Over the word cap / format offexceeds 11,000 inclusive; non-Chicagoaaag-writing-style, aaag-submission
Spatial method not defendedautocorrelation/MAUP/validation ignoredaaag-research-design, aaag-data-analysis
Atheoreticaldescriptive mapping, no conceptaaag-theory-building
Cartography below standardartifactual maps, no projection/legendaaag-tables-figures

Area-aware reviewer expectations

  • Methods reviewers probe inference, generality beyond one dataset, and spatial assumptions.
  • Human reviewers probe theoretical engagement, positionality, and interpretive rigor.
  • Nature-Society reviewers check that both sides are theorized and integrated.
  • Physical / RS reviewers check measurement validity, validation samples, and uncertainty.
Show full SKILL.md (242 more words)Show less

Reading a decision letter

DecisionWhat it meansWhat to do
Accept (rare on first pass)publishablefinal-submission guidelines; production
Minor revisionsmall, scoped changesaddress fully and quickly (aaag-rebuttal)
Major revision (R&R)promising, but real gapstreat as a genuine invitation; rebuild where asked
Reject (with encouragement)not now, but resubmittableif invited, address substance before any resubmission
Desk rejectscope/fit/format failurere-evaluate venue and the geography fit

Editors weigh strong, geographically-grounded support across referees plus their own judgment; a single enthusiastic review rarely carries a paper, and a fixable methods gap need not sink one.

Self-screen before you submit (pre-empt the desk)

  • Could a generalist geographer state the contribution and the area in one sentence?
  • Is every map and spatial method defensible to an area specialist and a methods reviewer?
  • Are anonymity and the inclusive word cap genuinely satisfied?

Checklist

  • Area declared so the right subject editor receives it
  • Manuscript double-anonymized (text, self-refs, file metadata)
  • Likely area-specific objections pre-empted in the design and exhibits
  • Word cap and Chicago style satisfied before submission
  • Maps meet cartographic standard; spatial methods defended

Anti-patterns

  • Letting the system pick the area for you (lands with the wrong editor/reviewers)
  • Submitting work whose geography is decorative and hoping reviewers overlook it
  • Treating a major revision as a rejection rather than a scoped path to acceptance
  • Ignoring the Cartography Editor's standard for maps

Output format

【Area / editor】Methods / Human / Nature-Society / Physical / General
【Review model】double-anonymous, 1-3 referees (one editor/designate)
【Top 3 likely objections】by area, each with its pre-emption
【Desk-reject risk】geography decorative? cap/format? [Y/N]
【Next】aaag-submission (pre-submit) or aaag-rebuttal (post-decision)

Supplementary resources

© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in Annals-of-the-American-Association-of-Geographers-Skills/skills/aaag-review-process of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Aaag Review Process

What does Aaag Review Process do?

A skill your agent uses when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by…. Aaag Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by area, 1-3 referees (one being the editor or designate), decision categories, and what desk-rejects a paper.

When should I use Aaag Review Process?

Aaag Review Process fits situations like: 1-3 referees (one being the editor; decision categories; what desk-rejects a paper.

How do I install Aaag Review Process in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-review-process -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Annals-of-the-American-Association-of-Geographers-Skills/skills/aaag-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/aaag-review-process in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aaag Review Process in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-review-process -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Annals-of-the-American-Association-of-Geographers-Skills/skills/aaag-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/aaag-review-process in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Aaag Review Process in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-review-process -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aaag-review-process, .gemini/skills/aaag-review-process, .github/skills/aaag-review-process and .opencode/skills/aaag-review-process in your project.

What does Aaag Review Process need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Aaag Review Process is instructions for the agent only.

Does Aaag Review Process access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Aaag Review Process safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Aaag Review Process use?

Aaag Review Process is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Aaag Review Process use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Aaag Review Process?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.