A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for…

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ajps Submission

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-submission -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ajps-submission --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/American-Journal-of-Political-Science-Skills/skills/ajps-submission .claude/skills/ajps-submission && 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
ajps-submission
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
679 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for…

  • Full anonymizing for double-blind review
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Process facts (official…, Preflight checklist and Desk-reject risk table…, plus 5 more sections
  • Reaches editorialmanager.com
  • Word/abstract caps

What it does

Ajps Submission is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for double-blind review, word/abstract caps, APSA-or-Chicago formatting, the 25-page Supporting Information limit, and human-subjects/IRB documentation. Final checks; it does not draft content.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science. 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

  • Full anonymizing for double-blind review
  • Word/abstract caps
  • APSA-or-Chicago formatting
  • The 25-page Supporting Information limit

Example prompts

  • “/ajps-submission”

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

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • editorialmanager.com

    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

Ajps Submission loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 679 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

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). 679 words, ~1,676 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ajps-submission/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ajps-submission
description
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for double-blind review, word/abstract caps, APSA-or-Chicago formatting, the 25-page Supporting Information limit, and human-subjects/IRB documentation. Final checks; it does not draft content.

Submission Preflight (ajps-submission)

The last check before pressing submit on Editorial Manager (editorialmanager.com/ajps). AJPS is double-blind, so the most common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized manuscript — and AJPS's anonymizing rules are strict (no acknowledgments, funding lines, or conference mentions, third-person self-citation). Official AJPS baseline checked 2026-06-20; live-check Editorial Manager prompts before upload.

When to trigger

  • "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
  • Unsure which files/metadata Editorial Manager expects
  • Confirming the chosen type's cap is met and the manuscript is fully anonymized

Process facts (official baseline checked 2026-06-20)

  • Owner / publisher: Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) / Wiley.
  • Portal: Editorial Manager (http://www.editorialmanager.com/ajps/).
  • Review model: double-blind — fully anonymize the manuscript.
  • Types: Article (<= 10,000 words), Research Note (<= 4,000 — methodology/meta-analysis only), Correspondence (<= 4,000 — critique of published AJPS work).
  • Abstract: <= 150 words (background, hypotheses, approach, findings, conclusions).
  • Word count: put it on the title page with the abstract; counts include main text, notes, parenthetical references, print appendices, and table/figure headers and notes; exclude the title page, abstract, reference list, online Supporting Information, and math notation.
  • Style: APSA Style Manual (rev. 2018, updated 2023) or Chicago 18th ed.; full first + last names in references; double-spaced, 12-point, >= one-inch margins.
  • Supporting Information: <= 25 pages for original submissions, uploaded as "Appendix"; anonymized PAPs are separate and do not count against SI pages.
  • Human subjects: IRB approval/exemption where an author has IRB access, else an appendix answering the human-subjects questions; not required when relying on publicly available data approved at original collection.
  • Fee: no submission fee. Wiley OnlineOpen (Gold OA) is optional after acceptance — APC US $4,300 (verified 2026-06-22; re-verify the current rate before submission). Confirm any ORCID, Wiley-license/open-access, or portal-specific prompt during upload/production.

Preflight checklist

Type & length
  • Type chosen and its word cap met (Article <= 10,000 / Note or Correspondence <= 4,000)
  • Word count on the title page (incl. notes + table/figure headers and notes; excl. refs + SI)
  • Abstract <= 150 words covering background/hypotheses/approach/findings/conclusions
Anonymity (double-blind)
  • No author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding statements, or conference mentions
  • Third-person self-citation only (no "as we showed...")
  • Identifying file metadata stripped (document properties, comments)
  • Anonymized response memorandum (for revisions) attached as a PDF to the manuscript
Files & format
  • One anonymous manuscript (PDF / Word / LaTeX)
  • Supporting Information (if any) <= 25 pages, uploaded as "Appendix"; PAP separate if used
  • APSA or Chicago 18th style applied consistently; full names in references
Compliance & reproducibility
  • Human-subjects / IRB documentation ready per the portal's questions
  • Original work; preprint/prior-publication status checked
  • Replication package being staged for the AJPS Dataverse — verified after acceptance (see ajps-replication-and-verification)
Show full SKILL.md (273 more words)Show less

Desk-reject risk table (avoidable failures at AJPS)

TriggerLikely outcomePreflight fix
Manuscript not anonymized (names, acknowledgments, funding)Double-blind breach returnStrip identifying text and file metadata
Short empirical paper sent as a Research NoteWrong-type returnRoute as an Article; the Note is methodology/meta-analysis only
Over the word cap, or SI over 25 pagesReturned to re-fitRecount with notes/captions; trim SI

Worked micro-example (illustrative)

An author readies a survey-experiment Article. Preflight catches a funding acknowledgment in a footnote (removed), a first-person self-cite "in our 2022 paper" (made third-person), and a word count of 10,250 that omitted exhibit captions — recounted it exceeds 10,000, so one robustness table moves to the SI to land at ~9,800 (illustrative). The IRB exemption is attached and the replication package staged for the AJPS Dataverse pending verification.

Editor-pushback patterns and the venue-specific fix

  • "This reads as a methods Note but is a short empirical paper." -> Resubmit as an Article; AJPS reserves the Note for methodology and meta-analysis.
  • "The manuscript still names the authors." -> Re-anonymize and strip document properties.

Calibration anchor: AJPS is Wiley-published for the MPSA, uses Editorial Manager, and is double-blind with a strict anonymizing standard; confirm portal-specific prompts against the live Editorial Manager workflow.

Anti-patterns

  • Leaving acknowledgments, funding lines, conference mentions, or first-person self-cites in the text
  • Abstract over 150 words; no word count on the title page
  • Sending a short empirical study as a methodology-only Research Note
  • Supporting Information over 25 pages on an original submission
  • Treating Wiley production/license choices as settled before acceptance

Output format

【Type】Article / Research Note / Correspondence (cap met? Y/N)
【Anonymized】no names/affiliations/acknowledgments/funding/conference; third-person self-cites; metadata clean? [Y/N]
【Abstract】word count (<=150)
【Word count on title page】incl. notes + table/figure captions? [Y/N]
【Style】APSA or Chicago 18th, consistent, full names? [Y/N]
【SI】<= 25 pages? [Y/N/NA]
【IRB】human-subjects documentation ready? [Y/N/NA]
【Next】await decision -> ajps-rebuttal on R&R

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 American-Journal-of-Political-Science-Skills/skills/ajps-submission of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

Compare with similar skills

Ajps Submission next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Ajps Submission compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Ajps Submission this skillbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills1.2k—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg3.9k14 repos~3.6kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
GitHub Deep Researchbytedance/deer-flow84k4 repos~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills47k2 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Content Research Writerweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss1.9k25 repos~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Last30daysmvanhorn/last30days-skill64k—~7.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

Similar skills

  • Hypothesis Generation

    spacering-net/codeg

    Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.

    3.9k GitHub starsUsed in 14 repos~3.6k tokens
    Research & ScienceAuto-check: notes
  • GitHub Deep Research

    bytedance/deer-flow

    Researches a GitHub repository over four rounds using the GitHub API and web search, then writes a structured markdown report with timeline, metrics and Mermaid diagrams.

    84k GitHub starsUsed in 4 repos~1.3k tokens
    Research & ScienceAuto-check passed
  • Nature Paper Card

    Yuan1z0825/nature-skills

    Builds a structured deep-reading card for one scientific paper, covering methods, how experiments support claims, limitations and research ideas, with a script to prepare the source.

    47k GitHub starsUsed in 2 repos~2.1k tokens
    Research & ScienceAuto-check passed
  • Content Research Writer

    weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss

    Assists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section.

    1.9k GitHub starsUsed in 25 repos~3.5k tokens
    Research & ScienceAuto-check passed
  • Last30days

    mvanhorn/last30days-skill

    Research what people actually say about any topic in the last 30 days.

    64k GitHub stars~7.9k tokensUpdated yesterday
    Research & ScienceAuto-check: notes
  • Peer Review

    spacering-net/codeg

    Structured manuscript/grant review with checklist-based evaluation.

    3.9k GitHub starsUsed in 17 repos~5.9k tokens
    Research & ScienceAuto-check: notes

More from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

All 2,387 skills in this repo
  • Aaag Data Analysis

    brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    A skill your agent uses when running and reporting the analysis for an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript — spatial statistics and modeling, remote-sensing accuracy, or…

    1.2k GitHub stars~1.3k tokensUpdated 14 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Aaag Literature Positioning

    brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    A skill your agent uses when positioning an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript in the literature — engaging geographic scholarship across the relevant area and the…

    1.2k GitHub stars~1.3k tokensUpdated 14 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Aaag Rebuttal

    brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    A skill your agent uses when responding to an Annals of the American Association of Geographers decision letter (major/minor revision) — building a point-by-point response to the subject editor and…

    1.2k GitHub stars~1.4k tokensUpdated 14 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Aaag Research Design

    brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    A skill your agent uses when defending the research design of an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript — spatial/quantitative analysis and GIScience, remote-sensing and…

    1.2k GitHub stars~1.4k tokensUpdated 14 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Aaag Review Process

    brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    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…

    1.2k GitHub stars~1.3k tokensUpdated 14 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Aaag Submission

    brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Annals of the American Association of Geographers via ScholarOne Manuscripts — area/article-type selection…

    1.2k GitHub stars~1.6k tokensUpdated 14 days ago
    Auto-check passed

Questions about Ajps Submission

What does Ajps Submission do?

A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for…. Ajps Submission is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for double-blind review, word/abstract caps, APSA-or-Chicago formatting, the 25-page Supporting Information limit, and human-subjects/IRB documentation.

When should I use Ajps Submission?

Ajps Submission fits situations like: full anonymizing for double-blind review; word/abstract caps; APSA-or-Chicago formatting; the 25-page Supporting Information limit.

How do I install Ajps Submission in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-submission -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (American-Journal-of-Political-Science-Skills/skills/ajps-submission in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ajps-submission in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ajps Submission in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-submission -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (American-Journal-of-Political-Science-Skills/skills/ajps-submission in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ajps-submission in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ajps Submission 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 ajps-submission -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ajps-submission, .gemini/skills/ajps-submission, .github/skills/ajps-submission and .opencode/skills/ajps-submission in your project.

What does Ajps Submission need to run?

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

Does Ajps Submission access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: editorialmanager.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ajps Submission 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 Ajps Submission use?

Ajps Submission 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 Ajps Submission use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Ajps Submission?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ajps Submission: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ajps Submission?

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.