Peer Review
spacering-net/codeg
Structured manuscript/grant review with checklist-based evaluation.
A skill your agent uses when you need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR, Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external…
Install Popdevr Review Process
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills popdevr-review-process --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process .claude/skills/popdevr-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "popdevr-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process into .claude/skills/popdevr-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "popdevr-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-processType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills popdevr-review-process --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process .agents/skills/popdevr-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "popdevr-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process into .agents/skills/popdevr-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "popdevr-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills popdevr-review-process --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process .cursor/skills/popdevr-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "popdevr-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process into .cursor/skills/popdevr-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "popdevr-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills popdevr-review-process --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process .gemini/skills/popdevr-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "popdevr-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process into .gemini/skills/popdevr-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "popdevr-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills popdevr-review-processInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process .github/skills/popdevr-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "popdevr-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process into .github/skills/popdevr-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "popdevr-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills popdevr-review-process --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process .opencode/skills/popdevr-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "popdevr-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process into .opencode/skills/popdevr-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "popdevr-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
popdevr-review-process- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 523 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 Population and Development Review (PDR, Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external…
- Works in 5 steps: Editorial / committee screen first.… → Double-anonymized review. If sent out,… → Expert, cross-field referees. Reviewers… → …
- You need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How PDR review works, Shape the paper to pass and Anti-patterns, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Popdevr Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when you need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR, Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external review, double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees, and a typical ~3-month time to first decision. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
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.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Peer review. 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
- You need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR
- Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external review
- Double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees
- A typical ~3-month time to first decision
Example prompts
- “/popdevr-review-process”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Editorial / committee screen first. Editors (with an editorial committee) read every submission
- Double-anonymized review. If sent out, the paper goes to at least two referees; authors are
- Expert, cross-field referees. Reviewers are typically expert demographers and/or development
- Time to decision. Authors can expect written comments and a decision roughly three months after
- Decision and revision. Standard scholarly outcomes (reject / revise-and-resubmit / accept);
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
Popdevr Review Process loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 523 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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). 523 words, ~1,259 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/popdevr-review-process/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- popdevr-review-process
- description
- Use when you need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR, Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external review, double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees, and a typical ~3-month time to first decision. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
Review Process (popdevr-review-process)
Knowing how PDR screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. PDR runs an editorial / committee screen first, then double-anonymized external review by at least two referees, with a first decision typically around three months (verify current timelines). 待核实.
When to trigger
- Before submitting, to stress-test against the screen and likely reviewer objections
- Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations
- Understanding why a paper can be declined without external review
- Deciding how to anonymize and how to frame the population-and-development contribution
How PDR review works
- Editorial / committee screen first. Editors (with an editorial committee) read every submission and decide whether to send it out. A paper can be declined before review for poor fit with the population-and-development scope or low likelihood of favorable external reviews. This usually happens within the first weeks.
- Double-anonymized review. If sent out, the paper goes to at least two referees; authors are
not told reviewer identities and reviewers are not told author identities. Remove all identifying
information about all co-authors so anonymity holds (see
popdevr-submission). - Expert, cross-field referees. Reviewers are typically expert demographers and/or development scholars; both the population evidence and its development meaning will be scrutinized.
- Time to decision. Authors can expect written comments and a decision roughly three months after submission (a norm, not a guarantee — confirm on the author page). 待核实.
- Decision and revision. Standard scholarly outcomes (reject / revise-and-resubmit / accept); confirm exact categories and any timelines on the official page. 待核实.
Shape the paper to pass
- Make the population-and-development connection and broad interest explicit (avoids the off-fit
decline) — see
popdevr-topic-selectionandpopdevr-literature-positioning. - Get the method right (rates, exposure, identification, comparability) so expert referees see rigor.
- Anticipate the strongest rival (reverse causation, selection, comparability) and answer it in the design.
- For a synthetic essay, make the framework's contribution and boundary unmistakable — a vague essay is the classic decline.
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Anti-patterns
- Submitting a clean estimate with no development/policy payoff (off-fit decline)
- Leaving self-identifying references that compromise double-anonymized review
- A synthetic essay that summarizes rather than reorganizes (low likelihood of favorable reviews)
- Expecting external review for a paper unlikely to earn favorable reviews — that is a decline ground
Review-risk pass for PDR
Run this as a concrete capability pass. First lock the population process, the development/policy linkage, the data and time scale, the selection/measurement issue, and the uncertainty; then test whether the manuscript addresses PDR's broad audience who inspect both the population evidence and its development meaning.
- Primary move: Turn likely reviewer objections into a ledger with response evidence, manuscript location, and which audience (demographer vs. development/policy referee) must be convinced first.
- Decision ledger: return
claim / evidence / blocker / next editrows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly. - Sibling comparison: compare against Demography and Population Studies (methods-forward), Population Research and Policy Review (applied policy), and Studies in Family Planning (programs); if a neighbor has the stronger audience claim, recommend re-routing before polishing.
- Verification floor: before submission-ready advice, re-open
resources/official-source-map.mdfor volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.
Output format
【Fit check】population-and-development question of broad interest? [Y/N]
【Screen risk】likely to pass the editorial/committee screen? [Y/N + why]
【Method rigor】rates/exposure/identification/comparability defensible to expert referees? [Y/N]
【Anonymity】all co-author identifiers removed? [Y/N]
【Realistic outcome】decline-without-review / R&R / (rare) accept
【Next】popdevr-submission (or popdevr-rebuttal if decided)Supplementary resources
../../resources/official-source-map.md— review-process page (editorial screen, double-anonymized review, ~3-month decision)
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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What does Popdevr Review Process do?
A skill your agent uses when you need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR, Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external…. Popdevr Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when you need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR, Wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external review, double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees, and a typical ~3-month time to first decision.
When should I use Popdevr Review Process?
Popdevr Review Process fits situations like: you need to understand how Population and Development Review (PDR; wiley / Population Council) evaluates a manuscript — an editorial-committee screen before external review; double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees; A typical ~3-month time to first decision.
How do I install Popdevr Review Process in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/popdevr-review-process in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Popdevr Review Process in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill popdevr-review-process -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Population-and-Development-Review-Skills/skills/popdevr-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/popdevr-review-process in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Popdevr 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 popdevr-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/popdevr-review-process, .gemini/skills/popdevr-review-process, .github/skills/popdevr-review-process and .opencode/skills/popdevr-review-process in your project.
What does Popdevr Review Process need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Popdevr Review Process is instructions for the agent only.
Does Popdevr 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 Popdevr 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 Popdevr Review Process use?
Popdevr 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 Popdevr Review Process use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k 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 Popdevr Review Process?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Popdevr Review Process: Peer Review (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Scholar Evaluation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars) and Academic Paper Reviewer (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Popdevr Review Process?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 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.