Peer Review
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Agent skill
Soctheory Review Process
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when you need to understand Sociological Theory (ST)'s double-anonymous peer review and interpret a decision letter focused on conceptual novelty and logical soundness.
Install Soctheory Review Process
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill soctheory-review-process -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process .claude/skills/soctheory-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 "soctheory-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process into .claude/skills/soctheory-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-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 soctheory-review-process -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process .agents/skills/soctheory-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 "soctheory-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process into .agents/skills/soctheory-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "soctheory-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 soctheory-review-process -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process .cursor/skills/soctheory-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 "soctheory-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process into .cursor/skills/soctheory-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "soctheory-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 Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-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 soctheory-review-process -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process .gemini/skills/soctheory-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 "soctheory-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process into .gemini/skills/soctheory-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "soctheory-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 soctheory-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 soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process .github/skills/soctheory-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 "soctheory-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process into .github/skills/soctheory-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "soctheory-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 soctheory-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 soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process .opencode/skills/soctheory-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 "soctheory-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process into .opencode/skills/soctheory-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "soctheory-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
soctheory-review-process- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 574 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 Sociological Theory (ST)'s double-anonymous peer review and interpret a decision letter focused on conceptual novelty and logical soundness.
- Tasks that involve Peer review
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, What ST review is (durable…, Desk-reject triggers specific… and Reading the decision letter, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Soctheory Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when you need to understand Sociological Theory (ST)'s double-anonymous peer review and interpret a decision letter focused on conceptual novelty and logical soundness. Explains the process and decision types; it does NOT draft the response document (that is soctheory-rebuttal).
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
- Tasks that involve Peer review
Example prompts
- “/soctheory-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
Soctheory Review Process loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 574 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). 574 words, ~1,289 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/soctheory-review-process/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- soctheory-review-process
- description
- Use when you need to understand Sociological Theory (ST)'s double-anonymous peer review and interpret a decision letter focused on conceptual novelty and logical soundness. Explains the process and decision types; it does NOT draft the response document (that is soctheory-rebuttal).
Understanding ST's Peer Review (soctheory-review-process)
When to trigger
- You just received an ST decision letter and need to interpret it
- You do not know what ST review weights or expects of you
- You are deciding whether an R&R is worth pursuing and how to read the editor's signals
- You need to triage reviewer comments by what ST actually values
What ST review is (durable norms)
ST uses double-anonymous peer review through SAGE's web-based system (Manuscript Central,
mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soct; 检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). The durable shape:
- A handling editor assigns the paper to reviewers expert in your theoretical tradition.
(The editorial team rotates; recent ST guidance lists a multi-person editor group rather than
a single EIC — confirm the current slate on the official ASA/ST page; do not name individuals
from memory. See
resources/official-source-map.md.) - Reviews focus on what ST exists to protect: a genuine conceptual contribution (a new way
of seeing — see
soctheory-contribution-framing), conceptual clarity, internal consistency, the logical soundness of the argument, and engagement with the relevant tradition. Reviewers do not ask about identification, sample size, robustness, or measurement validity — those are ASR/AJS criteria. - Decisions are commonly: Reject; Major Revision (R&R); Minor Revision; rarely an immediate Accept. Multiple rounds are normal for theory papers.
- An R&R is an invitation, not a promise; the bar can rise across rounds.
Desk-reject triggers specific to ST
The editor screens for fit and contribution before sending a paper out. Most common ST desk rejects: (1) "this is an empirical paper" (a hypothesis test in disguise); (2) a literature review with no original theoretical move; (3) an "application" of a theory that does not change the theory; (4) conceptual relabeling presented as new theory; (5) an argument with no engaged tradition; (6) length/format/masking failures or out-of-scope submissions (route to ASR/AJS, Sociological Methodology, ARS, or Theory and Society).
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Reading the decision letter
| Signal in the letter | What it usually means | Your move |
|---|---|---|
| "Promising but the contribution is unclear" | Theory may be sound but under-differentiated | Re-run soctheory-contribution-framing |
| "Propositions are not well argued" | Reasoning gaps between premises and claims | Re-run soctheory-argument-development |
| "Reads as a review of the literature" | No real theoretical move | Re-run soctheory-literature-positioning + soctheory-writing-style |
| "Concepts are unclear / overlap existing ones" | Conceptual clarity challenged | Re-run soctheory-theory-construction (definition/extension) |
| "Theory over-reaches" | Scope unstated | Re-run soctheory-boundary-conditions |
| "Doesn't engage tradition T" | Positioning gap | Re-run soctheory-literature-positioning |
| Editor flags specific reviewer points as essential | The editor's priorities | Address these first and most fully |
Triaging reviewer comments
- Read the editor's letter as the master key. When reviewers disagree, the editor's framing tells you which issues are decision-critical.
- Separate substance comments from presentation comments. A missing mechanism or an undefended proposition outranks wording.
- Distinguish "the theory is wrong" from "the prose hid a sound argument." The first needs
re-theorizing; the second needs
soctheory-writing-style. - Note conflicts between reviewers and plan to adjudicate them transparently (in
soctheory-rebuttal).
Checklist
- Decision type identified (Reject / Major R&R / Minor)
- The editor's stated priorities extracted and ranked
- Each reviewer comment tagged: substance vs. presentation
- Comments mapped to the skill that addresses them (theory / argument / positioning / scope / contribution)
- Reviewer conflicts identified for transparent adjudication
- Realistic judgment made on whether the revision can meet the raised bar
Anti-patterns
- Treating an R&R as acceptance and making only cosmetic changes
- Ignoring the editor's letter and responding only to reviewers
- Reading reviews as "the reviewers will fix the theory for me"
- Promising to add an empirical test — ST neither wants nor accepts one
- Underestimating the number of rounds and over-claiming the revision is final
Output format
【Decision type】Reject / Major (R&R) / Minor
【Editor's priorities】ranked list
【Comment triage】substance: [...] | presentation: [...]
【Skill mapping】comment → soctheory-* skill
【Reviewer conflicts】[...]
【Go / no-go】pursue revision? rationale
【Next step】soctheory-rebuttal© 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 Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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| Academic Paper ReviewerImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~11k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Peer ReviewK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Soctheory Review Process
What does Soctheory Review Process do?
A skill your agent uses when you need to understand Sociological Theory (ST)'s double-anonymous peer review and interpret a decision letter focused on conceptual novelty and logical soundness. Soctheory Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when you need to understand Sociological Theory (ST)'s double-anonymous peer review and interpret a decision letter focused on conceptual novelty and logical soundness.
When should I use Soctheory Review Process?
Soctheory Review Process fits situations like: tasks that involve Peer review.
How do I install Soctheory Review Process in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill soctheory-review-process -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/soctheory-review-process in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Soctheory Review Process in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill soctheory-review-process -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/soctheory-review-process in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Soctheory 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 soctheory-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/soctheory-review-process, .gemini/skills/soctheory-review-process, .github/skills/soctheory-review-process and .opencode/skills/soctheory-review-process in your project.
What does Soctheory Review Process need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Soctheory Review Process is instructions for the agent only.
Does Soctheory 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 Soctheory 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 Soctheory Review Process use?
Soctheory 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 Soctheory Review Process use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 Soctheory Review Process?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Soctheory 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 Soctheory 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.