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Agent skill

Soctheory Submission

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal, ASA format and length cap, abstract, masking for…

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Install Soctheory Submission

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-submission .claude/skills/soctheory-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
soctheory-submission
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
795 words
Files
2
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 a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal, ASA format and length cap, abstract, masking for…

  • Works in 6 steps: It's an empirical study (tests a… → A literature review with no original… → An application that does not change the… → …
  • Running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal
  • SKILL.md covers Journal facts (verified;…, When to trigger, Pre-submission checklist and Desk-reject triggers to preempt, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Soctheory Submission is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal, ASA format and length cap, abstract, masking for double-anonymous review, ASA-style references, fee, ethics/originality, and required files. Theory-only journal; there is no data-availability or replication step.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `templates/checklist.md`).

It sits in Databases. 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

  • Running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal
  • ASA format and length cap
  • Masking for double-anonymous review
  • ASA-style references

Example prompts

  • “/soctheory-submission”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. It's an empirical study (tests a hypothesis, reports estimates) — route to ASR/AJS.
  2. A literature review with no original theoretical move — route to ARS.
  3. An application that does not change the theory it applies.
  4. Conceptual relabeling presented as new theory.
  5. No engaged tradition — freestanding speculation.
  6. Out of scope / masking / length / format failures.

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 Submission loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 795 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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). 795 words, ~1,807 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/soctheory-submission/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
soctheory-submission
description
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal, ASA format and length cap, abstract, masking for double-anonymous review, ASA-style references, fee, ethics/originality, and required files. Theory-only journal; there is no data-availability or replication step.

Pre-Submission Preflight (soctheory-submission)

ST is theory-focused. There is no dataset, code, or replication package to deposit. The preflight centers on the theory paper's format, masking, ASA style, and ethics — not on empirical materials. Data, if present at all, is illustrative.

Journal facts (verified; volatile items flagged)

  • Publisher / owner: SAGE for the American Sociological Association (ASA); ST is the ASA's dedicated theory journal. Founded 1983; published quarterly (March / June / September / December).
  • Review: double-anonymous (author and reviewer identities masked). ASA requires masking and treats simultaneous submission elsewhere as unethical.
  • Acceptance rate and number of reviewers per manuscript are not published in the official sources — do not state a figure; treat as 待核实 if asked.
  • Processing fee: $25 non-refundable, waived for ASA student members (Source 1; re-verify before paying). The official sources confirm only that ASA student membership triggers the waiver; they do not state any ASA-membership requirement to submit — treat a general "must I be an ASA member?" question as 待核实.

When to trigger

  • "I'm about to submit to Sociological Theory"
  • Final check before clicking submit in Manuscript Central
  • Unsure which files the portal expects for a theory paper

Pre-submission checklist

Scope & fit
  • The paper makes a conceptual contribution (new theory / re-read tradition / metatheory / formal construction / synthesis), not an empirical study
  • It intervenes in a specific theoretical conversation and makes an explicit move
  • There is no hypothesis test, no estimation, no results section; any data is illustrative
  • Fit confirmed against the current ST aims & scope (verify on the official page)
Format (verify exact current requirements on the SAGE/ST author page)
  • Standard 12-pt font, double-spaced, generous margins (ST describes ~1.5-inch margins, ~40 manuscript pages — verify)
  • Within the length cap: max ~14,500 words inclusive of footnotes, references, tables, figures, and appendices (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
  • Title page separate from the anonymized manuscript body
  • Abstract present and within the journal's word limit (verify current limit)
  • Figures are conceptual (mechanism diagrams / typologies / process models), never data plots; meet SAGE resolution/format specs
  • Propositions numbered consistently and matched to any figure
Masking for double-anonymous review
  • No author-identifying content in the manuscript body
    • Self-citations phrased neutrally ("a prior study (Author 2020)"), not "in our earlier paper"
    • Acknowledgments removed from the body (added after acceptance)
    • Funding/grant identifiers kept out of the body
  • Document file properties scrubbed of author name/affiliation
  • File names contain no author or institution name
References & citations
  • ASA Style Guide author–date in-text citations; full reference list (7th edition, June 2022 — verify current)
  • Every in-text citation appears in the reference list and vice versa
  • The recent, live conversation in the target tradition is cited, not only the classics
  • Every attributed paper's venue is verified (no ST/ASR/AJS misattribution — see exemplars library)
  • All references are real and accurately represented (no fabricated or mis-cited sources)
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Ethics & originality (ASA Code of Ethics)
  • Manuscript is original, unpublished, and not under review at another journal (the ASA treats simultaneous submission as unethical)
  • Authorship reflects genuine intellectual contribution; order agreed by all authors
  • Any prior conference/working-paper version disclosed as required
  • Similarity check run; self-overlap disclosed
  • ORCID iD provided for the corresponding author if the system requires it
Portal files (Manuscript Central / SAGE Track)
  • Anonymized main manuscript (body + figures + references), required format
  • Separate title page with author info and corresponding author
  • Abstract entered in the system
  • Manuscript processing fee paid: ST charges a $25 non-refundable processing fee, waived for ASA student members, via SAGE Track (Source 1; re-verify the exact amount/waiver terms on the live author page before paying)
  • Any author-agreement / conflict-of-interest forms the system requires

Desk-reject triggers to preempt

  1. It's an empirical study (tests a hypothesis, reports estimates) — route to ASR/AJS.
  2. A literature review with no original theoretical move — route to ARS.
  3. An application that does not change the theory it applies.
  4. Conceptual relabeling presented as new theory.
  5. No engaged tradition — freestanding speculation.
  6. Out of scope / masking / length / format failures.

Manuscript Central operation notes

  • ST submits through mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soct (SAGE's web-based system; confirm the current URL on the ST author page).
  • Enter author metadata only in the system, never in the anonymized manuscript.
  • Choose the correct article type (theory article).
  • Pay the processing fee at submission (waived for ASA student members — verify current policy/amount).
  • Keep within the file-size and file-type limits the portal states.

Anti-patterns

  • Submitting a paper that is really an empirical study or a literature review
  • Author identity leaking through "our prior study," acknowledgments, or file properties
  • Reference list missing the recent conversation reviewers belong to
  • A sibling-journal paper cited as if it were ST (canon error)
  • Figures that are data plots (impossible at ST) or undefined boxes-and-arrows
  • Submitting while the paper is under review elsewhere (ASA: unethical)

Output format

【Scope】conceptual contribution, no test: yes / fix
【Format】length ≤ ~14,500 incl. all / abstract within limit / figures conceptual: pass / fix
【Masking】body + properties + filenames clean: yes / fix
【References】ASA style; recent conversation cited; venues verified; all real: yes / fix
【Ethics】original, not under review elsewhere, authorship correct, ORCID: yes / fix
【Portal】anonymized MS + title page + abstract + fee paid + forms: complete / missing [...]
【Next step】await decision → soctheory-review-process; R&R → soctheory-rebuttal
  • templates/checklist.md — 8-section pre-submission self-check (scope / format / masking / abstract / theory / figures / references / ethics & portal)
  • ../../resources/external_tools.md — Theory-building tools (citation mapping, reference managers, conceptual-diagram software, argument-logic aids)

© 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

SKILL.md and 1 other file in Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-submission of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • templates/checklist.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Soctheory Submission

What does Soctheory Submission do?

A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal, ASA format and length cap, abstract, masking for…. Soctheory Submission is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal, ASA format and length cap, abstract, masking for double-anonymous review, ASA-style references, fee, ethics/originality, and required files.

When should I use Soctheory Submission?

Soctheory Submission fits situations like: running the final pre-submission preflight for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — Manuscript Central portal; ASA format and length cap; masking for double-anonymous review; ASA-style references.

How do I install Soctheory Submission in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Soctheory Submission in Codex?

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

Can I use Soctheory 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 soctheory-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/soctheory-submission, .gemini/skills/soctheory-submission, .github/skills/soctheory-submission and .opencode/skills/soctheory-submission in your project.

What does Soctheory Submission need to run?

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

Does Soctheory Submission 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 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 Soctheory Submission use?

Soctheory 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 Soctheory Submission use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k 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 Soctheory 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.