From annals-aag-skills
Routes authors through Annals of the AAG manuscript lifecycle by area and stage. Dispatches to sub-skills for topic, literature, theory, research design, and analysis.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/annals-aag-skills:aaag-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
The orchestrator for an Annals submission. Figure out the stage and the **area**, then send the user
The orchestrator for an Annals submission. Figure out the stage and the area, then send the user to the matching skill. The Annals is the broad four-area flagship of the discipline — the router's first job is to make the paper legible as geography, not just as a domain study that happens to use maps or coordinates.
aaag-rebuttal)The Annals routes manuscripts to a subject editor by area; the area you declare shapes the reviewers and the bar. Pick the closest, or General Geography if the contribution is discipline-wide.
| Your work | Area | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Spatial analysis, GIScience, modeling, geocomputation | Geographic Methods | method must advance geographic inference, not just apply a tool |
| Social/cultural/economic/political/urban geography, often qualitative | Human Geography | engage geographic theory; not a sociology paper with a map |
| Coupled human-environment systems, political ecology, hazards, land change | Nature and Society | both sides (nature and society) must be theorized |
| Geomorphology, biogeography, climatology, remote sensing of the environment | Physical Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences | rigor of an earth-science venue + geographic framing |
| Contribution spans areas / is discipline-wide | General Geography (cross-disciplinary) | say why all geographers should care |
aaag-submission)| Format | Scope | Cap (verify; 检索于 2026-06) |
|---|---|---|
| Article | full original study | ≤ 11,000 words incl. abstract, refs, notes, tables, figure captions |
| Forum | curated multi-author debate | intro 2,500 + papers 5,000 each, ≤ 25,000 total |
| Commentary | response/short intervention | < 2,000 words incl. references |
Area fit & framing? → aaag-topic-selection
Where does it sit in geography? → aaag-literature-positioning
What's the geographic argument? → aaag-theory-building
Is the design defensible? → aaag-research-design
Are the analyses sound? → aaag-data-analysis
Are the maps/exhibits clear? → aaag-tables-figures
Does it read as geography? → aaag-writing-style
Spatial-data provenance/ethics? → aaag-transparency-and-data
How will it be judged? → aaag-review-process
Ready to submit? → aaag-submission
Got an R&R / decision? → aaag-rebuttal
topic-selection → literature-positioning → theory-building → research-design → data-analysis → tables-figures → writing-style → transparency-and-data → review-process → submission → rebuttal
Iterate: most papers loop theory ↔ design ↔ analysis several times before writing-style.
| Check | Pass condition | Route if weak |
|---|---|---|
| Geographic-ness | The space/place/scale/spatial-process is constitutive of the argument, not decorative. | aaag-topic-selection |
| Area | The paper clearly targets one of the four areas (or General Geography). | area table above |
| Method on own terms | Quantitative/spatial, GIScience, remote-sensing, or qualitative work is defended in its own tradition. | aaag-research-design |
| Spatial-data integrity | Projections, sources, and geoprivacy/human-subjects ethics have a plan. | aaag-transparency-and-data |
If "geographic-ness" fails — the paper would be unchanged if you deleted the geography — do not route
to writing-style; it needs a theory/fit repair (aaag-topic-selection).
【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Area】Methods / Human / Nature-Society / Physical / General
【Type】Article / Forum / Commentary
【Route to】aaag-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that
../../resources/external_tools.md — geographic data + GIS/remote-sensing/spatial software by area../../resources/official-source-map.md — official Annals/AAG/Taylor & Francis URLs behind every fact in this packnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin annals-aag-skillsEvaluates whether a research topic fits the Annals of the American Association of Geographers and identifies the appropriate area: Geographic Methods, Human, Nature-Society, Physical, or General Geography.
Routes manuscript work for Journal of Economic Geography submissions by sequencing specialized skills: topic selection, literature positioning, identification, model design, robustness checks, and rebuttal.
Evaluates manuscript fit for the Journal of Economic Geography: assesses scope, interdisciplinary framing, method/evidence bar, and desk-reject risk for spatial-economics and economic-geography papers.