From eer-skills
Evaluates whether a research question fits the European Economic Review (EER) versus field journals or sibling outlets. Provides fit criteria, a decision table, and reframing guidance for broad-interest economics submissions.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/eer-skills:eer-topic-selectionThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- You are unsure whether the paper is "EER-shaped" or belongs in a field outlet
EER is Elsevier's general-interest European economics journal (founded 1969), publishing all fields, theory and empirical. The defining test is breadth of interest: would an economist outside your subfield find the question, the answer, or the method worth knowing? EER is not Europe-restricted in topic (the name is institutional), and it is not a methods-first journal — it wants a substantive economic result that travels. Calibrate against the desk-reject filter: editors screen out-of-scope or low-novelty work before review (and the submission fee is non-refundable), so the breadth case must be visible on page one.
| Signal | Reading | Move |
|---|---|---|
| Result changes how non-specialists think about a first-order question | Strong EER fit | proceed to eer-literature-positioning |
| Solid identification but narrow policy/sector relevance | Borderline — reframe for breadth or consider a field journal | reframe, then eer-literature-positioning |
| Incremental extension of one literature, specialists only | Weak EER fit | broaden the question or target a field outlet |
| Pure theory with a clean, general result | EER fits (theory is in scope) | eer-theory-model |
| About Europe but of only local interest | Topic ≠ scope problem | recast around the general economic mechanism |
| Outlet | Identity | Pick it when |
|---|---|---|
| EER | Elsevier general-interest, all fields, long-standing | broad-interest result, theory or empirical, no society gate |
| JEEA | The EEA's own flagship (Oxford UP) | you want the EEA society flagship; comparably broad, more selective slot |
| The Economic Journal | RES flagship (Oxford UP) | RES-oriented general-interest home |
| Elsevier field journal (e.g., JME, Labour Economics, JPubE) | field-specialist depth | the contribution is deep but field-internal |
EER and JEEA overlap heavily in scope; the practical difference is the EEA society identity of JEEA and slot scarcity, not topic. Position on contribution and fit, not prestige labels.
【EER fit】strong / borderline / weak
【General-interest question】one sentence (non-specialist-legible)
【Contribution type】empirical answer / mechanism / theory result
【Breadth case】why a non-specialist cares + portability sentence
【Sibling decision】EER vs JEEA / EJ / field journal — and why
【Next step】eer-literature-positioning (or eer-theory-model if pure theory)
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin eer-skillsGuides topic selection for JEEA manuscripts by testing general-interest fit and sharpening the question. Use when deciding between JEEA and field or sibling general-interest outlets.
Provides fit assessment, framing guidance, method bar, house style, and desk-reject heuristics for authors targeting the European Economic Review (EER).
Diagnoses whether a research question is 'EJ-shaped' for The Economic Journal: tests broad interest, substantial contribution, mechanism, craft, and exposition fit. Helps decide between full-length and short-paper route.