From jeea-skills
Anticipates referee and co-editor objections for JEEA manuscripts, calibrates desk-reject risk and timeline expectations, and plans pre-emptive defense strategies before submission.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jeea-skills:jeea-referee-strategyThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Before submission, to stress-test the paper against the objections it will draw
JEEA review is single-blind: referees know the authors. Every submission is first read by a co-editor, who may desk-reject without peer review if the fit or contribution is not strong enough for a general-interest journal; otherwise it goes to referees. The editorial team aims for a fast decision (≈8 weeks where possible). Because the co-editor is a general-interest gatekeeper (not necessarily a subfield specialist), the first hurdle is general-interest fit and a legible contribution, not subfield depth. Re-verify volatile process facts on the EEA / OUP pages.
| Objection | Pre-emption in the paper |
|---|---|
| "Not general interest enough" (desk-reject risk) | jeea-topic-selection + jeea-literature-positioning: a lesson that travels, stated up front |
| "Contribution is incremental vs. [close paper]" | name the delta vs. the frontier; defend it (jeea-literature-positioning) |
| "Identification is not credible" | design-based defense / sensitivity (jeea-identification, jeea-robustness) |
| "The model is a special case" | generalize or justify the special case (jeea-theory-model) |
| "Results look fragile" | threat-organized robustness (jeea-robustness) |
| "Inference is mis-specified" | clustering / wild-cluster / RI (jeea-robustness) |
| "Cannot tell if it replicates" | DCAS package ready for the Data Editor (jeea-replication-package) |
Think of the decision as two gates, and target the defense at the right one:
jeea-topic-selection, jeea-literature-positioning, and jeea-writing-style: a legible, traveling contribution stated in the abstract and intro. Most desk rejections die here, before any referee reads the paper.jeea-identification, jeea-theory-model, jeea-robustness, and jeea-replication-package: a credible design or disciplined model, robust results, and a verifiable replication path.A paper strong at gate 2 but weak at gate 1 is desk-rejected; a paper strong at gate 1 but weak at gate 2 draws a hostile referee report. Diagnose which gate is at risk and route accordingly.
A user has a clean RDD with a tiny, technical question. The execution is excellent (gate 2 is safe) but the general-interest hook is missing (gate 1 is at risk). The strategy is not more robustness — it is reframing the question so the discontinuity answers something a general reader cares about. Route to jeea-topic-selection and jeea-writing-style before submission, not to another robustness table.
【Desk-reject risk】[low / medium / high] + the general-interest hook
【Top 3 referee objections】[...]
【Pre-emption status】[in-paper / deferred] for each
【Single-blind cautions】[self-citation / tone]
【Timeline/outcome】[fast decision; expect R&R]
【Next step】jeea-submission
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