From jfqa-skills
Tests whether a research question fits the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) before submission, evaluating scope fit and quantitative-evidence bar.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/jfqa-skills:jfqa-topic-selectionThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Use this skill to test whether a finance question belongs in the **Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA)** before you build the paper and pay the **$350** submission fee (only **$275** refundable if it is not sent to a reviewer).
Use this skill to test whether a finance question belongs in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) before you build the paper and pay the $350 submission fee (only $275 refundable if it is not sent to a reviewer).
JFQA covers theoretical and empirical research in financial economics, with a quantitative core:
The name is load-bearing: the journal rewards quantitative analysis — disciplined data, models, and inference — over purely descriptive or institutional essays.
| Dimension | 0 points | 1 point | 2 points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance object | none identifiable | adjacent (accounting/macro proxy) | a return, spread, ratio, or institution JFQA readers own |
| Quantitative core | narrative only | descriptive statistics | estimation or a model with testable implications |
| Identification feasibility | pure correlation | plausible design, untested | a named shock, threshold, or restriction |
| Data archivability | data cannot be shared or simulated | pseudo data possible with effort | raw or pseudo data straightforward |
| Novelty at < 9% selectivity | replication-grade | extends a known result | changes a number or conclusion the field uses |
| Length discipline | sprawling multi-question paper | trimmable | one question, one design |
Read the total: 10-12, build for JFQA; 7-9, repair the weakest dimension before writing; 6 or below, retarget the venue or redesign the project.
【Scope fit】corporate finance / investments / markets / institutions / methods?
【Quantitative core】Y/N — what is measured/estimated
【Selectivity check】is the contribution sharp enough for <9%?
【Next step】jfqa-literature-positioning
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jfqa-skillsUse when judging whether a research question is general-interest and economically significant enough for The Journal of Finance (JF), and when sharpening the framing. Tests fit and contribution; it does not design the empirics.
Helps determine if a finance manuscript fits JFQA, re-frames papers for its style, and assesses desk-reject risk.
Evaluates whether a finance research idea meets the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar, assessing first-order questions, empirical-theoretical fit, and top-three-journal referee standards before submission.