From rje-skills
Guides drafting a point-by-point response letter for a revise-and-resubmit at The RAND Journal of Economics, respecting page caps and house style for industrial-organization manuscripts.
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/rje-skills:rje-rebuttalThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- You received an R&R from the RJE handling Editor with two referee reports
RJE decisions come from a handling Editor synthesizing two anonymous referees after an upfront screen, so the Editor's letter is the binding document — prioritize the points the Editor flags, then address each referee. Two structural constraints shape the response:
Sort every comment by where new material can live without breaching the 50-page total.
| Referee ask | Typical response | Where it lands |
|---|---|---|
| Add a robustness specification | Run it, summarize in body, full table to appendix | Appendix (≤10-page budget) |
| Justify an instrument / exclusion | One paragraph of institutional argument + overid check | Main text, tight |
| Add a conduct test | Implement; report verdict in a sentence | Main text; derivation to appendix |
| Bound a counterfactual | Re-report as a range with stated assumptions | Replace the point estimate in place |
| "Estimate an entirely new model" | Push back if out of scope; offer a targeted check | Decline with reason + alternative |
Suppose Referee 1 wants micro-moments to discipline substitution, Referee 2 wants a simpler demand model, and the Editor flags counterfactual credibility as decisive.
The contradiction collapses into one robustness exhibit answering the referees' shared worry.
【Editor's priorities】[ranked list from the decision letter]
【Referee 1 / Referee 2】[major asks each]
【Page budget】main __/40, total __/50 — within cap? [Y/N]
【Where new material goes】main / appendix / (supporting info, justified)
【Style preserved】author-date no page nos., house usage? [Y/N]
【Next step】rje-submission re-preflight before resubmission
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin rje-skillsStructures point-by-point response letters and aligned manuscript revisions for REStud referee reports and R&R decisions.
Structures the response-to-referees letter and revision plan for an Economic Journal decision letter (R&R or reject-with-encouragement). Does not redo the analysis; route to other ecj skills for that.
Drafts structured response letters for JFE revise-and-resubmits: cover note, point-by-point replies, and revision map. Use after revisions are done.