Research & Search
Research agent skills teach AI agents to gather and synthesize information properly: literature reviews, competitive analysis, web research with citations, and structured summaries. Each SKILL.md encodes a method, not just a prompt, so results stay consistent across runs.
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thedixitjain Skill Functional EcologyUse when targeting Functional Ecology (Funct Ecol) or deciding whether a mechanistic study linking organism function to ecology fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Gcb Review ProcessUse to understand how a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript is judged — high desk-rejection screening for scope and significance, expert single-anonymous peer review with 2–3 reviewers, and the decision categories. Sets expectations and informs preparation; it does not contact editors or predict outcomes.
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thedixitjain Skill Governance StudiesUse when targeting 《治理研究》(Governance Studies — 中共浙江省委党校/浙江行政学院主办, 2018 年由《中共浙江省委党校学报》更名, 不收版面费/审稿费) or deciding whether a Chinese governance/public-policy manuscript fits this journal. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, abstract house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill History And TheoryUse when targeting History and Theory or deciding whether a philosophy-of-history, historiography, or historical-method manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's meta-level theoretical bar, its historiographical and conceptual expectations, house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Hrm Review ProcessUse when calibrating expectations for the Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") editorial process — the EIC fit/relevance screen, double-blind peer review, the developmental R&R culture, and reading a decision letter. Explains the process and how to read decisions; it does not draft the response (hrm-rebuttal).
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thedixitjain Skill Icalp Camera ReadyUse when preparing an accepted ICALP (EATCS) paper for the LIPIcs open-access camera-ready — converting to the lipics-v2021 document class, de-anonymizing (restoring authors, affiliations, ORCIDs, acknowledgements, and funding), completing LIPIcs metadata (ACM CCS, keywords, DOI cross-references), reconciling the body with the public full version, and passing Dagstuhl production checks.
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thedixitjain Skill Iccv SupplementaryUse when planning or auditing ICCV supplementary material under the same-day paper-plus-supplement deadline, covering what moves out of the 8-page body, parallel production of videos and code from February onward, double-blind hygiene inside the archive, and making depth material navigable for reviewers who choose to open it.
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thedixitjain Skill Icdm SupplementaryUse when organizing supplementary and appendix material for an ICDM (IEEE International Conference on Data Mining) paper - deciding what belongs in the body, in an appendix that counts inside the single 10-page IEEE cap, or in an external anonymized repository, plus planning the compression if the paper is accepted as a short paper.
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thedixitjain Skill Ijcai Camera ReadyUse when preparing an accepted IJCAI or IJCAI-ECAI paper for camera-ready submission, author de-anonymization, author-order checks, copyright and proceedings metadata, final formatting, source/package readiness, in-person presentation obligations, and artifact release timing.
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thedixitjain Skill Io Research DesignUse when defending the research design of an International Organization (IO) manuscript on international-level questions — causal identification with dyadic/TSCS/network data, case selection and process tracing for international cases, survey/conjoint experiments on foreign-policy attitudes, or formal-empirical linkage. IO judges each IR tradition on its own terms and verifies results and proofs before final acceptance. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
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thedixitjain Skill Isr Review ProcessUse to understand how Information Systems Research (ISR) handles a submission — the EIC fit gate, the Senior-Editor-led process with an Associate Editor and reviewers, double-anonymized review, and how to read an ISR decision letter. Sets expectations and interprets letters; it does not draft the response (isr-rebuttal).
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thedixitjain Skill Itcs SupplementaryUse when splitting an ITCS paper's content between the body, the appendix, and the arXiv/ECCC/ePrint full version — deciding by what a reviewer must verify, so no central proof lives only in a preprint the PC is not obligated to read, while keeping the first-10-pages merits window clean.
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thedixitjain Skill Jacs SupplementaryUse when assembling the Supporting Information for a Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) manuscript — complete procedures, full compound characterization, copies of key spectra, and crystallographic CIFs/CCDC numbers. Builds and audits the SI — it does not decide which experiments to run.
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thedixitjain Skill Jar Review ProcessUse when setting expectations for how Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) review and decisions work, or when reading a JAR decision letter — the Senior-Editor-panel structure, double-anonymized review, the desk-screen and tiered-fee gate, and the distinctive Ray Ball Conference and Registered Reports tracks. Explains the process; it does not draft the R&R response (jar-rebuttal).
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thedixitjain Skill Jar Tables FiguresUse when finalizing the descriptive, results, and identification exhibits for a Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) manuscript — the summary-statistics table, correlation matrix, main regression tables, and identification plots that an empirical-archival accounting paper lives or dies on. Builds the exhibits; it does not run the estimation (jar-data-analysis) or polish prose (jar-writing-style).
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thedixitjain Skill Jbes Data AnalysisUse when building the Monte Carlo evidence and the substantive empirical application for a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) methods paper. Designs and audits the simulation study and the real-data analysis; it does not derive the asymptotic theory (see jbes-identification-strategy).
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thedixitjain Skill Jcadcg Experiments在为《计算机辅助设计与图形学学报》(Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, JCAD&CG) 设计与呈现实验证据时调用。覆盖图形学/CAD 论文特有的证据:几何精度指标(Chamfer/Hausdorff)、渲染质量(PSNR/SSIM/LPIPS)、可视化有效性与用户研究、公平基线与相同预算对比、消融、时间与显存开销、渲染图与几何误差色图呈现、以及主客观评测与统计口径。适用于把方法主张与图形/几何证据一一绑定、避免"只有指标无视觉对比"或"基线不公平"在外审被质疑的场景。
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thedixitjain Skill Jcp Tables FiguresUse when building the exhibits for a Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP) manuscript — condition-means tables, mediation/moderation path figures, interaction plots, and APA-formatted statistical reporting that makes the process visible. Builds the exhibits; it does not run the analysis (jcp-data-analysis).
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thedixitjain Skill Jcr Review ProcessUse when understanding how Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) review and decisions work — double-anonymized review, the co-editor/AE/reviewer structure, decision letters, and what reviewers from different disciplines expect — before submitting or when a decision arrives. Sets expectations; the actual response is drafted in jcr-rebuttal.
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thedixitjain Skill Jcrd Supplementary在为《计算机研究与发展》(Journal of Computer Research and Development, JCRD) 稿件规划附录、补充材料与多媒体附件时调用。覆盖正文与补充材料的划分原则(决定录用的证据必须在正文内)、附录中放什么(完整证明、超参表、扩展实验、算法细节)、双盲评审下补充材料的匿名要求、专题稿件可能的补充约定、多媒体/大数据附件的提交方式与命名规范,以及与代码数据可用性材料的分工。适用于把一份 JCRD 中文长文的核心证据与补充证据合理分层、既不臃肿正文又不把关键证据藏进附录的场景。
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thedixitjain Skill Jcrd Writing Style在为《计算机研究与发展》(Journal of Computer Research and Development, JCRD) 撰写或润色中文科技论文、需要符合本刊写作规范时调用。覆盖中英文题名、中文摘要五要素与英文摘要对应、关键词与 Key words、中图分类号(TP)、量单位符号国标、术语与符号统一、图表三线表与公式编号、GB/T 7714 顺序编码制参考文献中英文对照著录、以及双盲评审下的第三人称自引与匿名措辞。适用于把一份计算机学科的中文原创或综述稿件打磨到符合本刊格式与语言规范、避免形式退修的场景。
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thedixitjain Skill Jde Tables FiguresUse when designing the main exhibits for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) manuscript — figure-forward presentation of treatment effects, heterogeneity, and event studies for development settings, with self-contained notes. Shapes exhibits; it does not run the estimation.
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thedixitjain Skill Jel Tables FiguresUse when building exhibits for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — summary "who-found-what" tables, conceptual/framework figures, and meta-evidence exhibits that synthesize across studies. Designs survey exhibits; it does not produce original-estimate regression tables (a JEL survey reports no new estimates of its own).
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thedixitjain Skill Jet Tables FiguresUse when designing the exhibits in a Journal of Economic Theory (JET) paper — mostly schematic theory figures (best-response/phase diagrams, lattices, timing trees, mechanism flow) and small illustrative tables, kept consistent with the body's notation and rendered as vector graphics. Light for a theorem-proof journal; numerical tables only when grounded in theory.
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thedixitjain Skill Jfi Tables FiguresUse when designing the exhibits for a Journal of Financial Intermediation (JFI) paper — banking-literate tables and figures with explicit sample construction, institution definitions, event timing, fixed-effect progressions that display demand absorption, and self-contained notes. It designs exhibits; it does not run the estimation.
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thedixitjain Skill Jfr IdentificationUse when the identification strategy is the bottleneck for a 《金融研究》 (Journal of Financial Research) manuscript — policy shocks (MPA / 资管新规 / LPR / 注册制), high-frequency monetary-policy surprises, DID, IV, RDD — stress-testing the design before drafting tables.
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thedixitjain Skill Jfr Tables FiguresUse to finalize the main tables and figures of a 《金融研究》 (Journal of Financial Research) manuscript to journal house style — trimming over-wide regression tables, standardizing significance/standard-error notes, and ensuring continuous numbering of tables, figures, equations, and footnotes.
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thedixitjain Skill Jhe IdentificationUse when the identification argument is the bottleneck for a Journal of Health Economics (JHE) manuscript — quasi-experimental health-policy variation, selection into insurance/treatment, eligibility RD, or structural identification of demand/provider parameters. Stress-tests the data-to-estimand mapping to the JHE bar before exhibits are finalized; it does not write prose or build the package.
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thedixitjain Skill Jhe Tables FiguresUse when building or revising the exhibits of a Journal of Health Economics (JHE) manuscript so the health-policy result is legible at a glance and the institutional/identification logic is visible. Formats exhibits; it does not establish the result (jhe-identification / jhe-robustness) or write prose.
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thedixitjain Skill Jhr Review ProcessUse when you need to understand and plan around the Journal of Human Resources (JHR) editorial process — single-anonymous review, the fast desk-reject without outside review, the reconciliation requirement, and the optional review-recycling shortcut. Sets expectations; it does not draft the paper.
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thedixitjain Skill Jhr Tables FiguresUse when preparing Journal of Human Resources (JHR) tables, figures, online appendix exhibits, reconciliation tables, event-study and first-stage diagnostics, and policy-readable empirical displays that fit inside the page limit counting tables and figures.
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thedixitjain Skill Jie Review ProcessUse to understand how editorial handling and refereeing work at the Journal of International Economics (JIE) — the regular/short/PRP submission types, the Prior Review Process expedite option that carries decision letters and referee reports from AER/Econometrica/JPE/QJE/REStud, desk-reject odds, and (Co-)Editor routing between trade and international macro/finance. Sets expectations; it does not draft content.
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thedixitjain Skill Jie Tables FiguresUse when building or auditing tables and figures for a Journal of International Economics (JIE) manuscript — gravity/coefficient tables, event-study and pass-through impulse-response plots, structural counterfactual charts, and self-contained notes that an international-trade or open-economy-macro referee can read standalone. Shapes exhibits; it does not generate results.
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thedixitjain Skill Jle IdentificationUse when the causal identification argument is the bottleneck for a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript — a law change (DiD/event study), a court/judge/case-assignment design, a regulatory threshold (RD), or an antitrust/enforcement event. Stress-tests the law-to-outcome mapping to the JLE credibility bar before exhibits are finalized; it does not write the prose or build the deposit.
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thedixitjain Skill Jle Tables FiguresUse when building or revising the exhibits of a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript so the effect of the legal rule is legible in one table or figure and respects University of Chicago Press presentation norms. Formats exhibits; it does not establish the result (jle-identification / jle-robustness) or write the surrounding prose.
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thedixitjain Skill Jme Review ProcessUse when you need to understand how the Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) review process actually works — single anonymized (single-blind) review with at least two reviewers, the distinctive "up or out" first-revision rule, the ~50% publication-likelihood threshold for an R&R, suggested referees, and reconsideration.
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Frequently asked questions
What are Research & Search agent skills?
Research agent skills teach AI agents to gather and synthesize information properly: literature reviews, competitive analysis, web research with citations, and structured summaries. Each SKILL.md encodes a method, not just a prompt, so results stay consistent across runs.
Which Research & Search skills are most installed?
Popular Research & Search skills on SkillMD right now include functional-ecology, gcb-review-process, governance-studies. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do Research & Search skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.