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 Jfqa Review ProcessUse when explaining how the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) review process works — double-anonymous peer review, the seven-Managing-Editor structure, the $350 fee with $275 refund if not sent to a reviewer, and the under-9-percent acceptance reality. Use to set expectations for what happens after you submit and how decisions are made.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jfr Topic Selection
Use to sharpen the research question and contribution for a 《金融研究》 (Journal of Financial Research) manuscript — turning a finance data finding into a question with a clear financial-mechanism contribution and concrete relevance to China's financial system.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jhe Topic Selection
Use when deciding whether a question is a Journal of Health Economics (JHE) paper at all — is it a genuine health-economics contribution, not a public-finance or labor paper with health as a thin application. Frames the question and audience; it does not run the analysis or invent citations.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jhr Topic Selection
Use when checking whether a research question fits the Journal of Human Resources (JHR) — empirical microeconomics with a policy-relevant, causal emphasis — and to filter out off-scope "HR management" framings before paying the nonrefundable fee. A fit gate, not an idea generator.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jie Topic Selection
Use when checking whether a paper fits the Journal of International Economics (JIE) scope and clears its originality gate — trade patterns and commercial policy, exchange rates, open-economy macro, international finance, sovereign debt, factor mobility, spatial economics, and whether the motivation or modelling structure is original. Tests fit; it does not pick your topic for you.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jle Topic Selection
Use when deciding whether a law-and-economics project belongs at The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) rather than the Journal of Legal Studies, JLEO, or the American Law and Economics Review, and what its central legal/regulatory question should be. Sets venue fit and question scope; it does not design the identification (see jle-identification).
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jleo Tables Figures
Use when designing tables and figures for a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript — making exhibits carry the institutional/organizational comparison cleanly for an OUP economics audience. Improves the exhibits; it does not run the analysis (jleo-robustness) or write the prose (jleo-writing-style).
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jmcb Tables Figures
Use when exhibits — IRF plots, coefficient/event-study figures, balance-sheet and regression tables — are the bottleneck for a Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB) manuscript. Makes each exhibit answer the question on its own; it does not re-run the analysis or write the prose.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jmf Research Design
Use when defending the research design of a Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) manuscript — longitudinal and life-course designs, dyadic and family-level analysis, family-demographic methods, experiments, and qualitative/multi-method designs. JMF judges each tradition on its own terms and is alert to selection. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jmis Review Process
Use when calibrating expectations for the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) editorial process — the EIC-led, email-intake, double-anonymized review by Associate Editors and expert referees, likely decision types, and timing. Sets expectations and revision posture; it does not draft the response letter (jmis-rebuttal).
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jmsc Notation Style
Use when unifying notation and tightening mathematical exposition for a 《管理科学学报》 (Journal of Management Sciences in China) manuscript — one symbol one meaning, explicit assumptions, rigorous statements in the body, and full proofs moved to the appendix to keep the body readable. Use as a late-stage statute pass before submission.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Joap Tables Figures
Use when building tables and figures for a Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP) manuscript in APA 7th-edition style — correlation/descriptives tables, CFA/SEM path diagrams, multilevel (HLM) result tables, and meta-analytic forest/funnel plots. Exhibits must carry effect sizes, CIs, and reliabilities and be self-contained. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Joc Research Design
Use when defending the research design of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript — experimental and survey design, content analysis with intercoder reliability, computational/text-as-data validation, or qualitative/critical inquiry. JoC judges each tradition on its own terms. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Joc Theory Building
Use when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript into a field-level contribution — whether the work is mechanistic-empirical, computational, interpretive, or critical. JoC rewards a clear, portable communication-theory argument over a bare finding. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Joc Topic Selection
Use when deciding whether a communication project fits the Journal of Communication (JoC) and which format (original article vs. JoC Forum) to target. JoC is the field's generalist flagship, so the test is general significance across communication research, not platform novelty alone. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Joe Topic Selection
Use when deciding whether a project is a genuine methodological contribution for the Journal of Econometrics (JoE) versus a purely applied result better placed elsewhere. Pressure-tests the idea against JoE's theory-plus-applied-methods scope before months are spent.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jole Review Process
Use to understand how the Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) actually reviews a paper — single-blind refereeing, the non-refundable submission fee, Editorial Manager, the SOLE society tie, and what labor referees expect. Explains the process; it does not draft the manuscript.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jom Topic Selection
Use when shaping or screening a research question for the Journal of Operations Management (JOM) — testing whether operations is genuinely at the heart of the question, whether the work can be empirical, and which of JOM's 12 Departments should route it (vs. analytical OM venues like M&SOM / Management Science / Operations Research).
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jonc Review Process
在需要理解《通信学报》(Journal on Communications, JOC) 的审稿流程、预测各环节结果与识别作者可用杠杆时调用。对本刊初审（编辑审查规范/对口性/知网查重）→ 外审（约 2~3 名专家评审通信学科贡献）→ 终审（由编委会负责给出最终结果）三审制建模，说明约 1~3 个月的审稿周期、修回（大修/小修）与退稿的常见判定，指导作者在每个环节采取的应对策略（对口性论证、实证补强、修回闭环、按月刊排期跟进），帮助把稿件顺利推进本刊三审制，适用于通信/网络/信息安全/信号处理方向的中文长文投稿。
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jop Research Design
Use when defending the research design of a The Journal of Politics (JOP) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, experimental and survey-experimental design, formal-empirical linkage, or case selection and process tracing for qualitative work. JOP is methodologically diverse and makes acceptance contingent on replicability, so design with reproducibility in mind. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jop Theory Building
Use when turning a The Journal of Politics (JOP) idea into a theoretically innovative argument — formal/game-theoretic, empirical, or normative. JOP explicitly prizes theoretical innovation across all subfields and counts pages, so the argument must be sharp, general, and economical. Builds the argument; it does not run analyses.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jop Topic Selection
Use when deciding whether a political-science project fits The Journal of Politics (JOP) and which category to target. JOP is a general-interest journal across all subfields that prizes theoretical innovation and methodological diversity, and it counts pages (Research Article <= 35, Short Article <= 10), not words. Helps frame the question and pick the category; it does not collect data.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jos Author Response
当你收到《软件学报》(Journal of Software, JOS) 的外审意见、需要撰写修回说明（答复审稿人）并修改稿件时使用。覆盖逐条回应的结构、"必须改/可讨论/礼貌不改"的分级策略、修回说明与稿件修改处的对应标注、补做实验的取舍、多轮修回之间的一致性维护、以及与责任编委和主编终审衔接的中文表达分寸，帮助你把《软件学报》(Journal of Software) 的"修改后再审"稳妥地做成录用，而不是在下一轮被退稿。
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jos Reproducibility
当你要为投向《软件学报》(Journal of Software, JOS) 的软件学科稿件建立可复现性与实验可重复保障时使用。覆盖数据/代码可用性声明、环境与依赖固定、随机性与种子控制、挖掘与大模型实验的出处锁定与输出缓存、可复现材料的目录组织与 README，以及"可根据要求提供"这类弱表述的规避，帮助你让《软件学报》(Journal of Software) 审稿人相信你的实验结果可被他人重复得到。
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jos Topic Selection
当你要判断一个研究项目是否契合《软件学报》(Journal of Software, JOS)、还是更适合投向《计算机学报》《计算机研究与发展》《自动化学报》《电子学报》《计算机科学》或英文会议/期刊时使用。本技能给出软件学科定位判据、与兄弟刊的区分测试、栏目（研究论文/综述/专刊）选择、以及"模型可替换"与"改标题"两个改投信号，帮助你在动笔前把选题对准《软件学报》(Journal of Software) 的软件工程与系统软件侧重，并决定是否走 CCF ChinaSoft 联动的专刊通道。
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jpam Review Process
Use when anticipating how a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript will be evaluated — desk screening, double-blind peer review, the article types and which are not peer-reviewed, decision categories, and what JPAM referees reward and punish. Sets expectations; it does not write the paper or the rebuttal.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jpam Tables Figures
Use when building tables and figures for a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript — self-contained, decision-legible exhibits that show the policy effect, its uncertainty, the design's validity, and cost-benefit / distributional results. Designs exhibits; it does not run the estimation.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jpart Data Analysis
Use when executing and reporting the analysis for a Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) manuscript so it survives expert, double-blind review and the journal's mandatory data-and-code release. Covers honest uncertainty, robustness, and the PA-specific traps (common-method bias, selection). Guides analysis norms; it does not fabricate results.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jpe Topic Selection
Use when scoping or framing a research question for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript and you need to test whether it is "JPE-shaped" — i.e., a mechanism-driven economic question, not an atheoretical correlation. Diagnoses fit and frames the contribution; it does not design the empirics.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jpsp Review Process
Use to understand how a Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) manuscript is judged — per-section editors, masked review, the theoretical-innovation gate, central vs. peripheral limitations, and decision categories. Sets expectations; it does not predict any specific editor's or reviewer's verdict.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jpsp Tables Figures
Use when building tables and figures for a Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) manuscript in APA 7th edition style — embedded in the text, self-contained, and covering a multi-study package including the internal meta-analysis forest plot. Guides exhibit design; it does not generate data.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jqte Tables Figures
Use when finalizing tables and figures for a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript — making sure measurement / forecast / decomposition results carry quantitative interpretation (magnitudes, units, shares, rankings, trends) rather than only significance stars, and that every table/figure states its source and method. Use after estimates and sensitivity are settled.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Jru Topic Selection
Use when deciding whether a question belongs in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (JRU) and how to frame it as a risk/uncertainty primitive. Tests scope fit and sibling boundaries; it does not invent evidence or citations.
2 - thedixitjain Skill Kdd Reproducibility
Use when hardening the reproducibility story of a KDD paper, where reproducibility is an explicit decision factor for area chairs. Covers claim-to-evidence tiers for mining pipelines, seeds and splits on large graphs and streams, baseline-tuning disclosure, compute reporting, and honest limits for ADS deployment results.
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athola Bundle Methodology CuratorSurface expert frameworks. Use when creating or evaluating skills, hooks, or agents.
- thedixitjain Skill Micro Supplementary
Use when deciding where a MICRO paper's supporting material lives, because MICRO allows no appendix at all — triaging content into the 11 reviewed pages, the unlimited references, an anonymized artifact repository, or the post-acceptance two-page artifact appendix, and cutting what fits nowhere.
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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 jfr-topic-selection, jhe-topic-selection, jhr-topic-selection. 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.