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 Cie Literature ReviewUse when the literature section of a 《中国工业经济》 (China Industrial Economics) manuscript is a citation pile instead of a critical review that locates the gap. Enforces gap-driven 文献述评 (not 罗列), recent-five-year frontier coverage, and a clean separation between literature review and theory analysis.
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thedixitjain Skill Commres Data AnalysisUse when executing and reporting the analysis for a Communication Research (CR) manuscript so it survives expert, double-anonymized review — ANOVA/regression/SEM, mediation/moderation with honest uncertainty, reliability, and APA statistical reporting. Guides analysis norms; it does not fabricate results.
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thedixitjain Skill Conbio Review ProcessUse to understand how Conservation Biology evaluates a manuscript — double-blind peer review (adopted 2014), editorial screening for scope/novelty/conservation relevance, the editorial-board structure, decision categories, and the Registered Reports route. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
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thedixitjain Skill Conext Review ProcessUse when reasoning about how an ACM CoNEXT submission is evaluated, covering double-anonymous review, the two-round TPC process with online discussion and a TPC meeting, the Accept / Reject / one-shot "major" revision decision categories, the journal-style revise-and-resubmit re-read by the original reviewers, shepherding, and how CoNEXT's two-cycle process differs from SIGCOMM and NSDI.
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thedixitjain Skill Economic PerspectivesUse when targeting 《经济学动态》(Economic Perspectives — 中国社会科学院主管、经济研究所主办的理论经济学月刊, 1960 年创刊, CSSCI) or deciding whether a Chinese econ manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, abstract/keyword house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Er Policy ImplicationUse when drafting or strengthening the policy-implications section of an Economic-Research manuscript. Frames implications at the significance / institutional level rather than the actionable / ministry level used by Management-World.
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thedixitjain Skill Eurosys SupplementaryUse when deciding what lives outside a EuroSys paper's 12 technical pages — free reference pages, whether the current round permits appendices or supplementary uploads, anonymized artifact repositories linked from the submission, and extended technical reports — without moving decision-critical evidence out of the reviewed pages.
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thedixitjain Skill Geometry And TopologyUse when targeting Geometry & Topology (Geom. Topol.) or deciding whether a geometry or topology manuscript fits this top-tier MSP journal. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, proof-and-rigor bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Global Change BiologyUse when targeting Global Change Biology or deciding whether a biology/ecology manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the global-change-driver framing and biological-evidence bar, scale and mechanism expectations, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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brycewang-stanford Skill Govern Review ProcessUse when you need to understand how Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions evaluates a manuscript — double-blind review by at least two referees, desk screening for scope (corporate governance and literature reviews are desk-rejected), the reject / R&R / accept decision categories, and how comparative-institutional reviewers judge. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
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brycewang-stanford Skill Govern Tables FiguresUse when building tables and figures for a Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions manuscript so exhibits carry comparative/institutional arguments across countries and are self-contained, accessible, and grayscale-legible. Designs cross-national tables, regression tables, coefficient/event-study plots, and maps; it does not run the analysis.
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thedixitjain Bundle Hypothesis GenerationFormulate evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, measurements, and preregistration-ready analysis plans. Use when turning observations or preliminary findings into transparent, testable research plans without treating hypotheses as facts.
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thedixitjain Skill Icalp ReproducibilityUse when making an ICALP (EATCS) theory result independently checkable — writing complete, self-contained proofs in the appendix and a full version (arXiv/ECCC/HAL), pinning any computational steps to reproducible certificates, and (optionally) formalizing key theorems in Coq/Lean/Isabelle, since ICALP has no runnable-artifact track and proof verifiability is the analogue of reproducibility.
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thedixitjain Skill Ieeesp Review ProcessUse when reasoning about IEEE S&P (Oakland) peer review, including the rounds inside each cycle, early-reject notices, the rebuttal for second-round papers, the Accept/Revise/Reject decision set, the Research Ethics Committee, shepherding of accepted papers, and the one-year resubmission embargo.
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thedixitjain Skill Ijcai ReproducibilityUse when strengthening IJCAI or IJCAI-ECAI reproducibility evidence for theory, algorithms, datasets, and computational experiments under the official convincing/credible/irreproducible reviewer rubric and optional reproducibility-section guidance.
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thedixitjain Skill Issta ReproducibilityUse when strengthening ISSTA reproducibility and verifiability evidence, covering pinned subject programs and benchmark versions, random seeds and timeout budgets, non-determinism disclosure for fuzzing and analysis, claim-to-evidence traceability, tool availability statements, and keeping the artifact consistent with the paper's tables.
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thedixitjain Skill Jacs Referee StrategyUse when suggesting/excluding reviewers and pre-empting likely referee objections for a Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) manuscript. Plans the review-facing strategy — it does not run experiments or write the paper.
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thedixitjain Skill Jcadcg Review Process在需要理解《计算机辅助设计与图形学学报》(Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, JCAD&CG) 审稿流程、稿件状态与各轮次预期时调用。覆盖编辑初审→专家外审(双盲)→复审退修→栏目主编组织编委终审的同行评议链路、综述稿通过初审后一般由 3~4 名专家审阅的口径、初审退稿常见理由、修回轮次(大修/小修)与重新送审、在线系统的状态跟踪、以及审稿周期/录用率等待核实项。适用于投稿后判断当前处于哪一环、下一步该做什么、如何合理预期时间线的场景。
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thedixitjain Skill Jeea Referee StrategyUse when anticipating referee and co-editor objections for a Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) manuscript, or calibrating desk-reject risk and timeline expectations. Plans the defense and expectations; it does not draft the response letter (use jeea-rebuttal after a decision).
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thedixitjain Skill Jeem Referee StrategyUse when pre-empting the objections a Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) referee will raise — the environmental-economist's reflexes on sorting, spatial SEs, leakage, hypothetical bias, and scope — before submission or in an R&R. Anticipates and defuses pushback; it does not replace the rebuttal letter (jeem-rebuttal).
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thedixitjain Skill Jegeo Topic SelectionUse when choosing or sharpening the research question for a Journal of Economic Geography (JEG) manuscript so it genuinely bridges geographical economics and human geography. Tests two-community fit and scope; it does not invent evidence or citations.
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thedixitjain Skill Jfr Literature ReviewUse when the literature review for a 《金融研究》 (Journal of Financial Research) manuscript is a citation pile rather than a dialogue — to enter the finance lineage (international + Chinese), position the contribution against canonical channel papers, and avoid missing the field's must-cite works.
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thedixitjain Skill Jmcb Referee StrategyUse when anticipating referee objections for a Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB) manuscript before submission (or before resubmitting), so the paper pre-empts the predictable monetary/banking pushbacks. Hardens the paper against its own reviewers; it does not draft the response letter (see jmcb-rebuttal).
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thedixitjain Skill Jmgmt Topic SelectionUse when scoping the question and choosing the article type for a Journal of Management (JOM) manuscript — empirical vs. meta-analysis vs. systematic review, and which management subfield it speaks to. Locks fit; it does not build the theory (jmgmt-theory-development) or design the study (jmgmt-methods).
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thedixitjain Skill Journal Of HepatologyUse when targeting Journal of Hepatology or deciding whether a liver-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the EASL clinical-and-translational evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, Elsevier/EASL house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
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thedixitjain Skill Journal Of ManagementUse when targeting 《管理学刊》(Journal of Management — 新乡学院与中国社会主义经济规律系统研究会主办的经济与管理类双月刊, 2009 年改刊, CSSCI/北大核心) or deciding whether a Chinese econ/management manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, double-blind review timeline, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Jpart Research DesignUse when defending the research design of a Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) manuscript — survey/lab/field experiments on public employees and citizens, causal observational designs, multilevel structures, or mixed methods. JPART has moved strongly toward experimental and causal identification. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
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thedixitjain Skill Jpart Theory BuildingUse when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) manuscript into a public-management contribution. JPART's defining demand is theory — its abstract template asks for the theoretical approach first and the implications for theory last. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
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thedixitjain Skill Jpart Topic SelectionUse when deciding whether a public-administration project fits the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) rather than a sibling venue (PAR, JPAM, Governance). JPART rewards a contribution to public-management theory tested with rigor, not a stand-alone policy finding. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
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thedixitjain Skill Jpube Topic SelectionUse when assessing whether a research question fits the Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) — the economic role of government (taxation, public expenditure, social insurance, redistribution, externalities, public goods, fiscal policy) — and whether the policy stakes clear the bar for an international readership. Scopes the question; it does not run the analysis.
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thedixitjain Skill Jwe Literature ReviewUse when a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) literature review cites only domestic empirics and fails to enter the international trade / international finance lineage. Ensures dialogue with the field's classics and frontier (gravity, heterogeneous firms, GVC, open-economy macro, capital flows), not a citation pile.
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thedixitjain Skill Lancet Figures TablesUse to build and check The Lancet's clinical display items — the Table 1 baseline characteristics, Kaplan–Meier curves with numbers at risk, forest plots for subgroups/meta-analyses, the CONSORT/study-flow diagram, and maps for multi-country studies — all with confidence intervals shown.
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thedixitjain Skill Management Science CnUse when targeting 《管理科学》(Management Science — 哈尔滨工业大学管理学院主办的管理科学与工程类双月刊, 1987 年创刊, 管理科学与工程学会会刊) or deciding whether a Chinese management/management-science manuscript fits this venue. 注意本刊为中文期刊《管理科学》, 与美国 INFORMS 的 Management Science 同名不同刊。Encodes the journal's fit, framing, abstract/length house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Micro Author ResponseUse when reviews arrive for a MICRO submission and the rebuttal/revision window opens — triaging reviewer objections by what can change a decision, answering methodology attacks with runs and configs rather than promises, keeping anonymity intact, and staying inside MICRO's professional-conduct rules for rebuttals.
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thedixitjain Skill Micro ReproducibilityUse when hardening a MICRO paper's results for re-derivation — pinning simulator commits and configs, recording workload trace provenance and SimPoint recipes, versioning power/area models, capturing RTL toolchain state, and writing the run manifests that later survive MICRO's post-acceptance artifact evaluation.
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thedixitjain Skill Mlsys ReproducibilityUse when hardening the reproducibility of MLSys performance claims, pinning the full system layer from driver to interconnect, separating ML randomness from systems noise, choosing repetition counts and variance reporting for throughput and latency numbers, and disclosing hardware, workloads, and cost so strangers can re-measure results.
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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 cie-literature-review, commres-data-analysis, conbio-review-process. 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.