American Political Science Review Skills
Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at the American Political Science Review (APSR) — the flagship general-interest journal of the American Political Science Association (APSA), published by Cambridge University Press, submitted via Editorial Manager under double-anonymous peer review with no submission fee. APSR is a generalist venue spanning American politics, comparative politics, intern
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12- ▌ Apsr Rebuttal · brycewang-stanfordUse when writing the response to an American Political Science Review (APSR) revise-and-resubmit. APSR reserves R&R for papers close to publishable, and decisions weigh strong support from all or nearly all reviewers, so the response must convert each reviewer without alienating the editor. Structures the response letter; it does not fabricate new results.
- ▌ Apsr Workflow · brycewang-stanfordUse as the entry point for any American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript. Routes to the right APSR sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and which of the five tracks (Regular Article, Research Note, Replication/Reappraisal, Synthesis, Registered Report) fits. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
- ▌ Apsr Submission · brycewang-stanfordUse when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Political Science Review (APSR) via Editorial Manager — track selection, double-anonymous preparation, word/abstract caps, APSA-style formatting, ORCID, and declarations. Final checks; it does not draft content.
- ▌ Apsr Data Analysis · brycewang-stanfordUse when executing and reporting the analysis for an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript so it survives expert, double-anonymous review — honest uncertainty, robustness, and triangulation appropriate to quantitative, experimental, or computational work. Guides analysis norms; it does not fabricate results.
- ▌ Apsr Writing Style · brycewang-stanfordUse when drafting or polishing an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript so it reads for the whole discipline, follows the APSA Style Manual, and fits the word caps (most Articles < 11,000 words; Research Notes < 7,000; abstract <= 150 words). Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.
- ▌ Apsr Review Process · brycewang-stanfordUse to understand how the American Political Science Review (APSR) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review, desk-rejection screening (remit / ethics / substance), the reject / accept / revise-and-resubmit decision categories, editor discretion, and the Registered Reports route. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
- ▌ Apsr Tables Figures · brycewang-stanfordUse when building tables and figures for an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript so exhibits are self-contained, accessible, and count toward the word budget correctly. APSR word counts include tables, figures, and printed footnotes, so exhibits must earn their space. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
- ▌ Apsr Research Design · brycewang-stanfordUse when defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, case selection and process tracing for qualitative work, experimental and survey-experimental design, or formal-empirical linkage. APSR judges each tradition on its own terms. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
- ▌ Apsr Theory Building · brycewang-stanfordUse when building the theoretical argument of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript into a discipline-level contribution — whether the work is formal/game-theoretic, empirical with explicit mechanisms, interpretive, or normative. APSR rewards a clear, portable argument over a bare finding. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
- ▌ Apsr Topic Selection · brycewang-stanfordUse when deciding whether a political-science project fits the American Political Science Review (APSR) and which of its five tracks to target. APSR is the discipline's generalist flagship, so the test is general significance across subfields, not subfield novelty alone. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
- ▌ Apsr Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanfordUse when positioning an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a discipline-wide contribution. APSR readers span subfields, so the paper must engage the literatures they expect and avoid the desk-rejection trigger of "failure to engage the relevant literatures." Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
- ▌ Apsr Transparency And Data Policy · brycewang-stanfordUse when preparing the reproducibility / replication materials for an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript. APSR requires conditionally accepted authors to deposit a reproducibility package in the APSR Dataverse (Harvard Dataverse), which the editorial office verifies before publication. Covers quantitative and qualitative transparency and exemptions. Prepares the package; it does not waive requirements.