Progress In Human Geography Skills

Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) — the leading review and theory journal in human geography, published by SAGE for the discipline since 1977 and reviewed double-anonymously via SAGE Track. PiHG does NOT publish empirical results or detailed case studies; it publishes critical, agenda-setting review essays and commissioned Progress Reports that survey

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

Install

npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/progress-in-human-geography-skills

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This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Phg Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use when responding to a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) decision letter (major/minor revision) — building a point-by-point response to the editor and referees that strengthens the review's argument and coverage. Structures the response and revisions; it does not fabricate literature or claims.

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Phg Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when starting or navigating any Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) manuscript and you need the entry point. Routes to the right sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and whether the piece is a free-standing review article or a commissioned Progress Report. It dispatches; it does not draft content.

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Phg Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) via SAGE Track — genre selection, double-anonymous preparation, the ~8,000-word inclusive cap, the ~100-word abstract, 5+ keywords, SAGE Harvard style, ORCID, and ethics declarations. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Phg Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when polishing a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay to house style — the argument-forward review voice, SAGE Harvard referencing, the ~8,000-word inclusive cap, ~100-word unstructured abstract, and 5+ keywords. Polishes prose and format; it does not build the argument.

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Phg Review Process · brycewang-stanford
Use when anticipating how a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay will be judged — the double-anonymous review model, decision categories, and the desk-reject triggers specific to a review journal. Explains what to expect; it does not draft the manuscript or the response letter.

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Phg Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when designing the conceptual exhibits of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — typologies, framework diagrams, concept genealogies, and synthesis tables that do argumentative work. For a review journal these are conceptual, not data graphics. Designs exhibits; it does not build the argument itself.

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Phg Theory Building · brycewang-stanford
Use when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a literature. Sharpens the concept; it does not gather sources or run analyses (PiHG publishes no empirical work).

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Phg Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding whether a topic is review-worthy for Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) — a large, live, contested literature with real disciplinary stakes, not a gap-filling empirical study. Tests fit and scope; it does not build the argument or gather sources.

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Phg Argument Synthesis · brycewang-stanford
Use when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could not see from any one of them. Builds the synthetic spine; it does not gather sources (see phg-literature-positioning) or make the critical turn (see phg-critical-intervention).

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Phg Contribution Framing · brycewang-stanford
Use when framing the forward-looking contribution of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the portable "so what / what next" agenda the field can carry forward. Frames and stakes the contribution; it does not make the critical move (see phg-critical-intervention) or polish prose (see phg-writing-style).

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Phg Critical Intervention · brycewang-stanford
Use when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and re-ordering the debate. Sharpens the critical turn; it does not build the synthetic spine (see phg-argument-synthesis) or frame the forward agenda (see phg-contribution-framing).

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Phg Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when mapping and entering a large, contested literature for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — defining the corpus, its camps and debates, and where your intervention sits. Positions the essay in the field; it does not build the synthetic argument (see phg-argument-synthesis).

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