thedixitjain Engineering & technology journal workflow (en-engtech-journal-workflow)
Purpose
This is the routing skill for the engineering bundle. It does not replace a
single-journal profile; it first classifies the manuscript by engineering
sub-discipline, contribution type, and validation shape, then routes into the
matching per-journal skill for fit and re-framing. It is a sibling to
en-natsci-journal-workflow (natural science) and en-journal-workflow
(econ/finance/management).
Ask four things first
- Sub-discipline: electrical/EECS, control, communications/information theory, signal processing, power/energy systems, robotics, photonics/optics, electronics devices, biomedical engineering, mechanics/solids, fluids, manufacturing, aerospace, chemical/process engineering, energy conversion/storage, materials engineering, or civil/transportation?
- Contribution type: a theorem/bound, a new algorithm/method, a system or architecture, a device/material with measured performance, a tutorial/survey, or a design methodology?
- Validation shape: mathematical proof, numerical simulation, controlled bench experiment, hardware prototype, pilot/field deployment, or standardized materials/mechanical testing?
- Audience breadth: the whole field (Proceedings of the IEEE, a Nature Portfolio engineering title), a sub-discipline community (an IEEE Transactions, Automatica, JFM, Acta Materialia), or a specialty niche?
Quick routing
| Manuscript signature | Prefer skill |
|---|---|
| Authoritative tutorial / scanning-the-field review (EE/CS) | proceedings-of-the-ieee |
| Control theory, stability, optimal/robust/adaptive control | ieee-transactions-on-automatic-control / automatica |
| Coding, capacity, information-theoretic bound | ieee-transactions-on-information-theory |
| Estimation, detection, sampling, array/statistical signal processing | ieee-transactions-on-signal-processing |
| Communication systems, protocols, networks | ieee-transactions-on-communications / ieee-transactions-on-wireless-communications / ieee-journal-on-selected-areas-in-communications |
| Power electronics / converters / drives | ieee-transactions-on-power-electronics / ieee-transactions-on-industrial-electronics |
| Power grid, electricity markets, system operation | ieee-transactions-on-power-systems |
| Antennas, propagation, electromagnetics | ieee-transactions-on-antennas-and-propagation |
| Robot design, planning, control, manipulation | ieee-transactions-on-robotics / the-international-journal-of-robotics-research |
| Medical imaging reconstruction / analysis | ieee-transactions-on-medical-imaging |
| Biomedical devices, signals, instrumentation | ieee-transactions-on-biomedical-engineering / nature-biomedical-engineering |
| Photonics device / optical method, broad + high impact | optica / light-science-and-applications |
| Authoritative photonics review | laser-and-photonics-reviews |
| New electronic device / circuit concept, broad significance | nature-electronics |
| Implantable / regenerative / drug-delivery materials | biomaterials |
| Structural alloys / processing–microstructure | acta-materialia |
| Solid mechanics, fracture, constitutive theory | journal-of-the-mechanics-and-physics-of-solids / international-journal-of-plasticity |
| Fundamental fluid mechanics | journal-of-fluid-mechanics |
| Machining, forming, precision manufacturing | international-journal-of-machine-tools-and-manufacture |
| Additive manufacturing process–structure–property | additive-manufacturing |
| Composite materials / structures | composites-part-b-engineering |
| Aerospace systems review | progress-in-aerospace-sciences |
| Chemical/process engineering fundamentals | aiche-journal / chemical-engineering-journal |
| Combustion / energy-conversion fundamentals review | progress-in-energy-and-combustion-science |
| Membranes / separations | journal-of-membrane-science |
| Systems-level energy analysis, integration, decarbonization | applied-energy |
| Batteries / fuel cells / electrochemical power | journal-of-power-sources / energy-storage-materials |
| Authoritative materials review | progress-in-materials-science |
| Transportation/network methodology, theory | transportation-research-part-b-methodological |
| Concrete / cementitious materials science | cement-and-concrete-research |
Sibling-journal disambiguation
| Confusable targets | Decision rule |
|---|---|
ieee-transactions-on-automatic-control vs automatica |
Both are top control venues; TAC leans toward rigorous theory and shorter technical notes, Automatica toward methodological breadth — route by the form of the main result and re-check current scopes. |
ieee-transactions-on-robotics vs the-international-journal-of-robotics-research |
T-RO favors complete, validated robotics contributions; IJRR favors longer, conceptually framed archival work — route by contribution length and framing. |
optica vs light-science-and-applications |
Both are high-impact photonics; decide whether the advance is best framed for the Optica/OSA optics community or the Nature Portfolio breadth audience. |
Nature-Portfolio engineering (nature-electronics/nature-biomedical-engineering) vs IEEE Transactions |
Nature titles need field-changing significance and broad framing; a complete, rigorous specialty result routes to the matching IEEE Transactions. |
acta-materialia vs the materials/energy titles in the natural-science bundle (advanced-materials, nature-materials) |
Route structural/processing metallurgy to Acta Materialia; conceptual functional-materials advances to the Nature/Advanced family. |
applied-energy vs journal-of-power-sources/energy-storage-materials |
Systems-level energy integration → Applied Energy; device-level electrochemical power/storage → the power-source/storage titles. |
Decision rules
- Name the engineering contribution. "We built/measured X" is not a contribution unless it advances a method, a bound, a design principle, or a performance frontier with a reproducible margin over the right baseline.
- Baseline and benchmark discipline. Performance claims need comparison to the current state of the art under stated, reproducible conditions — not to a strawman.
- Theory vs. system. A theorem/bound, a method with guarantees, and a deployed system are different products; pick the reviewer community that evaluates the main claim.
- Survey/tutorial venues are mostly invited or scoped (Proceedings of the IEEE, Progress in Materials Science / Aerospace Sciences / Energy and Combustion Science) — do not route an unsolicited primary-data paper there without checking scope.
- Reproducibility/data/code expectations are now standard in engineering — a results paper without enough to reproduce the key claim is a common reject.
- Always enter the single-journal skill's official-submission checklist before submitting; never rely on a stale template.
Output format
[Top journal skill] <skill-name>
[Alt 1] <skill-name> (reason)
[Alt 2] <skill-name> (reason)
[Do not submit to] <journal> (one-line mismatch reason)
[Biggest current gap] contribution-clarity / baseline / validation / reproducibility / formatting / official requirements
[Next step] invoke <skill-name> for single-venue fit and re-framing
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → Engineering-Technology-Journal-Skills/skills/en-engtech-journal-workflow/SKILL.md