Use when judging whether a literature is a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)-scale survey topic — mature, important, and genuinely in…
Use when judging whether a question is a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS)-scale contribution — broad, integrative…
Use when deciding whether a topic is right for the Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) — broadly interesting, timely, and synthesizable…
Use when testing whether a research question fits the Review of Economic Dynamics (RED) — a journal whose scope is defined by method and…
Use when scoping or stress-testing the research question for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — confirming an…
Use when deciding whether a question is right for an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript — international macro-finance with genuine…
Use when shaping or sanity-checking a research question for Information Systems Research (ISR) — testing sociotechnical, intradisciplinary…
Use when choosing or sharpening a research question for the Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE) — testing economics-based fit…
Use when choosing or sharpening a research question for a Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) manuscript — testing whether it is a real…
Use when shaping or stress-testing a research question for the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV) — confirming the entrepreneurial…
Use when deciding whether a consumer phenomenon belongs at the Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP) versus a sibling, and which JCP…
Use when shaping or stress-testing a research question for the Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) — confirming it is a genuine…
Use when scoping or scope-testing a Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) manuscript — confirming the…
Use when choosing or sharpening the research question for a Journal of Economic Geography (JEG) manuscript so it genuinely bridges…
Use when testing whether a project clears the Journal of Economic Theory (JET) scope gate — a rigorous, original theoretical contribution…
Use when deciding whether a question belongs at the Journal of Financial Markets (JFM) — i.e., whether it is genuinely about market…
Use when deciding whether a question is a Journal of Health Economics (JHE) paper at all — is it a genuine health-economics contribution…
Use when checking whether a paper fits the Journal of International Economics (JIE) scope and clears its originality gate — trade patterns…
Use when deciding whether a question belongs at the Journal of International Money and Finance (JIMF) and how to frame it as international…
Use when deciding whether a question is the right shape for a Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) manuscript — an…
Use when testing whether a marketing question is a fit for the Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) — a methods-/modeling-forward AMA…