Use when choosing or sharpening the research question for a Journal of Economic Geography (JEG) manuscript so it genuinely bridges…
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 deciding whether a question belongs at the Journal of International Money and Finance (JIMF) and how to frame it as international…
Use when scoping or pitching a topic for a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript — testing whether the question is…
Use when deciding whether a monetary, banking, credit, or macro-finance question belongs at the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking…
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…
Use when scoping or stress-testing whether a research question fits the Journal of Management Studies (JMS) — a phenomenon-grounded…
Use when deciding whether a question belongs in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (JRU) and how to frame it as a risk/uncertainty…
Use when deciding whether a question is a genuinely spatial, urban-economics contribution that fits the Journal of Urban Economics (JUE)…
Use when the research question or contribution is the bottleneck for a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript.
Use when choosing or sharpening the phenomenon and research question for an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — testing whether it is…
Use when first judging whether a project fits Quantitative Economics (QE) — a substantive economic question answered with serious…
Use when deciding whether a project fits the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR) and how to frame it.
Use when deciding whether a question is synthesis-worthy and RER-scale before committing to a Review of Educational Research (RER) review…
Use when deciding whether a topic is review-worthy for Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) — a large, live, contested literature with real…
Use when assessing whether a research question fits the Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) — monetary theory and policy, central banking…
Use when deciding whether a question is review-worthy and meta-analyzable for Psychological Bulletin and which synthesis type fits…
Use when deciding whether an idea is a genuine theoretical problem with the scope and generality Psychological Review demands — and…
Use when deciding whether a law-and-economics project belongs at The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) rather than the Journal of Legal…