Use when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it.
Use when shaping or stress-testing a research question for Management Science (INFORMS) — confirming the decision-relevance bar, choosing…
Use when deciding whether a philosophy project fits Mind and which content type (article, discussion, book review, critical notice) to…
Use when deciding whether a literary or language-studies project fits PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association) and which…
Use when deciding whether a project fits Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ) and which submission type to target.
Use when scoping or pressure-testing a research question for a Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE) submission — checks fit, the "big…
Use to test whether a research question fits The RAND Journal of Economics (RJE) — the flagship industrial-organization journal with a…
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 the theoretical puzzle is the bottleneck for an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript — deciding whether an idea is…
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 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…