Use when deciding whether an environmental-change project fits Global Environmental Change (GEC) and how to frame it.
Use when deciding whether a project fits Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions and how to frame…
Use when deciding whether an international-relations project fits International Organization (IO) and which article type to target.
Use when deciding whether an educational-psychology project fits the Journal of Educational Psychology and which manuscript type to target.
Use when scoping or framing a topic for a Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) manuscript and you need to test fit and contribution before…
Use when deciding whether a communication project fits the Journal of Communication (JoC) and which format (original article vs.
Use when deciding whether a political-science project fits The Journal of Politics (JOP) and which category to target.
Use when judging whether a research idea fits the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) — a credibly evaluable policy or…
Use when deciding whether a public-administration project fits the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) rather…
Use when scoping or framing a research question for a Journal of Political Economy (JPE) manuscript and you need to test whether it is…
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 deciding whether a project fits Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ) and whether to target an Article or a Note.
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…