Use when deciding whether a sociology project fits the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) and how to frame it.
Use when deciding whether a political-science project fits the American Political Science Review (APSR) and which of its five tracks to…
Use when judging whether a research idea fits Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) and has the *surprising* theoretical insight ASQ…
Use when deciding whether a sociology project fits the American Sociological Review (ASR) and whether to write a full Article or a…
Use when deciding whether a research idea fits Global Change Biology (GCB) and how to frame its significance.
Use when deciding whether an environmental-change project fits Global Environmental Change (GEC) and how to frame it.
Use when scoping the question and choosing the article type for a Journal of Management (JOM) manuscript — empirical vs. meta-analysis vs…
Use when deciding whether a communication project fits the Journal of Communication (JoC) and which format (original article vs.
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 judging whether a topic fits New Media & Society (NM&S) and how to frame it for an interdisciplinary digital-media-and-society…
Use when deciding whether a public-administration project fits Public Administration Review (PAR) and which article type to target.
Use when deciding whether a project fits Social Forces (SF) and how to frame it.
Use when deciding whether a project fits Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ) and whether to target an Article or a Note.
Use when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article.
Use when deciding whether a project fits the Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE) — an applied (not pure-theory) journal publishing…
Use when judging whether a research question is general-interest and economically significant enough for The Journal of Finance (JF), and…
Use when shaping or stress-testing a research question for MIS Quarterly — confirming it is a genuine information-systems question, naming…
Use when choosing or sharpening a topic for a Harvard Law Review (HLR) Article, Essay, or Book Review so it is timely, generalist-legible…
Use when deciding whether a question belongs in Human Relations (HR) and how to frame it for the journal's interdisciplinary…
Use when shaping or sanity-checking a research question for Information Systems Research (ISR) — testing sociotechnical, intradisciplinary…
Use when choosing or sharpening the research question for a Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) manuscript — confirming it…