JEL Classification System
Assigns and verifies standard Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification codes for economics literature surveys and manuscript submissions.
The JEL Classification System skill provides researchers and authors with systematic guidance for assigning accurate American Economic Association (AEA) JEL taxonomy codes to economics surveys and research papers. It guides users through a top-down selection methodology—navigating from broad 1-letter domain categories down to specific 3-character detailed codes—while ensuring that methodology, primary field, and adjacent interdisciplinary areas match the manuscript's organizing framework. By preventing common indexing errors such as over-coding or assigning outdated identifiers, this skill guarantees papers meet the indexing and title-page standards required by JEL, EconLit, and premier economics journals.