JEP Topic Selection Evaluator
Evaluates and refines academic economics topics to determine venue fit and synthesis potential for the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
The JEP Topic Selection skill helps economists and academic researchers determine whether a paper idea meets the distinct editorial standard of the Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP). Unlike primary research journals (AER, AEJ) that demand new empirical or theoretical results, or JEL which publishes exhaustive technical surveys, JEP requires non-technical synthesis accessible to the broad American Economic Association membership. This skill evaluates proposals across four key axes—breadth of interest, timeliness, literature synthesizability, and plain-language accessibility—while helping authors spot anti-patterns and explore symposium angles before drafting.