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Communication Research Skills
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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at Communication Research (CR) — SAGE's quantitative, social-scientific journal of communication science. CR concentrates on hypothesis-testing experiments and surveys with rigorous measurement and explicit theory: media effects and processing, persuasion and message effects, interpersonal and organizational communication, health and political communication, and new-media use and effects.
This repository is opinionated. It is not a generic social-science writing toolbox, and it is not the Journal of Communication (the all-paradigm ICA flagship) repurposed. It is a CR-specific stack: a communication-science question with a tested mechanism (mediation / moderation), a design defended on quantitative terms with valid, reliable measurement, APA statistical reporting (effect sizes and standard deviations), double-anonymized preparation, and a data-availability statement with reproducible materials prepared as you write.
What Is CR, and Why a Dedicated Stack?
CR's constraints differ from a generalist or a qualitative communication journal:
| Constraint | Communication Research | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Quantitative, social-scientific communication science | Qualitative/interpretive work is off-fit — re-route to a sibling |
| Premium on | A tested mechanism (mediation/moderation), not a bare effect | A main effect with no process rarely clears the bar |
| Methods | Experiments, panel surveys, content analysis with reliability | Match a quantitative design with valid measurement |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (founded 1974; bimonthly) | Submitted via SAGE Track (ScholarOne) |
| Review model | Double-anonymized; two independent reviews to back a Revise/Accept | Anonymize main doc and supplements; satisfy two experts |
| Length | Manuscript ≤ 45 pages, double-spaced, inclusive of references | References count; move detail to the online supplement |
| Style / reporting | APA; report effect sizes and standard deviations | Stars-only tables are an APA-reporting failure here |
| Transparency | Data-availability statement; open materials/data; preregistration | Build the statement and materials as you go |
| Measurement | Validated scales (alpha/omega, CFA); intercoder reliability; CMV control | Reviewers probe construct validity, not just reliability |
Volatile specifics (editors and term, exact caps, fee/APC, data/ORCID requirement level) change — items not directly confirmed are marked 待核实 in resources/official-source-map.md. Verify on the official SAGE journal page (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Quick Start
Option A — Claude Code Plugin (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills
/plugin install communication-research-skills
/reload-pluginsOption B — Manual Copy
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills.git
cd awesome-journal-skills/Communication-Research-Skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/commres-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/commres-* ~/.codex/skills/First Prompt
Use commres-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my Communication Research manuscript.Default Workflow
commres-topic-selection
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commres-literature-positioning
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commres-theory-building
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commres-research-design
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commres-data-analysis
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commres-tables-figures
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commres-writing-style (polish)
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commres-transparency-and-data
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commres-review-process
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commres-submission
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commres-rebuttalcommres-workflow is the router — it tells you which skill to use next based on where you are. If your design is prospective, route to commres-transparency-and-data early to preregister; most CR papers loop theory ↔ design ↔ measurement several times before writing-style.
Skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
commres-workflow | Router — decides which sub-skill to invoke next |
commres-topic-selection | Quantitative, theory-testing fit; a tested mechanism, not platform novelty |
commres-literature-positioning | Position against prior empirical tests; build to numbered hypotheses |
commres-theory-building | Constructs, mechanism, and numbered hypotheses (mediation/moderation) |
commres-research-design | Defend experiments / panel surveys / content analysis on quantitative terms |
commres-data-analysis | ANOVA/regression/SEM, mediation with bootstrap CIs, APA reporting, robustness |
commres-tables-figures | Self-contained, accessible APA exhibits showing effect sizes and uncertainty |
commres-writing-style | Cumulative social-science prose; APA; the 45-page limit |
commres-transparency-and-data | Data-availability statement; open materials/data; preregistration; ORCID |
commres-review-process | Double-anonymized review; the two-independent-review requirement |
commres-submission | SAGE Track preflight (anonymization, 45-page cap, APA reporting, DAS) |
commres-rebuttal | R&R response strategy for two demanding quantitative reviewers + editor |
Resources
resources/external_tools.md— communication data sources (ANES / CES / Pew / HINTS / GDELT) + R / SPSS-PROCESS / Mplus / Python, with a measurement/reliability/SEM focusresources/official-source-map.md— official SAGE/CR URLs behind every fact, with 待核实 markers on unverified itemsresources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md— a fictional CR-style introduction + abstractresources/exemplars/library.md— real, web-verified CR papers by method × topicresources/code/— vendored reproducible Stata + Python analysis skeleton
Differences vs. Sibling Journals
| Journal | Owner / publisher | Paradigm | This pack's guard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication Research | SAGE | Quantitative, social-scientific | the home venue for hypothesis-testing communication science |
| Journal of Communication | ICA / Oxford UP | All-paradigm, field-wide flagship | broader and not exclusively quantitative — re-route generalist/interpretive work |
| Human Communication Research | ICA / Oxford UP | Interpersonal / HCR | re-route interpersonal-theory-testing work that fits HCR better |
| New Media & Society | SAGE | Digital media, often more qualitative | re-route platform-focused or qualitative digital-media work |
What This Repo Does Not Do
- It does not write a submittable manuscript for you
- It does not simulate any specific editor's or reviewer's taste
- It does not assert volatile metadata (current editors and term, exact caps, fee/APC, requirement levels) — verify on the official page; unverified items are marked 待核实
- It does not decide whether your study is quantitative and theory-testing enough for CR — that is the researcher's call
Related
- awesome-journal-skills — Index of journal-specific skill packs
- Communication Research (SAGE Journals) — publisher home
- CR Submission Guidelines (SAGE) — author instructions
License
MIT