ajps-topic-selection — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited ajps-topic-selection (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
AJPS publishes across the discipline but most of its pages carry rigorous empirical, experimental, computational, or formal-empirical work. The test is not "novel to my subfield" alone — it is a clear, well-identified contribution that a broad political-science audience will cite. Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest.
A strong AJPS paper usually clears all four:
teach us about the general phenomenon (behavior, institutions, conflict, representation)?"
inferential claim being made (see ajps-research-design) — empirics carry the paper.
corrects the record — not "we ran the standard model on new data."
<= 4,000 (Research Note / Correspondence).
| You have... | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A full original study | Article (<= 10,000 words) | the default research format |
| A methodological advance (incl. methodology in normative theory) | Research Note (<= 4,000) | reserved for methods + meta-analyses |
| A meta-analysis of an existing literature | Research Note (<= 4,000) | not a narrative review |
| A correction/critique of a paper published in AJPS | Correspondence (<= 4,000) | minor-error-only critiques risk desk rejection |
Do not pad a small empirical result into a Research Note: the Note type at AJPS is methodology and meta-analysis, not a short empirical paper. A focused empirical study is still an Article.
Run this as a concrete capability pass. First lock the political theory, design leverage, measurement validity, and scope condition; then test whether the manuscript addresses political-science reviewers who expect tight theory, transparent design, and a contribution that travels across political settings.
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.【Question】one sentence
【Generalizable payoff】who beyond the case cites this, and why
【Contribution type】theory / identification / measurement / method / meta-analysis / corrected record
【Submission type】Article / Research Note / Correspondence
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】ajps-literature-positioning../../resources/external_tools.md — data sources by subfield../../resources/official-source-map.md — AJPS submission types and word caps~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.