apsr-topic-selection — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited apsr-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.
APSR is the general-interest flagship of political science. The bar is not "new to my subfield" — it is "matters to the discipline." Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest.
A strong APSR paper usually clears all four:
Americanist paper) should see why it matters. State the stakes for politics broadly — power, institutions, behavior, representation, conflict, justice.
— a new theory, a decisive test, a reconceptualization, a corrected record.
interpretive — each is welcome, but each must be done rigorously (see apsr-research-design).
~11,000 words (Article) or ~7,000 (Research Note).
| Home subfield | Reach to the discipline by… |
|---|---|
| American politics | tie to representation, institutions, or behavior that travels beyond the US case |
| Comparative | draw the general mechanism, not just the country case; speak to theory others can use |
| International relations | connect to cooperation, conflict, or institutions as general phenomena |
| Political theory | show why the normative/conceptual stakes matter for empirical work or public life |
| Methodology | show what substantive questions the method newly answers — not method for its own sake |
reappraisal), < 7,000 words. Faster to read; do not pad it into an Article.
on the design (see apsr-review-process).
result (see apsr-transparency-and-data-policy for materials expectations).
【Question】one sentence
【General significance】who outside the subfield cares, and why
【Contribution type】theory / test / measurement / reconceptualization / corrected record
【Track】Regular Article / Research Note / Registered Report / Replication / Synthesis
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】apsr-literature-positioning../../resources/external_tools.md — data sources by subfield../../resources/official-source-map.md — APSR tracks and scope~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.