car-workflow
GitHubCAR论文工作流路由器，指导从选题到回复审稿人的全流程。根据当前进展（如理论缺失、方法疑问或收到拒稿信）自动推荐对应的子技能，确保符合Contemporary Accounting Research期刊要求。
Trigger Scenarios
Install
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill car-workflow -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "car-workflow",
"description": "Use when deciding which car-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR) manuscript. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills."
}
Contemporary Accounting Research Workflow (car-workflow)
Overview
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill; it tells you which car- skill to use right now* for your CAR manuscript.
Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR) — the premier research journal owned and sponsored by the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) and published by Wiley (partnership since 2010), appearing quarterly (Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec). CAR is deliberately method-agnostic: it welcomes "interesting and intellectually rigorous work in all topic areas of accounting, using any appropriate method, and based in any discipline or research tradition." In practice the published mix is dominated by quantitative archival/capital-markets work, but CAR is also one of the most receptive top-tier outlets for experimental, analytical/modeling, field, and qualitative accounting research — so the first routing question is always which research tradition you are in, because methods, analysis, and contribution framing diverge sharply across archival, experimental, analytical, and qualitative papers.
Editorial team changes: Anup Srivastava (University of Calgary) is Editor-in-Chief, supported by Deputy EICs Elizabeth Demers, Alexander Edwards, and Hervé Stolowy and ~24 subject Editors; the EIC reviews all acceptance decisions. Verify the current masthead at caaa.ca/car-editorial-team. Fees, the Style Guide, and the Data Integrity & Code Sharing Policy change — confirm on the official CAAA/CAR pages.
When to trigger
- "What should I do next?" with a half-built CAR manuscript
- You have a result but are unsure whether the contribution lands in accounting theory or practice
- A reviewer pushes on identification (archival), internal validity (experiment), or robustness of a model's assumptions (analytical)
- You received a CAR decision letter and need to switch into response mode
- You keep bouncing between method, analysis, and writing without a plan
Routing table
| Current symptom | Next skill |
|---|---|
| Idea is vague; unsure it fits CAR's broad-tent accounting scope | car-topic-selection |
| Predictions are descriptive; no theoretical/economic mechanism | car-theory-development |
| Front end reads as gap-spotting; the accounting conversation is missing | car-literature-positioning |
| Design/identification may not match the question (archival/exp/analytic) | car-methods |
| Have data; unsure about estimation, robustness, or code-sharing prep | car-data-analysis |
| Results exist but the "so what for accounting" is thin | car-contribution-framing |
| Exhibits cluttered, off CAR Style Guide, or not self-contained | car-tables-figures |
| Prose buries the question/finding; not in accounting house style | car-writing-style |
| Ready to submit; need the Editorial Manager preflight | car-submission |
| Want to understand CAR's double-anonymous review before/after submit | car-review-process |
| Received an R&R; need to plan and draft the response | car-rebuttal |
Default order
car-topic-selection— lock a question that fits CAR and your research traditioncar-theory-development— build the mechanism / hypotheses / modelcar-literature-positioning— join an accounting conversationcar-methods— match design and identification to the questioncar-data-analysis— estimate, run robustness, and prepare code-sharingcar-contribution-framing— make the accounting contribution explicitcar-tables-figures— finalize exhibits in CAR Style Guide formatcar-writing-style— full-manuscript prose polishcar-submission— Editorial Manager preflight (blind file, title page, fee, ethics)car-review-process— set expectations for the two-reviewer, EIC-approved processcar-rebuttal— after an R&R, revise then draft the response letter
car-tables-figuresandcar-writing-styleare late-stage polish. Do not invoke them while identification (archival), internal validity (experiment), or the model (analytical) is unsettled.
Decision shortcuts
- "Archival design, treatment may be endogenous" →
car-methodsthencar-data-analysis - "Experiment — worried about confounds and manipulation checks" →
car-methods - "Analytical model — is the contribution just a new comparative static?" →
car-contribution-framing - "Need to upload code and a data availability statement" →
car-data-analysisthencar-submission - "Submitting this week; what does Editorial Manager need?" →
car-submission - "Got an R&R from two reviewers and a subject Editor" →
car-review-processthencar-rebuttal
Stage tracker (fill and re-run the router)
Because CAR is method-agnostic, the tradition row drives every downstream standard. Fill it first, then let the top unfinished stage name the next skill.
CAR MANUSCRIPT — stage tracker
question : [one-sentence accounting question]
tradition : archival / experimental / analytical / field-qualitative
target : CAR (vs TAR / JAR / JAE / RAST) fit=[yes/borderline/no]
stage status next skill
----------------------------- ------------ --------------------------
topic & fit (which tradition) [done] car-topic-selection
theory / hypotheses / model [in-progress] car-theory-development
literature positioning [todo] car-literature-positioning
design & identification [todo] car-methods
estimation + robustness [todo] car-data-analysis
+ code-sharing prep
accounting contribution [todo] car-contribution-framing
exhibits (Style Guide) [todo] car-tables-figures (late)
prose polish [todo] car-writing-style (late)
Editorial Manager preflight [todo] car-submission
decision / R&R [—] car-review-process → car-rebuttal
rule: identification (archival) / internal validity (exp) / model (analytical)
must be settled before any (late) row is touched.
Anti-patterns
- Do not route an archival paper, an experiment, and an analytical model through identical analysis advice — CAR's big-tent scope means the standards differ by tradition.
- Do not let
car-tables-figuresbeautify exhibits before the design and contribution settle. - Do not let
car-rebuttaldraft a response before the manuscript is actually revised. - Do not treat polish as a substitute for a genuine accounting contribution.
Version History
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