Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) via Editorial Manager — submission-type selection, full anonymizing for double-blind review, word/abstract caps, APSA-or-Chicago formatting, the 25-page Supporting Information limit, and human-subjects/IRB documentation. Final checks; it does not draft content.
SkillScore95Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 21 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 22 without it.
Without skill45%
With skill95%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Mentions the APC amount of $4,300
Identifies Correspondence as the submission type
States that Supporting Information is capped at 25 pages
and 12 more in the full report
11 fixed10 passed either way1 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+50 pp
Tokens
+46%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-42%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v121 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 11
Prompt
If my manuscript is accepted at AJPS, what is the optional Wiley OnlineOpen article processing charge (APC) amount?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Mentions the APC amount of $4,300
Missed
Passed
case-18 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md106 linessingle file
Submission Preflight (ajps-submission)
The last check before pressing submit on Editorial Manager (editorialmanager.com/ajps). AJPS is
double-blind, so the most common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized manuscript — and AJPS's
anonymizing rules are strict (no acknowledgments, funding lines, or conference mentions, third-person
self-citation). Official AJPS baseline checked 2026-06-20; live-check Editorial Manager prompts before upload.
When to trigger
"Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
Unsure which files/metadata Editorial Manager expects
Confirming the chosen type's cap is met and the manuscript is fully anonymized
Process facts (official baseline checked 2026-06-20)
Owner / publisher: Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) / Wiley.
Review model:double-blind — fully anonymize the manuscript.
Types: Article (<= 10,000 words), Research Note (<= 4,000 — methodology/meta-analysis only),
Correspondence (<= 4,000 — critique of published AJPS work).
Abstract:<= 150 words (background, hypotheses, approach, findings, conclusions).
Word count: put it on the title page with the abstract; counts include main text, notes,
parenthetical references, print appendices, and table/figure headers and notes; exclude the
title page, abstract, reference list, online Supporting Information, and math notation.
Style:APSA Style Manual (rev. 2018, updated 2023) orChicago 18th ed.; full first +
last names in references; double-spaced, 12-point, >= one-inch margins.
Supporting Information:<= 25 pages for original submissions, uploaded as "Appendix"; anonymized PAPs are separate and do not count against SI pages.
Human subjects: IRB approval/exemption where an author has IRB access, else an appendix answering
the human-subjects questions; not required when relying on publicly available data approved at
original collection.
Fee: no submission fee. Wiley OnlineOpen (Gold OA) is optional after acceptance — APC US $4,300 (verified 2026-06-22; re-verify the current rate before submission). Confirm any ORCID, Wiley-license/open-access, or portal-specific prompt during upload/production.
Preflight checklist
Type & length
Type chosen and its word cap met (Article <= 10,000 / Note or Correspondence <= 4,000)
Word count on the title page (incl. notes + table/figure headers and notes; excl. refs + SI)
Abstract <= 150 words covering background/hypotheses/approach/findings/conclusions