Use when running the final delivery preflight for a commissioned Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review via the Annual Reviews production system — disclosure statements, reference/format compliance, figure permissions, and the transparency of the coverage account or any meta-analysis the review contains. Final checks; it does not draft content or handle the response letter (arsoc-revision).
SkillScore95Maintained
Automatic
◆Writing & Editing pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 21 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 22 without it.
Without skill68%
With skill95%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Refrains from asserting a static abstract length from memory.
Refrains from asserting fixed numerical word limits from memory.
Notes that submission occurs within the invited-article workflow.
and 6 more in the full report
6 fixed15 passed either way1 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+27 pp
Tokens
+41%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-40%
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 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 6
Prompt
Our team just finished revising our review article for the Annual Review of Sociology, including our literature search documentation and conflict of interest statement. Please run a preflight audit on our manuscript to ensure we haven't missed any essential declarations, references, or publisher-specific verifications. Return your evaluation using bracketed items for each preflight category with Y/N indicators and a concluding line stating the next step in the workflow.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Refrains from asserting a static abstract length from memory.
Missed
Passed
Notes that submission occurs within the invited-article workflow.
Missed
Passed
case-03 · 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.md68 lines3 files
Delivery Preflight (arsoc-submission)
When to trigger
"Delivering soon" — last check before handing the commissioned review to Annual Reviews
Unsure which files, declarations, and permissions the production system expects
Confirming reference style, format, and figure specs are Annual Reviews-compliant
Verifying transparency obligations for the coverage account and any quantitative synthesis the review reports
Process facts (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准 — re-confirm on the Annual Reviews author pages)
Publisher / venue. ARSoc is published by Annual Reviews (nonprofit), founded 1975 (ISSN 0360-0572 print / 1545-2115 online), as an annual volume; it is a review series, distinct from ASR/AJS (sociology's primary-research flagships), Sociological Theory (theory development), and the sister Annual Reviews of Psychology/Economics. Articles are invitation-led: "experienced researchers are invited by journals' Editorial Committees to write Annual Reviews articles." There is no cold-submission portal for unsolicited manuscripts — delivery happens within the invited-article workflow (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
How a topic gets onto the list / suggesting one. There is no public author-submission portal; the Editorial Committee sets the topic list and issues invitations. The source map records no formal author topic-proposal channel, so if you want to propose a topic or be considered, route it informally to the Editorial Committee (see the Editorial Committee page) — 待核实 whether a formal proposal mechanism exists; confirm on the author pages (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Review/acceptance bar. Annual Reviews states that review selections are assessed for accuracy, rigor, and balance (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Editors. Co-editors Douglas S. Massey & Mary C. Waters (co-editors since Aug 2023; verified 2026-06-22 — re-confirm on the Editorial Committee page, editors rotate).
Open access / fees. Current volumes are published open access under the Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) model: Annual Reviews announced the S2O commitment in 2023 and reports that in 2024 all volumes were successfully published OA. S2O is library/subscriber-funded, not author-funded, so it is not a pay-to-publish APC; treat any author-facing fee as 待核实 on the author pages (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Disclosure (required). Annual Reviews requires authors to disclose potential sources of bias / conflicts of interest; funding sources are stated. Prepare the disclosure as the author pages specify (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Transparency of the review itself. A pure review reports no new data. The transparency obligation bites on your coverage account (a documented, near-PRISMA-style search/selection record, from arsoc-transparency-and-reproducibility) and on any meta-analysis/bibliometric analysis you contribute — its data and code should be reproducible and depositable (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Reference & format style. Annual Reviews applies its own house format and reference style (distinct from ASA author-date) at production; the production editor copyedits to house style, so the delivered draft need not pre-conform, but reference data must be complete and accurate (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Figures / permissions. Confirm figure specs and secure permission for any reproduced exhibit (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Length / abstract limits. Exact word/abstract/keyword limits are 待核实 and are not asserted from the source map — they are article-specific delivery facts set by the current author resources and your editor correspondence; confirm there rather than assuming a number (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
Preflight checklist
Article & files
This is a commissioned/invited article delivered in the invited-article workflow (not a cold submission)
Manuscript complete; references complete and accurate (house style applied at production)
Title page: title, complete author affiliations, keywords; abstract in review style
Figures meet current specs; reproduced exhibits have permission and attribution