Use to understand how Communication Research (CR) evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymized review, editorial screening for quantitative/theory fit, external review, and the requirement that two independent positive reviews back a Revise or Accept decision. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
SkillScore91Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/1/2026
What it changes
Passed 21 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 23 without it.
Without skill43%
With skill91%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Uses the bracketed tag 【Next】.
Uses the bracketed tag 【Fit check】.
Uses the bracketed tag 【Mechanism】.
and 14 more in the full report
12 fixed9 passed either way1 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+48 pp
Tokens
+30%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-22%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/1/2026v121 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 12 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 12
Prompt
Our team completed a review pass for Communication Research and is ready to advise the authors that their paper is submission-ready. What mandatory verification source must be checked before finalizing submission advice?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Identifies official-source-map.md as the source file to check before finalizing advice.
Missed
Passed
case-19 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/1/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md102 linessingle file
Review Process (commres-review-process)
Knowing how CR screens and decides lets you pre-empt the failure modes before submitting. CR is
double-anonymized and is a quantitative, theory-testing journal, so it screens for both fit and
methodological rigor.
When to trigger
Before submitting, to stress-test fit, rigor, and anonymization
Deciding whether the contribution is quantitative and theory-testing enough for CR
Interpreting a decision letter and setting expectations
Understanding what reviewers are instructed to weigh
How CR review works
Double-anonymized. Reviewers do not know the authors and authors do not know reviewers.
Anonymize the main document and supplemental materials; write self-citations in the third
person (see commres-submission).
Editorial screening first. Manuscripts that are off-scope (qualitative/interpretive for a
quantitative venue), descriptive, atheoretical, or methodologically weak may be declined without
full review. CR screens for a tested communication mechanism, not a platform description.
External review. Manuscripts that pass go to expert referees under the double-anonymized model.
Two independent reviews to advance. CR requires two independent reviews to back a Revise
or Accept decision (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) — a single enthusiastic reviewer is not enough, so
the paper must satisfy more than one expert at once.
Decision categories: typically reject, revise and resubmit (major or minor), or
accept — the final call is the editor's, weighing the reviews.
Open practices in review
A data-availability statement is expected; preregistration (if any) should be noted in the
cover letter; open-materials/data claims must be deposited to be credited (see
commres-transparency-and-data).
Shape the paper to pass
Make the tested mechanism explicit (avoids the "descriptive / atheoretical" screen-out).
Defend measurement validity and identification up front — CR reviewers probe both.
Engage the relevant empirical literatures, including across communication areas.