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psci-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Psychological Science manuscript against the literature within the journal's tight word budget. With roughly 40 references and a 2,000-word Introduction+Discussion, positioning must be sharp — establish the gap and the contribution fast. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the literature review.
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# Literature Positioning (psci-literature-positioning)
Psychological Science gives you almost no room for a traditional literature review: roughly **40
references** and an Introduction that shares a **2,000-word** budget with the Discussion. Positioning
must be **surgical** — name the open question, the contribution, and the broad relevance in a few
tight paragraphs.
## When to trigger
- Drafting or compressing the Introduction
- A reviewer said the contribution is "incremental" or "not clearly novel"
- You have far more citations than the format allows and must prioritize
- Connecting a specific finding to a broad psychological question
