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ecj-workflow
Use when deciding which ecj-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a The Economic Journal (EJ) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.
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# EJ Workflow Router (ecj-workflow)
## Overview
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill. It tells you **which ecj-* skill to use given where you are right now** in a manuscript aimed at *The Economic Journal* (EJ) — the **Royal Economic Society's** flagship general-interest journal, founded **1891** and published by **Oxford University Press**. EJ publishes across **all fields of economics**, theory and applied alike, for a **broad international readership**, and prizes work that is **technically well-crafted, makes a substantial contribution, and is of broad interest to economists at large**. Its house personality is **breadth of relevance plus clear exposition** — a sharp idea legible to a generalist beats a narrow result only specialists can read.
Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as EJ. Operational tells that you are at EJ and not a sibling: submission is through the **Editorial Express** portal (not ScholarOne); review is **single-blind** (referees are anonymous to authors; authors are *not* anonymized); there is an explicit **short-paper option in the AER:Insights style (<6,000 words, 5 exhibits)** alongside full-length articles; and accepted empirical, experimental, and numerical papers go through an **EJ Data Editor reproducibility check** with the replication package deposited to **Zenodo** or another trusted repository. Editor-in-chief as of the 2026-06-20 source refresh: **Francesco Lippi**; Data Editor: **Damian Clarke**. Re-verify volatile fees, charges, and rosters on the official OUP/RES pages.
## When to trigger
- The user asks "what should I do next?" on an EJ-targeted paper
- A draft is handed over and the current bottleneck is unclear
- Work is bouncing between modeling, empirics, and writing with no clear order
- An EJ decision letter (reject / R&R) has arrived and the user needs to switch into response mode