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gec-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether an environmental-change project fits Global Environmental Change (GEC) and how to frame it. GEC publishes the human and policy dimensions of global environmental change and requires a significant social-science component, so the test is societal significance and policy relevance, not an environmental result alone. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
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# Topic Selection & Fit (gec-topic-selection)
GEC is the leading journal on the **human and policy dimensions** of global environmental change. The
bar is not "an interesting environmental finding" — it is **"advances knowledge about how societies
drive, experience, and respond to environmental change."** Use this skill to pressure-test fit before
you invest.
## When to trigger
- Choosing among possible projects or framings for a GEC submission
- A reviewer/colleague said the paper feels "too natural-science" or "no social-science contribution"
- Deciding between a full **Research Article** and a shorter **Perspective**
- Checking that the work speaks to multiple scales (local processes, global consequences)
