arsoc-comprehensiveness-and-balanceUse when calibrating completeness vs. selectivity and ensuring fairness across theoretical schools, methods, authors, and debates in an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review — including not over-promoting the author's own work. Audits coverage and even-handedness; it does not design the framewor
arsoc-editor-strategyUse when working with the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee and Annual Reviews production team — negotiating the commissioned scope, anticipating what review referees evaluate, and the annual-volume timeline. Plans the interaction; it does not run the delivery preflight (arsoc-s
arsoc-literature-synthesisUse when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of sociological research for an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review — coverage discipline and avoiding citation gaps across theoretical traditions. Builds the evidence corpus and synthesis notes; it does not impose the a
arsoc-organizing-frameworkUse when imposing an analytical structure or taxonomy on a sociology literature for an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review — the "spine" that turns a reading list into an argument about the subfield. Designs the framework; it does not gather the literature (arsoc-literature-synthesis) or judge
arsoc-proposal-and-commissioningUse when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route, how to suggest a topic, and what a Committee-ready pitch contains. Frames the commission; it does not gather the literatu
arsoc-revisionUse when responding to Editorial Committee and referee feedback on an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review — coverage gaps, balance/accuracy complaints, framework/structure asks, and accessibility. Drafts the response and revision plan; it does not run the delivery preflight (arsoc-submission)
arsoc-submissionUse 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 c
arsoc-tables-figuresUse when building exhibits for an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review — summary "who-found-what" tables, the conceptual/framework figure, and meta-evidence exhibits that synthesize across studies. Designs review exhibits; it does not produce original-estimate regression tables (an ARSoc review
arsoc-topic-selectionUse when judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative cross-subfield synthesis — and framing the review's animating question. Decides fit; it does not gather the literature (a
arsoc-transparency-and-reproducibilityUse when documenting the coverage account of an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review and the transparency obligations of any systematic-review search or meta-analysis the review itself contains. Builds the search/selection record and the reproducibility plan; it does not gather the literature (
arsoc-workflowUse when deciding which arsoc-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing an invited review article from topic through revision for an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) manuscript. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.
arsoc-writing-styleUse when revising an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) review for the ARSoc voice — authoritative, accessible to sociologists outside the subfield, signposted, with a strong opening and a forward-looking research-agenda close, and a survey-style abstract. Polishes prose and structure; it does not d