What problem does it solve? Choosing where to submit a manuscript is high-stakes: a wrong target means desk rejection and months lost, and remembered impact factors are often outdated. This Skill produces a defensible, evidence-backed ranking of the five best journals for a specific paper. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Fit-gated ranking: Generates 10-15 candidate journals from the paper's content and citations, gates them on scope fit with named recent papers as evidence, then ranks survivors by verified impact. - Run-time metric verification: Every impact factor, quartile, CiteScore, APC, and review-time figure is verified by live search at run time and stamped with date and source — never recalled from memory. - Honest second opinion: Judges any draft-named target journal, arguing against it when the fit is wrong, and excludes all MDPI titles from recommendations. - Use Case: A researcher finishing a transportation paper asks where to submit; the Skill reads the draft, checks the pipeline map for rejection history, verifies current metrics, and returns a ranked five-journal shortlist with fit evidence and a verdict on the author's intended target. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to use the journal-selection skill to rank the best target journals for the manuscript in the current project folder.
