Jbf Workflow

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name: jbf-workflow
description: Router for the Journal of Banking & Finance (JBF) skill pack — tells you which JBF sub-skill to use next across the manuscript lifecycle, from topic fit through Editorial Manager submission and R&R rebuttal. Start here when unsure where you are.
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# JBF Workflow Router (jbf-workflow)

Use this skill to decide which JBF sub-skill to invoke next for a *Journal of
Banking & Finance* manuscript. JBF is an Elsevier journal (est. 1977, monthly,
ISSN 0378-4266) for empirical and theoretical research on banking, financial
intermediation, financial institutions, capital markets, investments, corporate
finance, and financial regulation — with a strong empirical, bank-focused
orientation. This pack is tuned to that nature, not to generic finance writing.

## Default order

1. `jbf-topic-selection` — is the question a fit for a bank/intermediation-focused finance journal?
2. `jbf-literature-positioning` — stake the contribution against the banking/finance frontier.
3. `jbf-identification-strategy` — credible causal/empirical design for this field (bank panels, policy shocks, IV, event studies).
4. `jbf-data-analysis` — sample construction, estimation, and the robustness JBF referees expect.
5. `jbf-tables-figures` — clear exhibits with self-contained notes.
6. `jbf-contribution-framing` — make the "so what" land for banking/finance readers and policy audiences.
7. `jbf-writing-style` — Elsevier author-date (Harvard) house style; concise, results-forward prose.
8. `jbf-replication-and-data-policy` — Elsevier data-availability statement + Mendeley Data sharing (no journal-run archive — 待核实).
9. `jbf-review-process` — what double-anonymized review and the desk screen involve.
10. `jbf-submission` — Editorial Manager preflight: USD 350 fee, anonymized manuscript + title page, keywords/JEL, Highlights, AI declaration.
11. `jbf-rebuttal` — response-letter strategy for an R&R.

## Quick routing

- Brand-new idea → `jbf-topic-selection`
- "Why JBF over a top-3 finance journal?" → `jbf-contribution-framing`
- Worried about endogeneity in a bank panel → `jbf-identification-strategy`
- Submitting this week → `jbf-submission` (then `jbf-review-process`)
- Got an R&R → `jbf-rebuttal`

Verify volatile specifics (fee, lead editor, data policy) on the official
ScienceDirect Guide for Authors — see `resources/official-source-map.md`.