| name | journal-selector |
| description | Resolve a target food/nutrition journal to its author-guideline skill and formatting constraints. Use at the start of writing, formatting, or submission-prep for a food-science paper, and whenever the user names a journal they want to publish in or format their manuscript for, to load that journal's rules (word/abstract limits, structure, reference/citation style, figure spec). Triggers: which journal, target journal, publish on a journal, publish in a journal, I want to publish on Food Chemistry, submit to LWT, format for a journal, format my manuscript for a named journal, edit the manuscript based on a journal's style, journal style, journal reference style, journal citation style, submission guidelines, prepare for submission, pick a journal. |
| metadata | {"version":"0.1.0","verified":"2026-07","related_skills":["academic-paper","academic-pipeline","food-figure"]} |
Journal Selector — Route a Manuscript to Its Journal Skill
Shared procedure, not an installed skill. journal-selector is not
registered in the plugin's skill list — it is machinery the other skills use, so it
doesn't clutter the user's / menu. The food-* and agri-* skills load this
file (journal-selector/SKILL.md) and follow the steps below; users reach it
automatically by naming a target journal to any of them. It still ships with the
plugin, exactly like the journals/* author-guideline files it resolves to.
Maps a target journal to the correct journals/<folder> author-guideline skill
and returns its ## Formatting constraints. Authoritative mappings:
food (60) ·
nutrition (59) ·
multidisciplinary (35) ·
agriculture Q1+Q2 (230).
Behavior
- Determine the target journal — ask once. If the author has already named a
journal (full name or JCR abbreviation), resolve it. If a target journal is
already on record for this project/session (resolved earlier, or set by
food-pipeline), reuse it and skip the question. Otherwise ask exactly once:
"Which journal are you targeting? (name or JCR abbreviation — e.g. Food
Chemistry, LWT, Nature Food). If undecided, say 'generic' and I'll use
standard food-science conventions."
- Resolve the journal to its skill folder using the alias table below (or
journals/_coverage.md). Match case-insensitively on full name or abbreviation.
- Load
journals/<folder>/SKILL.md and return its ## Formatting constraints
block plus the checklist. Note any per-journal override row in that skill's
"Applies to" table (limits can differ within a publisher group).
- Hand off: the calling pipeline applies these constraints to structure,
word/abstract limits, and reference style, and passes
figure_dpi /
column_widths_* to the food-figure skill.
- If 'generic' or unresolved: use standard food-science conventions
(IMRaD; abstract ≤250 words; numbered or author–date references; figures
≥300 dpi; ~90/190 mm columns) and state the assumption so the author can
correct it.
Ask once, then persist
The journal question is asked at most once per project. Once resolved (to a
journal or to 'generic'/APA 7.0), record the choice and its constraints and
reuse them for every downstream stage and subagent — never re-prompt. Re-run this
resolution only when the user explicitly asks to target a different
journal; then replace the recorded choice and re-flow the affected formatting
(structure, limits, reference style, figure spec).
Resolution table (journal / abbreviation → skill folder)
- nature-food — Nature Food (NAT FOOD); npj Science of Food (NPJ SCI FOOD)
- food-chemistry — Food Chemistry (FOOD CHEM)
- j-dairy-science — Journal of Dairy Science (J DAIRY SCI)
- elsevier-food — Trends in Food Science & Technology; Food Hydrocolloids;
Food Hydrocolloids for Health; Food Packaging and Shelf Life; Global Food
Security; Current Opinion in Food Science; Food Chemistry-X; Future Foods;
Food Research International; Current Research in Food Science; Postharvest
Biology and Technology; Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies; LWT;
Food Control; Journal of Agriculture and Food Research; Applied Food Research;
Meat Science; Food Policy; Food Bioscience; Food Structure; Journal of Food
Engineering; International Journal of Food Microbiology; Food Quality and
Preference; Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences; Food Microbiology; Journal of
Food Composition and Analysis; Microbial Risk Analysis; Journal of Functional
Foods; Journal of Cereal Science
- wiley-food — Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety; Food
Frontiers; eFood; Legume Science; Food and Energy Security; Molecular
Nutrition & Food Research; Journal of Food Biochemistry; Food Science &
Nutrition
- springer-food — Food Engineering Reviews; Food and Bioprocess Technology;
Food Security; Food Production Processing and Nutrition
- crit-rev-food — Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition; Food
Reviews International; International Journal of Food Properties
- foods-mdpi — Foods; Antioxidants; Toxins
- food-function — Food & Function; Sustainable Food Technology
- jafc — Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- annu-rev-food — Annual Review of Food Science and Technology (invited only)
- food-quality-safety — Food Quality and Safety (Oxford)
- british-food-journal — British Food Journal (structured abstract required)
- j-future-foods — Journal of Future Foods; Food Science and Human Wellness
- qas-crops-foods — Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods
- agri-food-security — Agriculture & Food Security (BMC declarations block)
Nutrition journals (Nutrition & Dietetics category)
Grouped by publisher format, same as food. Clinical-nutrition titles add
structured abstracts, trial registration, and reporting guidelines.
- elsevier-food — Progress in Lipid Research; Advances in Nutrition; American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Clinical Nutrition; Clinical Nutrition ESPEN;
Journal of Nutrition; Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry; Journal of the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging;
Current Developments in Nutrition; Journal of Renal Nutrition; Nutrition
Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases; Nutrition; Nutrition Research; Appetite;
NFS Journal
- wiley-food — Obesity; International Journal of Eating Disorders; Nutrition
Bulletin; Nutrition & Dietetics; Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition;
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition; Journal of Nutrition and
Metabolism; International Journal of Food Science
- springer-food — Current Obesity Reports; Current Nutrition Reports;
European Journal of Nutrition; International Journal of Obesity; Nutrition &
Diabetes; European Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
- crit-rev-food (Taylor & Francis) — Journal of the International Society of
Sports Nutrition; International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition; Journal
of the American Nutrition Association; Nutritional Neuroscience; Journal of
Dietary Supplements
- foods-mdpi — Nutrients; Dietetics; Obesities
- annu-rev-food — Annual Review of Nutrition (invited only)
- agri-food-security (BMC) — International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and
Physical Activity; Lipids in Health and Disease; Journal of Eating Disorders;
Nutrition Journal; Nutrition & Metabolism; BMC Nutrition; Genes and Nutrition
- food-quality-safety (Oxford) — Nutrition Reviews
- cambridge-nutrition — British Journal of Nutrition; Nutrition Research
Reviews; Proceedings of the Nutrition Society; Public Health Nutrition; Journal
of Nutritional Science
- frontiers-nutrition — Frontiers in Nutrition; Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
- nutrition-other — Obesity Facts (Karger); Current Opinion in Clinical
Nutrition and Metabolic Care (Lippincott); Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition
(AME); Beneficial Microbes (Brill); Food & Nutrition Research (Swedish Nutrition
Foundation)
Agriculture journals (Q1 + Q2, seven JCR categories)
The 230 Q1/Q2 journals of Agronomy, Agriculture Multidisciplinary, Agriculture
Dairy & Animal Science, Soil Science, Agricultural Economics & Policy, Horticulture,
and Agricultural Engineering — deduplicated across categories at their best quartile.
They reuse the publisher-tier folders above (an Elsevier agronomy journal follows
the same Guide for Authors as an Elsevier food journal), so resolve them from the
full table: journals/_coverage_agriculture.md.
Common routings:
- elsevier-food — Soil Biology & Biochemistry; Computers and Electronics in Agriculture; Industrial Crops and Products; Agricultural Systems; Agricultural Water Management; Field Crops Research; Soil & Tillage Research; European Journal of Agronomy; Scientia Horticulturae; Animal Feed Science and Technology; Livestock Science; Geoderma; Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment; Bioresource Technology; Biosystems Engineering; Biomass & Bioenergy; Smart Agricultural Technology.
- wiley-food — Agronomy Journal; Crop Science; Soil Science Society of America Journal; Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics; Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science; Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture; Plant Breeding; Grass and Forage Science; European Journal of Soil Science; Land Degradation & Development; Vadose Zone Journal; Agricultural Economics.
- springer-food — Biochar; Molecular Horticulture; Precision Agriculture; Agronomy for Sustainable Development; Biology and Fertility of Soils; Plant and Soil; Irrigation Science; Journal of Soils and Sediments; Tropical Animal Health and Production; Food Security.
- crit-rev-food (Taylor & Francis) — Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences; Journal of Sustainable Agriculture; Archives of Animal Nutrition; Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.
- foods-mdpi — Agronomy; Agriculture; Horticulturae; Land; Animals; Plants; AgriEngineering.
- food-quality-safety (Oxford) — Horticulture Research; Journal of Animal Science; Translational Animal Science; Journal of Economic Entomology.
- cambridge-nutrition — Journal of Agricultural Science; Animal; Experimental Agriculture; Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.
- j-future-foods (KeAi) — Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture; The Crop Journal; Rice Science; Journal of Integrative Agriculture.
- annu-rev-food — Annual Review of Animal Biosciences; Annual Review of Resource Economics.
- british-food-journal (Emerald) — China Agricultural Economic Review; Agricultural Finance Review.
- agri-food-security (BMC) — Agriculture & Food Security; CABI Agriculture and Bioscience.
- frontiers-nutrition — Frontiers in Plant Science; Frontiers in Veterinary Science; Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
- jafc — Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. · j-dairy-science — Journal of Dairy Science.
- agri-other — society/regional titles with no shared format: SOIL (Copernicus); Crop and Pasture Science (CSIRO); Animal Bioscience; Journal of Animal Science and Technology; Plant Soil and Environment; Czech Journal of Animal Science; Scientia Agricola; American Journal of Enology and Viticulture; Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research; Seed Science and Technology; and similar.
Multidisciplinary & cross-discipline journals
High-priority venues food/nutrition researchers publish in, grouped by publisher
format (the Nature/Science/Cell families and PNAS are top-priority per the
ranking rule).
- nature-portfolio — Nature; Nature Communications; Nature Microbiology;
Nature Metabolism; Nature Sustainability; Nature Biotechnology; Nature Medicine;
Nature Reviews titles. (Nature Food and npj Science of Food →
nature-food.)
- science-aaas — Science; Science Advances; Science Translational Medicine;
Science Immunology; Science Signaling; Science Robotics.
- cell-press — Cell; Cell Metabolism; Cell Host & Microbe; Molecular Cell;
Immunity; Current Biology; Cell Reports Medicine; One Earth; Joule; Matter; Chem.
- pnas — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
- multidisciplinary — eLife; PLOS Biology; PLOS Medicine; National Science
Review; The Innovation; Environmental Science & Technology; Gut; Gastroenterology;
Diabetes Care; The ISME Journal.
Output contract
Return: {journal, publisher, skill_folder, reference_style, abstract_words, figure_spec, notes} drawn from the resolved skill's constraints block, so the
paper pipeline and food-figure can consume it directly.