| name | journal-submission-checklist |
| description | Use before submitting a CFD-AI/SciML journal manuscript to check formatting, files, declarations, figures, references, cover letter, and reviewer-risk items. |
| version | 0.3.0 |
| author | CFD-AI Paper Skills maintainers |
| metadata | {"short-description":"Preflight checklist for CFD-AI/SciML journal submission"} |
Journal Submission Checklist
Trigger
Use before submission or resubmission to JFM, Physics of Fluids, JCP, CMAME, EAAI, Scientific Reports/Nature-style journals, or semiconductor/process journals.
Workflow
1. Journal requirements
Check:
- template,
- word/page limits,
- abstract limit,
- figure/table limits,
- reference style,
- supplementary rules,
- data/code availability,
- conflict of interest,
- author contribution,
- funding,
- highlights/graphical abstract if required.
2. Manuscript completeness
Check title, abstract, keywords, introduction, related work, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements, data/code availability, conflicts, references, appendices.
3. Scientific defensibility
Before submission:
- claims have evidence,
- baselines are fair,
- limitations stated,
- equations/BC/IC/solver details present,
- figures readable,
- no unsupported SOTA/generalization/robustness,
- no hidden train/test leakage.
4. Figure/table preflight
For every figure:
- referenced in text,
- caption has takeaway,
- labels readable,
- units/colorbar present,
- same scale for comparison,
- high-resolution source exists.
For every table:
- metrics defined,
- units specified,
- uncertainty where relevant,
- best values marked only if allowed.
5. References
- all citations resolve,
- no uncited references,
- no duplicate BibTeX,
- DOI/arXiv where possible,
- recent/close prior art covered honestly.
6. Cover letter
Include:
- manuscript title,
- target journal,
- significance paragraph,
- journal fit,
- originality/no simultaneous submission,
- suggested reviewers if requested.
Avoid hype.
Output template
- Readiness: ready / not ready
- Blocking issues
- Major reviewer risks
- Minor fixes
- Missing files/statements
- Final action list
Anti-patterns
- Treating journal submission as formatting only while claims remain unsupported.
- Leaving placeholder code/data URLs or missing supplementary files.
- Ignoring required disclosure statements for LLM use, conflicts, or data access.
- Submitting figures with inconsistent scales, missing units, or unresolved TODOs.
Verification
- PDF compiles.
- No
?? references.
- Required statements present.
- Submission files listed.
