journal-selector

# 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)](../journals/_coverage.md) · [nutrition (59)](../journals/_coverage_nutrition.md) · [multidisciplinary (35)](../journals/_coverage_multidisciplinary.md) · [**agriculture Q1+Q2 (230)**](../journals/_coverage_agriculture.md). ## Behavior 1. **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." 2. **Resolve** the journal to its skill folder using the alias table below (or `journals/_coverage.md`). Match case-insensitively on full name or abbreviation. 3. **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). 4. **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. 5. **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`](../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.