journal-submission-checklist

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

1. Readiness: ready / not ready
2. Blocking issues
3. Major reviewer risks
4. Minor fixes
5. Missing files/statements
6. 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.