By name: jbf-workflow description: Use when routing a Journal of Banking & Finance (JBF) manuscript to the right JBF sub-skill across the lifecycle — topic fit, literature positioning, identification, bank-panel data work, exhibits, Elsevier Editorial Manager submission, double-anonymized review, and R&R rebuttal strategy.
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
jbf-topic-selection— is the question a fit for a bank/intermediation-focused finance journal?jbf-literature-positioning— stake the contribution against the banking/finance frontier.jbf-identification-strategy— credible causal/empirical design for this field (bank panels, policy shocks, IV, event studies).jbf-data-analysis— sample construction, estimation, and the robustness JBF referees expect.jbf-tables-figures— clear exhibits with self-contained notes.jbf-contribution-framing— make the "so what" land for banking/finance readers and policy audiences.jbf-writing-style— concise, results-forward prose plus numbered-reference readiness.jbf-replication-and-data-policy— Elsevier Option C data statement plus deposit/link-or-explain package.jbf-review-process— what double-anonymized review and the desk screen involve.jbf-submission— Editorial Manager preflight: USD 350 fee, anonymized manuscript + title page, 250-word abstract, keywords, Highlights, AI declaration, data statement.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(thenjbf-review-process) - Got an R&R →
jbf-rebuttal
Verify volatile specifics (fee, editor roster, special-issue instructions) on the official
ScienceDirect Guide for Authors — see resources/official-source-map.md.
Router diagnostics
- Scope is generic finance, not banking/intermediation ->
jbf-topic-selection. - Endogeneity or bank-panel design is weak ->
jbf-identification-strategy. - Licensed-data path is not reproducible ->
jbf-replication-and-data-policy. - Tables omit units, clustering, or economic magnitudes ->
jbf-tables-figures. - Results read as significance-only ->
jbf-writing-style.
Stage gates for a JBF lifecycle
Place the manuscript at a gate before routing; do not advance until the exit condition holds.
| Gate | Exit condition | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| G0 idea | question names a bank/intermediation/regulation margin, not "finance in country X" | jbf-topic-selection |
| G1 positioning | closest intermediation-strand papers named with a stated delta | jbf-literature-positioning |
| G2 design | identifying variation survives the "regulation is endogenous" objection | jbf-identification-strategy |
| G3 pipeline | bank-panel sample, filters, and clustering documented end to end | jbf-data-analysis |
| G4 exhibits | baseline → identification → mechanism tables with self-contained notes | jbf-tables-figures |
| G5 narrative | contribution lands in finance units and policy terms without overreach | jbf-contribution-framing, jbf-writing-style |
| G6 package | data statement plus Editorial Manager preflight complete | jbf-replication-and-data-policy, jbf-submission |
| G7 decision | status interpreted; R&R triaged | jbf-review-process, jbf-rebuttal |
Illustrative routing pass
A draft asks whether the Basel III liquidity coverage ratio shifted bank lending toward short maturities, using a bank-quarter Call Reports panel.
- The question is squarely bank-regulatory, so G0 passes without rerouting.
- The introduction cites a broad liquidity literature but no closest paper on the LCR and credit supply — route to
jbf-literature-positioning. - Identification leans on plain TWFE around a single adoption date with no untreated banks;
jbf-identification-strategyflags the missing size-threshold contrast (the rule binds for large banks first) before any table work starts. - Only after G2 holds does the pipeline-to-exhibit chain (
jbf-data-analysis→jbf-tables-figures) begin; running it earlier wastes a robustness battery on a design that will change.
Common misroutes
- Sending an R&R straight to
jbf-writing-style: triage withjbf-rebuttalfirst — prose fixes cannot answer identification comments. - Building exhibits before G2 holds: staggered-DID corrections re-cut every table.
- Treating the data statement as submission-day paperwork: licensed bank-data documentation starts at G3, not G6.
- Pitching breadth ("banking and markets and fintech"): JBF rewards one anchored intermediation margin per paper.
Routing output
[Gate] G0-G7 position
[Blocking symptom] ...
[Route] jbf-... sub-skill
[Re-entry check] which gate to re-test after the fix
[Volatile facts] fee / editor roster / calls — re-verify via official-source-map