Psychological Review Theory Workflow (psychrev-workflow)

Overview

This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill — it tells you which psychrev- skill to use at the current stage* of a Psychological Review manuscript.

Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as Psychological Review — the American Psychological Association's flagship for theoretical contributions in scientific psychology. Per its scope it "publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to any area of scientific psychology, including systematic evaluation of alternative theories"; papers "mainly focused on surveys of the literature, problems of method and design, or reports of empirical findings are not appropriate" (apa.org/pubs/journals/rev, 检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). The deliverable is a new theory or formal/computational model, or a major theoretical synthesis — built with explicit assumptions, derived predictions, and stated scope. There is no primary empirical report: data appear only to motivate or constrain the theory, never as the contribution. If the empirical work is the point, route to a JEP-family journal, Psychological Science, or a specialty venue — not Psychological Review.