---
name: asr-workflow
description: Use as the entry point for any American Sociological Review (ASR) manuscript. Routes to the right ASR sub-skill based on the lifecycle stage and the manuscript type (Article up to 15,000 words vs. Comment/Reply up to 3,000). It dispatches; it does not draft content.
---

# ASR Workflow Router (asr-workflow)

The orchestrator for an ASR submission. ASR publishes across all of sociology and across very
different methods, so the router's first job is to confirm the work has **broad sociological
significance** and to send the user to the matching skill for their stage and method.

## When to trigger

- Starting a new ASR paper and unsure where to begin
- Mid-project and unsure which skill applies next
- Deciding between a full **Article** and a **Comment/Reply**
- Returning with a decision letter (route to `asr-rebuttal`)

## First question: manuscript type & method

| Situation | Type | Note |
|-----------|------|------|
| Full original study, broad significance | **Article** (≤ 15,000 words incl. refs + footnotes) | the main pipeline below |
| Critique of / reply to a published ASR piece | **Comment/Reply** (≤ 3,000 words) | tight scope; engage the original directly |

Then identify the **method**, because design and analysis advice differ sharply:
quantitative/demographic · comparative-historical · ethnographic/interview · network · computational.

## Routing map (stage → skill)

```text
Idea / fit?                      → asr-topic-selection
Where does it sit in the field?  → asr-literature-positioning
What's the argument?             → asr-theory-building
Is the design defensible?        → asr-research-design
Are the analyses sound?          → asr-data-analysis
Are the exhibits clear?          → asr-tables-figures
Does it read for the discipline? → asr-writing-style
Data documented / shareable?     → asr-data-and-transparency
How will it be judged?           → asr-review-process
Ready to submit?                 → asr-submission
Got an R&R / decision?           → asr-rebuttal
```

## Default order

`topic-selection → literature-positioning → theory-building → research-design → data-analysis →
tables-figures → writing-style → data-and-transparency → review-process → submission → rebuttal`

Iterate: ethnographic and comparative-historical papers especially loop theory ↔ evidence many times.

## Anti-patterns

- Treating ASR like a subfield journal — the contribution must reach the whole discipline
- Forcing a regression template onto ethnographic, historical, or interpretive work
- Padding a focused critique into an Article when a Comment/Reply fits
- Forgetting the $25 processing fee and the masked-manuscript requirement at submission

## Output format

```
【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Type】Article / Comment-Reply
【Method】quant / comparative-historical / ethnographic / network / computational
【Route to】asr-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that
```

## Supplementary resources

- [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — sociology data + software by method
- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — official ASR URLs behind every fact in this pack