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Use when starting or navigating any Public Administration Review (PAR) manuscript and unsure which skill applies. Routes to the right PAR sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and which article type (Scholarly Take, Conceptualizing PA, Early Career Intel, Practically Speaking, Public Administration in Print) fits. It dispatches; it does not draft content.

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PAR Workflow Router (pubar-workflow)

The orchestrator for a Public Administration Review submission. Figure out the stage and the article type, then send the user to the matching skill. PAR is the ASPA flagship that bridges research and practice — the router's first job is to confirm the paper carries a credible contribution to scholarship and a defensible "so-what" for public managers.

When to trigger

  • Starting a new PAR paper and unsure where to begin
  • Mid-project and unsure which skill applies next
  • Deciding which article type fits the work
  • Returning with a decision letter (route to pubar-rebuttal)

First question: which article type?

SituationArticle typeRoute to
Full empirical study, broad PA significanceScholarly Take (research manuscript, ≤ 8,000 words)normal pipeline below
Conceptual / theoretical or "state of PA" thought pieceConceptualizing Public Administrationpubar-theory-building early
Research manuscript by an early-career scholarEarly Career Intelnormal pipeline, scope tightly
Practitioner–scholar co-authored, practice-drivenPractically Speakingpubar-writing-style (practitioner voice) early
Book reviewPublic Administration in Printout of scope for this empirical stack

Whatever the type, Evidence for Practice (3–5 takeaway points for practitioners) is expected — encouraged at first submission, required at revision (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).

Routing map (stage → skill)

Idea / fit?                       → pubar-topic-selection
Where does it sit in the field?   → pubar-literature-positioning
What's the argument / mechanism?  → pubar-theory-building
Is the design defensible?         → pubar-research-design
Are the analyses sound?           → pubar-data-analysis
Are the exhibits clear?           → pubar-tables-figures
Does it speak to scholars+practice? → pubar-writing-style
Repro / TOP transparency package? → pubar-transparency-and-data
How will it be judged?            → pubar-review-process
Ready to submit?                  → pubar-submission
Got an R&R / decision?            → pubar-rebuttal

Default order

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

Iterate: most PAR papers loop theory ↔ design ↔ analysis several times, and the practitioner "so-what" should be drafted alongside the contribution, not bolted on at the end.

The PAR bridge check (run before routing)

CheckPass conditionRoute if weak
Scholarly contributionA PA scholar outside the subfield (HRM, budgeting, governance) sees the advance.pubar-topic-selection
Practitioner relevanceA public manager can name a decision the finding would inform (Evidence for Practice).pubar-writing-style
Sibling fitThe paper is broad/practice-bridging, not a JPART-style pure-theory or JPAM-style policy-analysis piece.pubar-topic-selection
TransparencyData/code/qualitative materials have a TOP-compliant plan.pubar-transparency-and-data

If the paper fails the practitioner-relevance check, do not route to writing-style for polish — it needs a contribution repair, because PAR reviewers expect every article to earn its Evidence for Practice points honestly rather than tack them on.

Anti-patterns

  • Treating PAR like a pure-theory venue (that is JPART) or a policy-analysis venue (that is JPAM)
  • A finding with no credible practitioner takeaway — Evidence for Practice cannot be fabricated
  • Forcing a quantitative template onto case-comparison or mixed-methods work PAR values
  • Deferring the TOP transparency materials until acceptance

Output format

【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Article type】Scholarly Take / Conceptualizing PA / Early Career Intel / Practically Speaking
【Route to】pubar-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that

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