arthritis-and-rheumatology
Use when targeting Arthritis & Rheumatology or deciding whether a rheumatology/autoimmune-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the clinical-trial/observational and basic-translational evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, ACR/Wiley house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arthritis-and-rheumatology --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Arthritis & Rheumatology (arthritis-and-rheumatology) ## Journal positioning Arthritis & Rheumatology (A&R) is the flagship journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), publishing clinical trials, observational and outcomes research, and basic/translational science across rheumatic and autoimmune/musculoskeletal disease — rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, systemic sclerosis, Sjögren's disease, spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, and the underlying immunology and joint/connective-tissue biology. It serves rheumatologists and autoimmune-disease scientists, and expects work that advances disease mechanism or changes how rheumatic disease is classified, treated, or monitored; underpowered single-center series and bench studies with no autoimmune/musculoskeletal-disease anchor are a weak fit. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** aid; it is not clinical or regulatory advice and does not replace the journal's current instructions for authors. Before submitting, re-check the live Arthritis & Rheumatology author instructions. ## When to trigger - The author names Arthritis & Rheumatology for a rheumatology clinic
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the arthritis-and-rheumatology skill do?
Use when targeting Arthritis & Rheumatology or deciding whether a rheumatology/autoimmune-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the clinical-trial/observational and basic-translational evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, ACR/Wiley house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arthritis-and-rheumatology --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.