cc-scope-fit
Use when deciding whether a molecular / translational oncology study belongs in Cancer Cell (Cell Press) before investing in full submission. Diagnoses mechanism + translational-relevance fit; it does not design experiments or edit prose.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cc-scope-fit --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.
# Scope Fit (cc-scope-fit) ## When to trigger - Starting a project and unsure if Cancer Cell is the right venue - A reviewer or PI says "this feels incremental" or "too descriptive" - Considering a Cell Press presubmission inquiry - Deciding between Cancer Cell and a broader-scope or specialty journal ## What Cancer Cell wants Cancer Cell publishes mechanistic, hypothesis-driven cancer biology and translational oncology. The recurring acceptance pattern combines **two pillars**: 1. **Mechanistic depth** — a defined molecular mechanism (a pathway, regulatory axis, genetic/epigenetic event, or cell-cell interaction), not just a phenotype or a correlation. 2. **Translational relevance** — the mechanism matters for human cancer: it is anchored in patient data, predicts a vulnerability, or motivates a therapeutic / biomarker strategy. In-scope topics include tumor biology and signaling, cancer genetics / genomics, the tumor microenvironment, immuno-oncology, metastasis, therapy resistance, and clinical-translational studies that carry mechanistic insight. ## Fit decision table | Signal in the manuscript | Fit verdict | |-------------------------------------------------------------------
- When to trigger
- What Cancer Cell wants
- Fit decision table
- How to position the contribution
- Presubmission inquiry decision gate
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the cc-scope-fit skill do?
Use when deciding whether a molecular / translational oncology study belongs in Cancer Cell (Cell Press) before investing in full submission. Diagnoses mechanism + translational-relevance fit; it does not design experiments or edit prose.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cc-scope-fit --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.