gut
Use when targeting Gut (BMJ) or deciding whether a GI/hepatology manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill gut --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.
# Gut (gut) ## Journal positioning Gut is published by BMJ and is the official journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology, with a scope that covers clinical gastroenterology, hepatology, and pancreatology alongside translational and mechanistic science. Compared with Gastroenterology (AGA), Gut carries a stronger clinical and epidemiological identity shaped by the BMJ culture of rigorous evidence-based medicine, open-data ethos, and methodological transparency — while also welcoming mechanistic studies that are closely tethered to clinically relevant disease processes. Hepatology occupies a larger share of Gut's pages than in most GI journals, reflecting the journal's BSG heritage and a strong liver disease community. The readership is international: European and global gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and GI researchers. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the BMJ / Gut author platform. ## When to trigger - The author names Gut or the BSG as the target venue for a GI or hepatology manuscript. - A GI/hepatology pap
- 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 gut skill do?
Use when targeting Gut (BMJ) or deciding whether a GI/hepatology manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill gut --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 984 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.