lancet-research-in-context
Use to build The Lancet's signature Research in context panel — the three mandatory headed parts (Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, Implications of all the available evidence), grounded in a systematic literature search with stated databases, terms, and dates. Mandatory for original research Articles.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lancet-research-in-context --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.
# Research in Context Panel (lancet-research-in-context) ## When to trigger - Writing an original research **Article** for The Lancet (the panel is mandatory). - There is no panel, or it reads like a discussion paragraph rather than the three required parts. - The "Evidence before this study" part asserts what was known without a documented systematic search. - New evidence appeared during review and the panel needs updating. ## Why this is the most distinctive Lancet skill The **Research in context** panel is The Lancet's signature artifact and is **required for every original research Article**. It forces authors to place their study inside a **systematically searched** evidence base — not a cherry-picked introduction. Editors and reviewers read it early; a weak or search-free panel signals an unsystematic literature review. ## The panel has EXACTLY three headed parts ### 1. Evidence before this study What was known **before** you did this study, and **how you found it**. This must describe a **systematic search**, not a casual reading: - The databases searched (e.g., MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, regional databases such as LILACS/Global Index Medicus for global-h
- When to trigger
- Why this is the most distinctive Lancet skill
- The panel has EXACTLY three headed parts
- 1. Evidence before this study
- 2. Added value of this study
- 3. Implications of all the available evidence
- Exact template
- Quality checks
- Output format
- Anti-patterns
What does the lancet-research-in-context skill do?
Use to build The Lancet's signature Research in context panel — the three mandatory headed parts (Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, Implications of all the available evidence), grounded in a systematic literature search with stated databases, terms, and dates. Mandatory for original research Articles.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lancet-research-in-context --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.