matter
Use when targeting Matter (Matter) or deciding whether a materials manuscript fits this Cell Press primary-research venue spanning atoms to systems with societal relevance. 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 matter --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.
# Matter (matter) ## Journal positioning Matter is a Cell Press primary-research journal covering materials science broadly defined — explicitly spanning "atoms to systems," from molecular and nanoscale materials through devices to integrated systems. As the materials sister title to Cell and Joule, it inherits the Cell Press model: selective, narrative-driven papers that report a transformative materials advance with clear conceptual significance and, frequently, societal relevance (sustainability, health, energy, manufacturing). Its defining character is that a paper must combine genuine novelty and rigor with a broad significance story legible to materials scientists across subfields; incremental property gains in a narrow system are a poor fit. Readership is the broad, interdisciplinary materials community. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Matter Cell Press site. ## When to trigger - An author has a primary-research materials study with broad significance and is choosing a selective, narrative-driven Cell Press venue. - A tea
- 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 matter skill do?
Use when targeting Matter (Matter) or deciding whether a materials manuscript fits this Cell Press primary-research venue spanning atoms to systems with societal relevance. 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 matter --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.