nucleic-acids-research
Use when targeting Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) or deciding whether a nucleic-acid biology, database, or web-server 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 nucleic-acids-research --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.
# Nucleic Acids Research (nucleic-acids-research) ## Journal positioning Nucleic Acids Research is an Oxford University Press open-access journal covering the full breadth of nucleic-acid biology — DNA, RNA, and their interactions with proteins, small molecules, and cellular machinery — from biochemistry and structural biology through genomics and computational analysis. NAR is structurally unique in publishing two recurring special issues per year: the Database Issue (January), which catalogues new and significantly updated bioinformatics databases, and the Web Server Issue (July), covering freely available web-based tools for nucleic-acid and sequence analysis. These special issues operate under separate editorial criteria from the main research track. The readership spans molecular biologists, structural biochemists, genomicists, and bioinformaticians who share the common currency of nucleic-acid science. 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 NAR Oxford Academic site. ## When to trigger - The author names NAR as the targ
- 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 nucleic-acids-research skill do?
Use when targeting Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) or deciding whether a nucleic-acid biology, database, or web-server 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 nucleic-acids-research --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.