pnas
Use when targeting Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) or deciding whether a multidisciplinary 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 pnas --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.
# Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (pnas) ## Journal positioning PNAS is the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the USA and one of the most widely read multidisciplinary scientific journals. It publishes across the full breadth of natural and formal sciences, demanding rigorous evidence and broad significance — but the bar for "broad" is generally set at the discipline or cross-discipline level, not at the everything-must-matter-to-a-geologist level that Nature and Science require. A critical structural feature: the Direct Submission track allows any author to submit without a NAS member endorsement, making PNAS broadly accessible. PNAS is a natural home for important, complete science that has a clear disciplinary audience plus genuine reach into adjacent fields. 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 PNAS site (pnas.org) and its submission system. ## When to trigger - The author names PNAS as the target venue or asks about the NAS journal. - A manuscript is too broad or significant
- 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 pnas skill do?
Use when targeting Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) or deciding whether a multidisciplinary 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 pnas --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.