science-translational-medicine
Use when targeting Science Translational Medicine (Sci Transl Med) or deciding whether a translational medicine 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 science-translational-medicine --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.
# Science Translational Medicine (science-translational-medicine) ## Journal positioning Science Translational Medicine is an AAAS journal occupying the explicit mechanism-to-bedside tier of translational research: every paper must demonstrate both a mechanistic insight and a credible arc toward clinical application — a drug, device, biomarker, or intervention that shows measurable clinical plausibility in human subjects or validated preclinical-to-clinical bridging. This dual mandate distinguishes Sci Transl Med from JCI (which may publish mechanism with human corroboration but without an explicit clinical translation arm) and from Nature Medicine (which requires broader significance but not necessarily a translation demonstration). The readership is translational researchers, physician-scientists, biotech and pharma scientists, and clinical investigators who need both the mechanism and the "so what for the clinic" in the same paper. 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 AAAS / Science Translational Medicine platform. ## W
- 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 science-translational-medicine skill do?
Use when targeting Science Translational Medicine (Sci Transl Med) or deciding whether a translational medicine 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 science-translational-medicine --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.