the-bmj
Use when targeting The BMJ or deciding whether a clinical medicine or evidence-based 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 the-bmj --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.
# The BMJ (the-bmj) ## Journal positioning The BMJ (British Medical Journal), published by the BMJ Publishing Group, is one of the world's leading general medical journals with a distinctive patient-centred, evidence-based medicine (EBM) identity. The BMJ prizes methodological transparency, open data, patient and public involvement in research, and research integrity; it has taken editorial positions on over-medicalisation, research waste, and the need for real-world evidence. The readership is global—clinicians, researchers, educators, and policymakers—with a particularly strong UK and Commonwealth presence, though the editorial bar applies internationally. 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 BMJ's own site or submission system. ## When to trigger - The author names The BMJ as the target venue for a clinical trial, systematic review, observational study, or analysis methodology paper. - A manuscript has strong methodological novelty, open-data commitments, or a patient/public-involvement narrative that The BMJ's culture
- 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 the-bmj skill do?
Use when targeting The BMJ or deciding whether a clinical medicine or evidence-based 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 the-bmj --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.