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nejm-fit

Use this first, before any writing, to stress-test whether a clinical study clears NEJM's bar — practice-changing clinical impact, methodological rigor, and generalizability. Decides NEJM vs Lancet/JAMA vs a specialty journal.

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# Clinical Significance Fit (nejm-fit)

## Why this is skill #1

NEJM triages **the large majority of submissions to rejection without external review**. The gate is not "is the study sound" — it is **"would this change clinical practice, and is the evidence definitive enough to justify that change."** A well-conducted but narrow study is desk-rejected. Run this before investing in prose.

## When to trigger

- Before drafting, to decide if NEJM is even the right venue.
- When a co-author says "this is an NEJM paper" and you need a sober second opinion.
- When choosing between NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, a specialty journal (e.g., Circulation, Blood, JCO), and NEJM Evidence.

## The three gates (all must hold)
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