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pnas-fit
Use before any writing begins to stress-test whether a result clears PNAS's bar — high quality and broad significance to a general scientific readership — and to make the realistic call between PNAS, Science/Nature, and a specialist field journal.
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# Scope & Significance Fit (pnas-fit)
## Why this is skill #1
PNAS is selective, but its gate is different from Science/Nature. The bar is **high-quality, broadly significant science** — not *only* the single flashiest discovery of the year. A rigorous, important, well-supported paper that a general scientific audience would value has a real home at PNAS even if it is not top-1% headline news. Run this before investing in prose, and use it to make the **realistic step-down** call from Science/Nature.
## When to trigger
- Before drafting, to decide if PNAS is the right venue.
- After a Science/Nature desk reject or transfer, to judge whether PNAS is the right next stop.
- When choosing among Science/Nature, PNAS, and a top field journal.
- When a co-author who is an NAS member offers to communicate the paper (then also run `pnas-track`).
## PNAS's bar vs Science/Nature