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pnasnexus-fit
Use before any writing — as the first gate — to stress-test whether a result fits PNAS Nexus — high-quality, broadly significant, multidisciplinary research across biological/health/medical, physical sciences & engineering, and social & political sciences — and to make the realistic call between PNAS Nexus, flagship PNAS, and a field journal, including the PNAS-to-PNAS-Nexus transfer route.
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# Scope & Significance Fit (pnasnexus-fit)
## Why this is skill #1
PNAS Nexus is the **gold open-access sibling journal of PNAS**, published by Oxford University Press for the National Academy of Sciences. It publishes **high-quality original research across the biological, medical, physical, social, and political sciences, and engineering and mathematics**, with an explicit mission of **promoting collaboration across diverse fields**. Run this before investing in prose — and use it for the specific, common decision: **"PNAS declined us; should we take the transfer to PNAS Nexus?"**
> **Positioning, stated honestly.** The official materials describe PNAS Nexus as a **complementary, broad-scope sibling** to PNAS — differentiated by **wider, cross-disciplinary scope and a broader editorial base** (members of the NAS, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine, plus select nonmembers). They do **not** brand it as a "lower-tier" or "sound-science-only" outlet. Do not tell an author it is "where you settle" — it has a real, broad, quality bar. (See [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md).)
## When to trigger
- Before drafting, to decide whether PNAS Nexus is the right venue.
- **After a PNAS decline/transfer offer**, to judge whether to accept the PNAS Nexus transfer.
- When choosing among flagship PNAS, PNAS Nexus, and a strong field journal.
- When the work is genuinely **multi/interdisciplinary** and no single field journal fits.