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cell-fit

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Use when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Cell's bar (a complete, mechanistic, hypothesis-driven story with multiple converging lines of evidence) or belongs at a sibling. Use this first to decide Cell vs Molecular Cell vs Cell Reports vs Cell Reports Medicine before investing in framing or figures.

When to use

• Triaging a study before writing
• Deciding Cell vs Molecular Cell vs Cell Reports
• Assessing if a study clears Cell's bar
• Choosing between Cell Press venues
• Evaluating significance and mechanism completeness
• Identifying fatal pre-review-reject triggers

When not to use

• Drafting prose
• Creating figures
• Framing the narrative
• Writing the paper

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