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pnas-fit
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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.
When to use
- Deciding if PNAS is the right venue before drafting
- Judging if PNAS is the right next stop after a Science/Nature desk reject
- Choosing among Science/Nature, PNAS, and a top field journal
- Evaluating significance for a general scientific readership
- Assessing fit for Biological, Physical, or Social Sciences divisions
When not to use
- Clinical or medical papers with patient outcomes
- Top-1% general-interest discoveries that are decisive and timely
- Deep results of interest to only one subfield
- Rationalizing specialist results into broad significance with adjectives
- Confusing technical difficulty with significance
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