Use when targeting JAMA Neurology or deciding whether a clinical-neurology study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the neurological-trial and observational evidence bar, reporting-guideline and trial-registration requirements, JAMA Network house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
SkillScore77Maintained
Automatic
◆Writing & Editing pack
Last verified 9/1/2026
What it changes
Passed 17 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 5 of 22 without it.
Without skill23%
With skill77%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The response rates [Fit] High
The response assesses [Fit] Low
The response outputs [Fit] High
and 21 more in the full report
13 fixed4 passed either way4 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+55 pp
Tokens
+14%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-33%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/1/2026v117 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 13 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 13
Prompt
Our manuscript describes human iPSC-derived motor neuron cell cultures showing SOD1 protein aggregation dynamics under oxidative stress. Where should we publish this work?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The response assesses [Fit] Low
Missed
Passed
The response recommends Brain as an appropriate venue under [Re-route suggestion]
Missed
Passed
case-08 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/1/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md124 linessingle file
JAMA Neurology (jama-neurology)
Journal positioning
JAMA Neurology is a JAMA Network specialty journal for clinical neurology research
across the breadth of neurological disease — neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular,
neuroimmune, epilepsy, movement, neuromuscular, and headache disorders. It favors
randomized clinical trials and rigorous observational and biomarker studies tied to
clinically meaningful neurological outcomes, with JAMA's emphasis on adequate power,
validated endpoints, and direct relevance to neurological practice. Mechanistic
bench neuroscience, small case series, and biomarker correlations without clinical
endpoints are a weak fit; that work belongs to a translational-neuroscience venue.
This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing aid; it is not clinical or
regulatory advice and does not replace the journal's current instructions for authors.
Before submitting, re-check the live JAMA Neurology author instructions.
When to trigger
The author names JAMA Neurology for a clinical-neurology trial, cohort, or biomarker
study and wants a fit/framing check.
A neurological study must be re-framed around a validated clinical or functional
endpoint (disability scale, cognitive measure, seizure freedom) for a practicing-
neurology audience.
The author is choosing between JAMA Neurology, JAMA, a mechanistic-translational venue
(brain), or a cerebrovascular-specific venue (stroke).
The author needs the journal's reporting-guideline, registration, and desk-reject
expectations for neurology work.
Scope & topic fit
Randomized clinical trials in neurology (disease-modifying, symptomatic, or
device/neuromodulation), including pragmatic designs.
Observational and cohort studies across neurodegenerative (Alzheimer, Parkinson),
cerebrovascular, demyelinating, epilepsy, and neuromuscular disease with clinical
endpoints.
Fluid and imaging biomarker studies (e.g., amyloid/tau, neurofilament, MRI markers)
validated against diagnosis, progression, or outcome.
Diagnostic, prognostic, and natural-history studies with validated neurological scales
and meaningful follow-up.
Health-services, epidemiology, and disparities research in neurological disease.
Use when targeting Stroke or deciding whether a cerebrovascular-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the clinical/translational/basic cerebrovascular evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, AHA/ASA house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.