AAAS Science Family — Author Guideline Skill

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Author-guideline skill for the AAAS Science family that food & nutrition researchers publish in: Science, Science Advances, Science Translational Medicine, Science Immunology, Science Signaling, Science Robotics. Use to format or check a manuscript for a Science-family journal — very tight length limits, short abstract, Science numbered reference style, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to Science, Science Advances guidelines, AAAS Science formatting. Also fires when the user wants to publish on/in this journal, format a manuscript for it, or match its reference/citation style.

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by pangenomeai/academic-skills-food-nutrition in journals/science-aaas/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Publisher: AAAS · Verified: 2026-07 · Confirm exact limits at the journal's Information for Authors (very strict; differ by title/article type).

Applies to

Science; Science Advances (open access); Science Translational Medicine; Science Immunology; Science Signaling; Science Robotics.

Format (Science style)

  • References: numbered in citation order, Science style (numbered list 1., 2., …; in-text (1), (2, 3)). Full author lists; include DOIs.
    1. A. B. Author, C. D. Author, Title of the article. Science 380, 1234 (2026).
  • Abstract: single paragraph, very short (Science Research Articles ~125 words; Science Advances longer — confirm).
  • Structure: Science Research Articles are tightly length-limited (main text often ~2,500–4,500 words incl. references/notes; Reports shorter); Materials and Methods often in supplementary. Science Advances allows more.
  • Display items: limited; cite Fig. 1 in order.
  • Mandatory: data/materials availability; competing interests; author contributions; supplementary materials for full methods.
  • Figures: ≥300 dpi; RGB; sized to one/two columns; accessible palette.

Formatting constraints

publisher: AAAS Science
reference_style: science-numbered
abstract_words: 125   # Science Research Article; confirm per journal
methods: often-in-supplementary
data_availability: required
figure_dpi: 300

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