A skill your agent uses to settle PNAS Nexus's open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC), check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income…

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Install Pnasnexus Openaccess

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pnasnexus-openaccess -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pnasnexus-openaccess --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/PNAS-Nexus-Skills/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess .claude/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pnasnexus-openaccess
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
907 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses to settle PNAS Nexus's open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC), check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income…

  • Settle PNAS Nexuss open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC)
  • SKILL.md covers Why this skill exists, When to trigger, The gold-OA model and the APC and Ways the APC can be reduced or…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income countries

What it does

Pnasnexus Openaccess is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to settle PNAS Nexus's open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC), check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income countries, Read & Publish, membership) and funder compliance, and choose the license (CC BY vs CC BY-NC). This is PNAS Nexus's signature pre-submission decision; it replaces flagship PNAS's Direct/Contributed track choice (PNAS Nexus has no such track).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Settle PNAS Nexuss open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC)
  • Check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income countries
  • Membership) and funder compliance
  • Choose the license (CC BY vs CC BY-NC)

Example prompts

  • “s signature pre-submission decision; it replaces flagship PNAS”
  • “/pnasnexus-openaccess”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pnasnexus Openaccess loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 907 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~113
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 907 words, ~1,918 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pnasnexus-openaccess
description
Use to settle PNAS Nexus's open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC), check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income countries, Read & Publish, membership) and funder compliance, and choose the license (CC BY vs CC BY-NC). This is PNAS Nexus's signature pre-submission decision; it replaces flagship PNAS's Direct/Contributed track choice (PNAS Nexus has no such track).

Open Access, APC & License (pnasnexus-openaccess)

Why this skill exists

PNAS Nexus is fully gold open access: every published article is free to read, and there is no subscription or hybrid option. That means an article processing charge (APC) and a license choice are part of the submission, not an afterthought. This is the PNAS-Nexus-specific decision that has no analogue at flagship PNAS — and it takes the slot that the Direct/Contributed track choice occupies in the pnas-skills pack. Settle it right after pnasnexus-fit, because funding and eligibility can affect whether and how you submit.

There is no Direct vs Contributed track at PNAS Nexus. Unlike flagship PNAS, an NAS member cannot "contribute" a paper, and there is no prearranged-editor route. All submissions go through standard editor-assigned peer review (assigned to an Editorial Board member, then a handling/guest editor, with ≥2 independent reviews). If someone expects to use a member-communicated track, correct that expectation here.

When to trigger

  • Before submitting, to confirm the APC, funding, and license.
  • The author asks "how much does this cost?" or "can we get a waiver?"
  • A funder (NIH, Wellcome, UKRI, Gates, an ERC/Plan-S grant) requires open access with a specific license.
  • A co-author who is an NAS member assumes they can communicate the paper (they cannot — see above).

The gold-OA model and the APC

  • Gold OA, mandatory. Every article is OA on publication under a Creative Commons license; authors retain copyright. The journal states it "complies with all major funder mandates."
  • An APC applies, but OUP publishes no fixed figure. OUP prices the APC through a region/category-personalized calculator on the author-instructions page, so the amount billed depends on article category, the corresponding author's region/country, and any membership/institutional discount, and LMIC waivers or Read & Publish can reduce or eliminate it. Public trackers disagree on the headline number (DOAJ ≈US$4,202 vs ≈US$2,200 elsewhere), and neither is confirmable on the live calculator — so treat the APC as indicative only (roughly US$2,200–4,200) and confirm the exact amount live in the OUP calculator at submission.
  • No separate submission/editorial fee is documented — the APC is the only charge (confirm at submission).

Ways the APC can be reduced or waived (check all that apply)

MechanismWho it helps
Low-income-country full waiverCorresponding authors based in countries in OUP's low-income tier — fees fully waived.
Middle-income-country discountCorresponding authors in OUP's middle-income tier — reduced APC (applied before other discounts).
Read & Publish / transformative agreementsAuthors at institutions with an OUP agreement — the institution covers the charge. Note: you may not switch the corresponding author just to access this funding.
Membership discountA membership-discount option exists in the calculator; the exact eligibility/amount is 待核实 — confirm.
Discretionary waiverAuthors without sufficient funds may request a waiver at submission (historically via openaccess@oup.com) — confirm the current route.

Eligibility usually hinges on the corresponding author's affiliation/region. Decide who the corresponding author is before you price the APC — and never reassign corresponding authorship purely to capture Read & Publish funding.

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Choosing the license: CC BY vs CC BY-NC

PNAS Nexus offers two Creative Commons licenses (as of the February-2024 change, CC BY-NC-ND is no longer offered):

LicenseWhat it allowsChoose it when
CC BY 4.0Anyone may reuse, including commercially, with attribution.Your funder requires CC BY (Plan S / cOAlition S, Wellcome, UKRI, Gates, NIH 2025 public-access expectations). The safe default for compliance.
CC BY-NC 4.0Reuse with attribution, non-commercial only.You specifically want to restrict commercial reuse and no funder mandate forbids NC.
  • If a funder mandates open access, default to CC BY — many mandates do not accept NC or ND. Confirm against your grant's policy.
  • The named technical default on the journal page is 待核实; do not assert which is pre-selected — make the choice deliberately.

Funder-compliance quick check

  • Plan S / cOAlition S: a fully-OA journal with a CC BY route satisfies the route; confirm the journal/your route in the Journal Checker Tool if your grant requires it.
  • NIH / Wellcome / UKRI / Gates: all accept publication in a fully gold-OA journal under CC BY. Pick CC BY and deposit as the funder requires (PMC etc.).
  • The journal claims compliance with "all major funder mandates," but per-funder confirmation is your responsibility — match the license to the strictest mandate on the author team.

Eligibility & decision checklist

  • Confirmed PNAS Nexus is fully gold OA and an APC applies (no hybrid/subscription escape).
  • Corresponding author decided (drives waiver/discount eligibility) and not reassigned just for funding.
  • APC figure obtained live from the OUP calculator for this article category + region (not from memory or a third-party tracker).
  • Waiver/discount checked: LMIC waiver/discount? Read & Publish? membership? discretionary waiver?
  • License chosen deliberately — CC BY if any funder mandate applies; CC BY-NC only with a clear reason and no conflicting mandate.
  • Funder open-access requirements (license + deposit) satisfied by the chosen route.
  • (Reminder) no Contributed/Direct track — standard editor-assigned review for everyone.

Output format

【OA model】 gold OA confirmed (no hybrid/subscription option)
【APC】 confirm-live via OUP calculator (category + region) — figure NOT asserted from memory
【Waiver/discount path】 LMIC full-waiver / LMIC discount / Read&Publish / membership / discretionary / none
【Corresponding author】 ___ (drives eligibility; not reassigned for funding)
【License】 CC BY 4.0 / CC BY-NC 4.0 + one-line reason
【Funder mandate】 funder(s): ___ → license/deposit requirement satisfied? yes/no
【Track reminder】 no Direct/Contributed track — standard editor-assigned review
【Next】 pnasnexus-writing

Anti-patterns

  • Do not treat any APC figure (trackers disagree, ≈US$2,200–4,200) as the final amount — OUP publishes no fixed figure; it is region/category-personalized and may be waived/discounted; confirm it live in the OUP calculator.
  • Do not assume there is a subscription/non-OA way to avoid the APC — there isn't.
  • Do not pick CC BY-NC when a funder requires CC BY — it can break compliance.
  • Do not reassign the corresponding author solely to capture Read & Publish funding (not permitted).
  • Do not tell an NAS-member co-author they can "contribute" or "communicate" the paper — PNAS Nexus has no such track.
  • Do not leave the OA/APC/license decision to the final upload; it gates submission.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in PNAS-Nexus-Skills/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Pnasnexus Openaccess

What does Pnasnexus Openaccess do?

A skill your agent uses to settle PNAS Nexus's open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC), check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income…. Pnasnexus Openaccess is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to settle PNAS Nexus's open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC), check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income countries, Read & Publish, membership) and funder compliance, and choose the license (CC BY vs CC BY-NC).

When should I use Pnasnexus Openaccess?

Pnasnexus Openaccess fits situations like: settle PNAS Nexuss open-access decisions — confirm the gold-OA model and the article processing charge (APC); check eligibility for waivers/discounts (low-/middle-income countries; membership) and funder compliance; choose the license (CC BY vs CC BY-NC).

How do I install Pnasnexus Openaccess in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pnasnexus-openaccess -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (PNAS-Nexus-Skills/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pnasnexus Openaccess in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pnasnexus-openaccess -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (PNAS-Nexus-Skills/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pnasnexus Openaccess in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pnasnexus-openaccess -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess, .gemini/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess, .github/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess and .opencode/skills/pnasnexus-openaccess in your project.

What does Pnasnexus Openaccess need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pnasnexus Openaccess is instructions for the agent only.

Does Pnasnexus Openaccess access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pnasnexus Openaccess safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pnasnexus Openaccess use?

Pnasnexus Openaccess is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pnasnexus Openaccess use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Pnasnexus Openaccess?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.