# Polish academic prose into Nature-quality English

Researchers struggle to make manuscripts meet Nature journal standards for concise, impactful scientific writing. This skill provides curated writing strategies, phrase patterns, and LaTeX layout guidance to transform drafts into publication-ready prose.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add yuan1z skill, refactored into static/dynamic layers/yuan1z0825-nature-polishing
```

## Metadata

- - Slug: yuan1z0825-nature-polishing
- - Version: 6.1.0
- - Author: Yuan1z skill, refactored into static/dynamic layers
- - GitHub username: Yuan1z0825
- - License: MIT
- - Repository: https://github.com/Yuan1z0825/nature-skills/tree/main/skills/nature-polishing
- - Ref: main
- - Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- - Risk level: safe
- - Quality score: 83
- - Quality tier: gold
- - Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/yuan1z0825-nature-polishing
- - Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/yuan1z0825-nature-polishing/manifest

## Capabilities

- Polish manuscript paragraphs into concise Nature-style English prose
- Restructure abstracts, introductions, results, and discussions following Nature conventions
- Translate Chinese academic drafts to publication-quality English
- Provide LaTeX layout and typesetting fixes for figures, floats, and page density
- Apply Academic Phrasebank patterns for section-specific phrasing
- Detect and correct common academic writing failure modes

## Use Cases

- Polish a research manuscript: Rewrite a draft methods section to match Nature's concise, direct style while preserving technical accuracy.
- Translate Chinese academic text to English: Convert a Chinese-language abstract into idiomatic English suitable for an international journal submission.
- Fix LaTeX layout issues: Resolve stranded headings, oversized floats, and sparse pages using provided LaTeX layout strategies.

## Prompt Templates

### Polish a paragraph

```
Polish this paragraph into Nature-style English: [paste paragraph]
```

### Restructure an abstract

```
Restructure this abstract following Nature conventions: context → gap → approach → key finding → implication: [paste abstract]
```

### Translate Chinese to English

```
Translate this Chinese academic text to publication-quality English suitable for Nature: [paste Chinese text]
```

### Fix LaTeX layout

```
My LaTeX document has [describe issue: e.g., stranded section headings, figures splitting across pages]. Suggest layout fixes.
```

## Limitations

- Does not perform automated grammar checking like dedicated proofreading tools
- Cannot access external databases or verify citations
- LaTeX guidance is advisory; actual compilation requires user tools
- Focused on Nature-family journal style; may need adjustment for other publishers

## Best Practices

- Specify the target section \(abstract, intro, results\) when requesting polishing for tailored guidance
- Include context about the journal or audience for style calibration
- Review phrase-level suggestions against your original meaning before accepting changes
- Combine prose polishing with the LaTeX layout module when preparing final submissions

## Anti Patterns

- Do not request polishing of entire papers in one prompt; work section by section for quality
- Avoid using this skill for non-academic creative writing or marketing copy
- Do not expect automated citation verification; manually verify all references

## Security Audit

- - Safe to publish: true
- - Audited at: 2026-06-24T06:04:29.68\+00:00
- - Summary: This skill contains only Markdown documentation files \(SKILL.md, README.md, references/\*.md, static/fragments/\*.md\) providing writing guidance for academic prose polishing. It has no executable code, scripts, network operations, or environment access. The 463 static analyzer findings are false positives: 'Ruby/shell backtick execution' flags are Markdown backtick formatting in academic text examples; 'Path traversal sequence' flags are relative path references in instruction files; 'Weak cryptographic algorithm' flags are occurrences of words like 'hash' or 'key' in writing context; 'System reconnaissance' flags are academic text analysis terminology. No actual security risk exists.

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