venue-templates

Venue Templates

Overview

Access comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues, academic conferences, research posters, and grant proposals. This skill provides ready-to-use templates and detailed specifications for successful academic submissions across disciplines.

Use this skill when preparing manuscripts for journal submission, conference papers, research posters, or grant proposals and need venue-specific formatting requirements and templates.

When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:

Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics

When creating documents with this skill, always consider adding scientific diagrams and schematics to enhance visual communication.

If your document does not already contain schematics or diagrams:

For new documents: Scientific schematics should be generated by default to visually represent key concepts, workflows, architectures, or relationships described in the text.

How to generate schematics:

python scripts/generate_schematic.py "your diagram description" -o figures/output.png

The AI will automatically:

When to add schematics:

For detailed guidance on creating schematics, refer to the scientific-schematics skill documentation.

Core Capabilities

1. Journal Article Templates

Access LaTeX templates and formatting guidelines for 50+ major scientific journals across disciplines:

Nature Portfolio:

Science Family:

PLOS (Public Library of Science):

Cell Press:

IEEE Publications:

ACM Publications:

Other Major Publishers:

2. Conference Paper Templates

Conference-specific templates with proper formatting for major academic conferences:

Machine Learning & AI:

Computer Science:

Biology & Bioinformatics:

Engineering:

3. Research Poster Templates

Academic poster templates for conference presentations:

Standard Formats:

Template Packages:

Design Features:

4. Grant Proposal Templates

Templates and formatting requirements for major funding agencies:

NSF (National Science Foundation):

NIH (National Institutes of Health):

DOE (Department of Energy):

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency):

Private Foundations:

Workflow: Finding and Using Templates

Step 1: Identify Target Venue

Determine the specific publication venue, conference, or funding agency:

Example queries:
- "I need to submit to Nature"
- "What are the requirements for NeurIPS 2025?"
- "Show me NSF proposal formatting"
- "I'm creating a poster for ISMB"

Step 2: Query Template and Requirements

Access venue-specific templates and formatting guidelines:

For Journals:

# Load journal formatting requirements
Reference: references/journals_formatting.md
Search for: "Nature" or specific journal name

# Retrieve template
Template: assets/journals/nature_article.tex

For Conferences:

# Load conference formatting
Reference: references/conferences_formatting.md
Search for: "NeurIPS" or specific conference

# Retrieve template
Template: assets/journals/neurips_article.tex

For Posters:

# Load poster guidelines
Reference: references/posters_guidelines.md

# Retrieve template
Template: assets/posters/beamerposter_academic.tex

For Grants:

# Load grant requirements
Reference: references/grants_requirements.md
Search for: "NSF" or specific agency

# Retrieve template
Template: assets/grants/nsf_proposal_template.tex

Step 3: Review Formatting Requirements

Check critical specifications before customizing:

Key Requirements to Verify:

Step 4: Customize Template

Use helper scripts or manual customization:

Option 1: Helper Script (Recommended):

python scripts/customize_template.py \
  --template assets/journals/nature_article.tex \
  --title "Your Paper Title" \
  --authors "First Author, Second Author" \
  --affiliations "University Name" \
  --output my_nature_paper.tex

Option 2: Manual Editing:

Step 5: Validate Format

Check compliance with venue requirements:

python scripts/validate_format.py \
  --file my_paper.pdf \
  --venue "Nature" \
  --check-all

Validation Checks:

Step 6: Compile and Review

Compile LaTeX and review output:

# Compile LaTeX
pdflatex my_paper.tex
bibtex my_paper
pdflatex my_paper.tex
pdflatex my_paper.tex

# Or use latexmk for automated compilation
latexmk -pdf my_paper.tex

Review checklist:

Integration with Other Skills

This skill works seamlessly with other scientific skills:

Scientific Writing

Literature Review

Peer Review

Research Grants

LaTeX Posters

Template Categories

By Document Type

By Discipline

Helper Scripts

query_template.py

Search and retrieve templates by venue name, type, or keywords:

# Find templates for a specific journal
python scripts/query_template.py --venue "Nature" --type "article"

# Search by keyword
python scripts/query_template.py --keyword "machine learning"

# List all available templates
python scripts/query_template.py --list-all

# Get requirements for a venue
python scripts/query_template.py --venue "NeurIPS" --requirements

customize_template.py

Customize templates with author and project information:

# Basic customization
python scripts/customize_template.py \
  --template assets/journals/nature_article.tex \
  --output my_paper.tex

# With author information
python scripts/customize_template.py \
  --template assets/journals/nature_article.tex \
  --title "Novel Approach to Protein Folding" \
  --authors "Jane Doe, John Smith, Alice Johnson" \
  --affiliations "MIT, Stanford, Harvard" \
  --email "[email protected]" \
  --output my_paper.tex

# Interactive mode
python scripts/customize_template.py --interactive

validate_format.py

Check document compliance with venue requirements:

# Validate a compiled PDF
python scripts/validate_format.py \
  --file my_paper.pdf \
  --venue "Nature" \
  --check-all

# Check specific aspects
python scripts/validate_format.py \
  --file my_paper.pdf \
  --venue "NeurIPS" \
  --check page-count,margins,fonts

# Generate validation report
python scripts/validate_format.py \
  --file my_paper.pdf \
  --venue "Science" \
  --report validation_report.txt

Best Practices

Template Selection

Customization

Compliance

Submission

Common Formatting Requirements

Page Limits (Typical)

Citation Styles by Venue

Figure Requirements

Writing Style Guides

Beyond formatting, this skill provides comprehensive writing style guides that capture how papers should read at different venues—not just how they should look.

Why Style Matters

The same research written for Nature will read very differently than when written for NeurIPS:

Available Style Guides

Writing Examples

Concrete examples are available in assets/examples/:

Workflow: Adapting to a Venue

Resources

Bundled Resources

Writing Style Guides (in references/):

Formatting Requirements (in references/):

Writing Examples (in assets/examples/):

Templates (in assets/):

Scripts (in scripts/):

External Resources

Journal Author Guidelines:

Conference Formatting:

Grant Resources:

Example Usage

Example 1: Nature Article Submission

User: "I need to prepare a manuscript for Nature"

Response:
1. Load Nature formatting requirements (references/journals_formatting.md)
2. Retrieve Nature template (assets/journals/nature_article.tex)
3. Key requirements:
   - Length: ~3000 words, ~5 pages
   - Format: Single column, 12pt font
   - Citations: Numbered superscript (Nature style)
   - Figures: 300+ dpi, RGB color
4. Customize template with your title, authors, affiliations
5. Compile and validate against requirements

Example 2: NeurIPS Conference Paper

User: "What are the formatting requirements for NeurIPS?"

Response:
From references/conferences_formatting.md:
- Page limit: 8 pages main text + unlimited references/appendix
- Format: Two-column, 10pt font
- Template: neurips_2024.sty (official style file)
- Anonymization: Required for initial submission
- Citations: Numbered (brackets)
- Figures: High resolution, colorblind-safe recommended

Example 3: NSF Proposal

User: "Help me format an NSF proposal"

Response:
NSF requirements (from references/grants_requirements.md):
- Project Description: 15 pages maximum
- Project Summary: 1 page (Overview, Intellectual Merit, Broader Impacts)
- Budget Justification: 3-5 pages
- Biographical Sketch: 3 pages per senior personnel
- Font: Minimum 10pt, Times Roman or similar
- Margins: 1 inch all sides
Template: assets/grants/nsf_proposal_template.tex

Example 4: Conference Poster

User: "I need to create a poster for ISMB"

Response:
ISMB poster specifications:
- Size: Typically A0 portrait (33.1 × 46.8 inches)
- Recommended template: beamerposter or tikzposter
- Font sizes: Title 60-85pt, Headers 36-48pt, Body 24-32pt
- Include: QR code for paper/supplementary materials
Available templates:
- assets/posters/beamerposter_academic.tex

Updates and Maintenance

Template Currency:

Reporting Issues:

Summary

The venue-templates skill provides comprehensive access to:

Use this skill whenever you need venue-specific formatting guidance or templates for academic publishing.