manuscript-templates

LaTeX templates for manuscripts (switchable bioRxiv preprint and journal submission templates), for use on Overleaf.

Basic idea

An ideal manuscript LaTeX template should be able to generate two versions of the manuscript:

1. a preprint version - typeset to look like a finished paper
2. a journal submission version - better for reviewing, with line numbers and different spacing, etc.

The ideal template should be able to switch between these two manuscript layouts. A preview of both outputs is shown below.

Use

To use, just clone this repo and import into Overleaf or a directory on your own computer to use a local LaTeX installation. The following files and folders are not required: img, Examples, README.

Write your manuscript in 01_Article_MainText.tex and then comment either line 2 or 3 of 00_Article_Merge.tex to select between outputs. There are optional Supplementary tex files that can also be edited. If they are not required, comment the appropriate lines in 00_Article_Merge.tex.

Tested on Overleaf - TeXLive 2020 with pdfLaTeX compiler.

Contributions

The initial overleaf template was forked from the template created by Henriques lab available here. This is a modification of the PNAS template (also available on Overleaf) which is widely used on bioRxiv. We have made a few changes to the HenriquesLab bioRxiv template and made it possible to easily generate a journal submission version.

Changes include:

• genuine bioRxiv logo used in the footer
• support for ORCiDs using \orcidlink
• Helvetica for readability
• greater range of custom units
• refactored into one single class - thank you to Dominik Straub for his work on this fork.

What do they look like?

Preprint version (for bioRxiv)

Journal submission version