venue-templates

> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills) ## When to Use - You are submitting a manuscript to a specific journal (e.g., Nature, Science, PLOS, Cell Press, IEEE, ACM) and must follow its official LaTeX class/style and author instructions. - You are preparing a conference paper (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, CHI, ACL/EMNLP) with strict page limits, anonymization rules, and required formatting. - You need to produce a conference poster in a standard size (A0/A1/36×48/etc.) using common LaTeX poster packages. - You are drafting a grant proposal (e.g., NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA) where compliance constraints (page limits, margins, font rules, required sections) are enforced. - You want to validate that a compiled PDF complies with venue requirements (page count, margins, fonts, reference style, figure constraints). ## Key Features - **Template library** for: - Journal articles (Nature portfolio, Science family, PLOS, Cell Press, IEEE, ACM, Springer/Elsevier/Wiley/BMC/Frontiers, etc.) - Conference papers (NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR/CVPR/AAAI/CHI/SIGKDD/EMNLP/SIGIR/USENIX, etc.) - Research posters (A0/A1/US sizes; `beamerposter`, `tikzposter`, `baposter`) - Grant proposals (NSF/NIH/DOE/DARPA + selected foundations) - **Venue requirements references** (page limits, fonts, margins, spacing, anonymization, file formats, supplementary limits). - **Helper scripts** to: - query templates/requirements by venue (`scripts/query_template.py`) - customize templates with metadata (`scripts/customize_template.py`) - validate compiled outputs (`scripts/validate_format.py`) - **Writing style guides and examples** (how the “voice” differs across venues), stored under `references/` and `assets/examples/`. ## Dependencies - Python `>=3.10` - TeX Live `>=2023` (or MiKTeX `>=23.x`) - `latexmk >=4.80` (recommended for reproducible builds) ## Example Usage A minimal end-to-end workflow (query → customize → compile → validate): ```bash # 1) Discover templates and requirements for a venue python scripts/query_template.py --venue "NeurIPS" --type "article" python scripts/query_template.py --venue "NeurIPS" --requirements # 2) Customize a template (example: Nature article) 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 # 3) Compile (choose one) latexmk -pdf my_nature_paper.tex # or: pdflatex my_nature_paper.tex bibtex my_nature_paper pdflatex my_nature_paper.tex pdflatex my_nature_paper.tex # 4) Validate the compiled PDF against venue rules python scripts/validate_format.py \ --file my_nature_paper.pdf \ --venue "Nature" \ --check-all ``` Common reference and asset locations used by this skill: - Requirements: - `references/journals_formatting.md` - `references/conferences_formatting.md` - `references/posters_guidelines.md` - `references/grants_requirements.md` - Templates: - `assets/journals/` - `assets/posters/` - `assets/grants/` - Writing style guides: - `references/venue_writing_styles.md` - `references/nature_science_style.md` - `references/ml_conference_style.md` - `references/reviewer_expectations.md` - Writing examples: - `assets/examples/` ## Implementation Details - **Template selection logic** - Use `scripts/query_template.py` to map `(venue, document type)` to a canonical template path under `assets/` and to the corresponding requirements entry under `references/`. - Prefer official venue class/style files when available (e.g., conference `.sty` files), and treat local templates as wrappers/examples. - **Customization model** - `scripts/customize_template.py` replaces placeholders (title/authors/affiliations/email and other metadata) while preserving venue-controlled formatting directives. - Recommended practice: do not override class options, margins, font settings, or bibliography style unless the venue explicitly allows it. - **Validation checks (typical)** - Page count vs. venue limit (e.g., NeurIPS/ICML main text limits; NSF/NIH section limits). - Margin and font constraints (common in grants; sometimes enforced in conferences). - Reference/citation style consistency (numeric vs author-year; bracket vs superscript). - Figure constraints (resolution guidance, allowed formats, color requirements). - Anonymization requirements for double-blind venues (presence of author-identifying metadata). - **Poster sizing and layout** - Poster templates target standard sizes (A0/A1 and common US dimensions) and provide grid/column structures and recommended font scales for distance readability. - Typical packages supported: `beamerposter`, `tikzposter`, `baposter`. - **Style guides (beyond formatting)** - Venue writing conventions are documented under `references/` (e.g., narrative breadth for Nature/Science vs. contribution-focused structure for ML conferences). - Examples under `assets/examples/` illustrate venue-typical abstracts/introductions/structured sections.