Springer Nature Quarto Format

Creating a New Article

To create a new article using this format:

quarto use template christopherkenny/nature

This will create a new directory with an example document that uses this format.

Using with an Existing Document

To add this format to an existing document:

quarto add christopherkenny/nature

Then, add the format to your document options:

format:
  nature-pdf: default

Options

• journal.cite-style: the natbib style for the Nature subjournal
  • default: Default
  • sn-nature: Style for submissions to Nature Portfolio journals
  • sn-basic: Basic Springer Nature Reference Style/Chemistry Reference Style
  • sn-mathphys: Legacy Math and Physical Sciences Reference Style
  • sn-mathphys-ay: Math and Physical Sciences Reference Style (author-year)
  • sn-mathphys-num: Math and Physical Sciences Reference Style (numbered)
  • sn-aps: American Physical Society (APS) Reference Style
  • sn-vancouver: Vancouver Reference Style
  • sn-apa: APA Reference Style
  • sn-chicago: Chicago-based Humanities Reference Style
• classoption:
  • iicol: double-column layout
  • Numbered: numbered reference style
  • referee: double-spaced first submission
  • lineno: print line numbers in the margin
  • equal-margins: set equal margins on even and odd pages Quarto defaults to cite-method: citeproc. To use the natbib reference styles included with this extension, set cite-method: natbib:

format:
  nature-pdf:
    journal:
      cite-style: sn-mathphys-num
    cite-method: natbib

With natbib, use Pandoc's standard citation syntax such as [@key01; @key02].

Example

The source code for a minimal sample document is in template.qmd.

License

This modifies the Springer Nature journal article template package. The original template is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c.