Formatting manuscripts with LaTeX

Our preferred manuscript format is Word, please use that format if at all possible. We can if necessary accept and process manuscripts created in LaTeX. However we will have to convert these into Word before we can put them into production. This may take extra time and potentially lead to conversion errors, so authors should check their proofs especially carefully. 

If you are using LaTeX, please ensure to read the instructions below when preparing your revision. Please indicate in the cover letter that you are using LaTeX documents, so that both Editors and in-house staff are aware of LaTeX specific formatting.

Inter-Research does not have its own LaTeX template; however, with the provided bibliographystyle file as well as the tips provided below you are able to generate files which are acceptable.

To ensure correct formating of within-text citations and the Literature Cited section, please use our bibliographic style file (inter_research.bst).

\usepackage{natbib} 
\bibliographystyle{inter_research}

The command \bibliographystyle can be placed either directly after calling the natbib package in the preamble or when creating the Literature Cited section at the end of the document.

Journal names should be abbreviated. An easy way to achieve this is to use the open source bibliography reference manager JabRef. JabRef offers the option to abbreviate journal names and also already includes a large list of abbreviated journal names. In the menu 'Tools' select 'Abbreviate journal names (ISO)'. Now create your PDF with all links as usual (latex, bibtex, latex, latex). After/upon acceptance we need the .tex and the .bbl files. The authors should open the .bbl file in a text editor to check that the abbreviated journal names etc. were correctly saved. [Please note that these abbreviations might not always be according to BIOSIS (see section 5 in our manuscript formatting tips for details).] To switch the journal names back to full length select ‘Unabbreviated journal names’ in the 'Tools' menu.

The easiest way to place both figures and tables at the end of the document is not to place the code for the figures and tables at the end of the document. After calling the figcaps package in the preamble, place the command \printfigures before \end{document} and all tables and figures are appended after the literature cited.

To show edits between the two different revisions please use latexdiff. The resulting file should be uploaded as the 'tracked changes' file in Manuscript Manager.