Instructions for authors using the bepress LaTeX 2ε package
Introduction
The bepress LaTeX 2ε package is recommended for authors preparing their manuscripts for publication in a bepress journal. The package ensures that the layout of the manuscript adheres to bepress formatting guidelines.
Download
Please click on the link below to download a ZIP file containing the bepress LaTeX package.
Using the package
The package works best with the standard LaTeX 2ε article document class. You may use options “letterpaper” and “12pt” to the article document class. If these are omitted, the package will enforce the use of letterpaper and 12 point body text.
The file 'template.tex', provides a suggested preamble for your article. You may rename this file to a name of your choice and insert the text of your article, replacing the text within as necessary and following the instructions provided.
Fonts
bepress recommends the use of the Times font for text and mathematics. The use of the mathptmx package is recommended in order to set text and mathematics in Times. Note, however, that the mathptmx package does not provide support for bold math. The txfonts package may be used instead of mathptmx if support for bold math is required. The commercially available Mathtime Pro and TM Math font packages may also be used instead of mathptmx.
Title page
Do not include the title page text in the manuscript. The title page along with headers and footers will be generated by the bepress system. Use the “revise manuscript” link to enter this information in the bepress system.
The following information should not be present in the body of the manuscript:
- Full title and short title (the header)
- Page numbers, headers, footers
- Author and co-author names, institutions, email, and correct order of authors
- Acknowledgments and coverpage footnotes such as further author information and funding sources
In order to comply with these guidelines, the template disables all headers and footers. The LaTeX 2ε \maketitle generates an error if used. If you must set a document title, use \originalmaketitle.
The document body
The template does not introduce any new LaTeX 2ε commands or environments. You may use any of the standard LaTeX 2ε commands and environments that are available in the standard document classes.
The bepress template makes the following changes to the standard LaTeX 2ε classes.
- Space above and below heads are consistent. All headings use the same font and hierarchy is indicated with the use of different font sizes.
- Vertical spaces within lists have been altered to comply with bepress requirements.
The document back matter
Use the {thebibliography} environment for your references. BibTeX users may use the provided BibTeX style file 'bepress.bst'. A BibTeX database file 'sample.bib' is included in the package and is required by 'template.tex'. Running BibTeX on 'template.tex' (after first running LaTeX 2ε on 'template.tex') will produce the file 'template.bbl' that contains the list of references formatted according to bepress requirements. The use of the natbib package is recommended and the file 'template.tex' provides an example of options to the natbib package.