Complete guide to writing professional articles in LaTeX. Learn document structure, formatting, citations, and best practices for academic papers.
Learn how to create professional articles and papers using LaTeX. This guide covers everything from basic document structure to advanced formatting for publication-ready documents.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}% Packages\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage[english]{babel}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{hyperref}% Document information\title{Your Article Title}\author{Your Name}\date{\today}\begin{document}\maketitle\begin{abstract}Your abstract goes here. This should be a brief summary of your article,typically 150-250 words.\end{abstract}\section{Introduction}Your introduction text here.\section{Methodology}Describe your methods.\section{Results}Present your findings.\section{Conclusion}Summarize your work.\bibliographystyle{plain}\bibliography{references}\end{document}
\title{The Impact of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems}\author{Jane Smith\\ Department of Marine Biology\\ University of Example\\ \texttt{j.smith@example.edu}}\date{March 2024}\maketitle
\documentclass{article}\usepackage{authblk}\title{Collaborative Research in Quantum Computing}\author[1]{Alice Johnson}\author[2]{Bob Chen}\author[1,2]{Carol Williams}\affil[1]{Department of Physics, University A}\affil[2]{Computer Science Department, University B}\date{\today}\begin{document}\maketitle% Alternative without authblk package\author{Alice Johnson$^1$, Bob Chen$^2$, and Carol Williams$^{1,2}$\\ $^1$Department of Physics, University A\\ $^2$Computer Science Department, University B\\ \texttt{\{ajohnson,cwilliams\}@unia.edu, bchen@unib.edu}}\end{document}
\documentclass{article}\usepackage{abstract}\begin{document}\title{Machine Learning Applications in Healthcare}\author{Research Team}\date{\today}\maketitle\begin{abstract}\noindentThis paper presents a comprehensive review of machine learning applicationsin modern healthcare systems. We analyze various algorithms and their effectiveness in disease diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient outcomeprediction. Our findings suggest that deep learning models achieve 95\%accuracy in early cancer detection.\end{abstract}\textbf{Keywords:} machine learning, healthcare, deep learning, medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence% Alternative abstract style\renewcommand{\abstractname}{Executive Summary}\begin{abstract}Your executive summary here...\end{abstract}\end{document}
\section{Introduction}\label{sec:intro}As we will discuss in Section~\ref{sec:methods}, our approach...\subsection{Problem Statement}\label{subsec:problem}The main equation is shown in Eq.~\eqref{eq:main}.\section{Methods}\label{sec:methods}Building on the problem stated in Section~\ref{subsec:problem}...\begin{equation}E = mc^2\label{eq:main}\end{equation}% Using cleveref package for better references\usepackage{cleveref}\cref{sec:intro} shows... % Automatically adds "Section"\Cref{eq:main} demonstrates... % Capital version
\documentclass{article}\usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear]{biblatex}\addbibresource{references.bib}\begin{document}% In-text citations\textcite{smith2020} found that...This was confirmed \parencite{jones2021}.\citeauthor{brown2022} argues...% Footnote citationsSome claim this is true.\footcite{wilson2019}\printbibliography\end{document}
% IEEE format\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}% ACM format\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}% Elsevier format\documentclass[preprint,12pt]{elsarticle}% Springer format\documentclass[smallextended]{svjour3}% Each journal class has specific requirements% Always check the journal's author guidelines
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}\usepackage{times}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{cite}\title{Your Research Title}\author{Author Name\\Institution}\date{}\begin{document}\maketitle\begin{abstract}Abstract text (150-250 words)\end{abstract}\section{Introduction}\section{Related Work}\section{Methodology}\section{Results}\section{Discussion}\section{Conclusion}\bibliographystyle{plain}\bibliography{refs}\end{document}