paper-structure
Paper structure, LaTeX conventions, and citation format for this research project
When & Why to Use This Skill
This Claude skill provides a comprehensive framework for academic paper preparation, offering standardized LaTeX conventions, modular document structures, and precise citation guidelines. It is designed to help researchers maintain consistency, follow publication standards, and ensure reproducibility in scientific writing.
Use Cases
- Standardizing Document Architecture: Organizing research papers into a clean, modular directory structure with dedicated files for introduction, methodology, and results.
- LaTeX Formatting Consistency: Implementing uniform code snippets for complex elements like multi-column tables, centered figures, and mathematical notations to meet conference requirements.
- Citation Management: Streamlining the use of BibTeX and LaTeX citation commands (e.g., \citet and \citep) to ensure accurate and professional referencing.
- Submission Quality Control: Utilizing the reproducibility checklist to verify that hyperparameters, dataset splits, and code links are properly documented before the submission deadline.
| name | paper-structure |
|---|---|
| description | Paper structure, LaTeX conventions, and citation format for this research project |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob |
Paper Structure
Current Paper
- Title: [Paper Title]
- Target Venue: [Conference/Journal]
- Deadline: [Submission Deadline]
- Page Limit: [e.g., 8 pages + references]
Document Structure
paper/
├── main.tex # Main document
├── sections/
│ ├── 01-intro.tex
│ ├── 02-related.tex
│ ├── 03-method.tex
│ ├── 04-experiments.tex
│ └── 05-conclusion.tex
├── figures/
├── tables/
└── references.bib
LaTeX Conventions
Figures
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{figures/method.pdf}
\caption{Our proposed method overview.}
\label{fig:method}
\end{figure}
Tables
\begin{table}[t]
\centering
\caption{Comparison with baselines.}
\label{tab:results}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\toprule
Method & Accuracy & F1 \\
\midrule
Baseline & 0.85 & 0.83 \\
Ours & \textbf{0.92} & \textbf{0.90} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
Citations
% Single author
\citet{Smith2023} showed that...
As shown in prior work~\citep{Smith2023}...
% Multiple authors
\citet{Smith2023,Jones2024} demonstrated...
Citation Format
BibTeX entries in references.bib:
@inproceedings{Smith2023,
author = {John Smith and Jane Doe},
title = {A Novel Approach to X},
booktitle = {Proceedings of ABC 2023},
year = {2023},
pages = {1--10},
}
Key References
- [Foundation paper] - Smith et al., 2020
- [Baseline method] - Jones et al., 2022
- [Related approach] - Brown et al., 2023
Reproducibility Checklist
- Random seeds documented
- Hyperparameters in appendix
- Dataset splits specified
- Code repository linked
- Compute resources listed