Science Family Journals

Workflow

1. Identify the exact journal and article type, open its current author guidelines, and fill in the limits table below. Never rely on remembered limits.
2. Check whether a format-free first submission is allowed. If it is, spend effort on content and mandatory statements rather than layout.
3. Restructure the manuscript into the venue's front matter and sections (see below).
4. Prepare the required statements, figures and supplementary files.
5. Run the checklist, then assemble the submission package: manuscript, source files, figures, declarations and cover letter.

Verify first (mandatory)

Open the current instructions for the exact journal and article type (Science: https://www.science.org/content/page/instructions-preparing-initial-manuscript and the research-article instructions linked from https://www.science.org/journal/science; Science Advances has its own instructions). Record the limits before editing: