Nature Article Template

NatureUpdated Sep 2, 2026Open Source

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Nature Article Template: the a Nature-style single-column LaTeX template for submitting to Nature journals. Includes abstract, title and author block, section structure, drop in your content and compile a submission-ready PDF.

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Document class: article [12pt]
Compiles with: pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF: 3
Bibliography: None
Files: 2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages: inputenc
fontenc
geometry
mathptmx
amsmath
amssymb
graphicx
natbib
setspace
lineno
xcolor
hyperref

The start of the preamble of nature-article/main.tex, from its \documentclass line.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper, margin=2.5cm}

\usepackage{mathptmx}           % Times font (Nature-like)
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{lineno}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}

% Nature-style formatting
\onehalfspacing
\linenumbers

% Title formatting
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
  \begin{center}
    {\LARGE\bfseries \@title \par}
    \vspace{1em}
    {\large \@author \par}
    \vspace{0.5em}
    {\small \@date \par}
  \end{center}
  \vspace{1em}
}
\makeatother

\title{A Significant Discovery in the Field of Science}

\author{%
  First Author\textsuperscript{1,2*},
  Second Author\textsuperscript{2},
  Third Author\textsuperscript{1} \\[0.5em]

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It uses the article class (options: 12pt), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 12 packages, including inputenc, fontenc, geometry, mathptmx, amsmath, amssymb, graphicx and natbib.

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