Preparing a manuscript for submission to Scientific Reports
Accepted file types:
∙For article text: txt, doc, docx， tex
∙For figures： eps， tiff, jpg
A submission template is available in the Overleaf template gallery to help you prepare a LaTeX manuscript within the Scientific Reports formatting criteria。
Cover letter
All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter.
Scientific Reports sections and ordering of manuscripts
We recommend that your manuscript is structured as follows。
Title
The title must be no longer than 20 words.
Author list and affiliations
The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk.
Abstract （heading not used）
The abstract must be no longer than 200 words, and must not have a heading。 The Abstract should serve both as a general introduction to the topic and as a brief, non-technical summary of the main results and their implications. Abstracts must not contain references or subheadings.
Main body
Scientific Reports has no explicit requirements for section organization。 According to the authors' preferences, the main body of the text can be organized as best suits the research. In some cases, it may be appropriate to combine relevant sections。 As a guideline, we recommend that your manuscript contains the following sections：
Introduction
The introduction section of the main text expands on the background of the work (some overlap with the Abstract is acceptable）. The background should put your paper into context and must be clear so that readers are able to understand the aims, purpose and significance of your research。
Results
With topical subheadings
Discussion
The Discussion should be succinct and may not contain subheadings。
Methods
Subheadings are recommended. We recommend that authors limit their Methods section to 1，500 words
The recommended maximum length for the main body of your manuscript is 4，500 words.
References
We recommend that references are limited to 60. References should be numbered sequentially, first throughout the text, then in tables， followed by figures。 Scientific Reports uses the standard Nature referencing style, for example:
Published papers：
Schott, D。 H。, Collins, R. N. & Bretscher， A。 Secretory vesicle transport velocity in living cells depends on the myosin V lever arm length. J。 Cell Biol. 156editordoes not contain a main, 35—39 (2002）。
For papers with more than five authors include only the first author’s name followed by ‘et al.’.
Books:
Smith, J. Syntax of referencing in How to reference books (ed. Smith, S.） 180—181 （Ma
cmillan, 2013）.
Website:
Buckley， M. and Reid, A.， Global food safety — keeping food safe from farm to table. Technical report。 （2010) Available at: insert website here。 (Accessed： 4th November 2012）
[编号] 作者，资源标题，网址,访问时间（年月日）
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should be brief， and should not include effusive comments。 Grant or contribution numbers may be acknowledged.
Author Contributions Statement
All manuscripts must include an Author Contributions Statement detailing the contribution of each author. Author names must be listed as initials。 For example, "A.B and C。D wrot
e the main manuscript text and E.F prepared figures 1—3。 All authors reviewed the manuscript.”
Additional Information
To include, in this order: Accession codes (where applicable); Competing financial interests （mandatory statement）。
The corresponding author is responsible for submitting a competing financial interests statement on behalf of all authors of the paper. This statement must be included in the submitted article file。
Figure Legends
Each figure legend must be no longer than 350 words. Text for figure legends should be provided in numerical order after the references。
Display Items
We suggest that articles contain no more than 8 display items (figures and/or tables）。 In addition， a limited number of uncaptioned molecular structure graphics and numbered mathematical equations may be included if necessary。 To enable typesetting of papers， the number of display items should be commensurate with the word length — we suggest that for articles with word counts less than 2,000, no more than 4 figures/tables should be included。 Please note that schemes are not used; these should be presented as figures.
Tables
Please submit tables at the end of your text document (in Word or TeX/LaTeX, as appropriate）.
Figures
Figures should be uploaded upon submission via our online submission system， in one of our accepted formats (eps, tiff， jpg）. For first submissions （i.e. not revised manuscripts）, authors may choose to incorporate the manuscript text and figures into a si
ngle file up to 3 MB in size - the figures may be inserted within the text at the appropriate positions, or grouped at the end。