Fig. #: (Begin each figure caption with a label, “Fig. 1.” for example, as a new paragraph.).

Table #: (Begin each table caption with a label “Table 1.”, etc.) as a new paragraph.

Supplementary Materials: a list of the supplementary materials, followed by the actual text of the Supplementary Materials.

Several of these headings are optional, for example, not all papers will include a one-sentence summary, figures or tables, or supplementary material.

Please use the .docx format if possible (all version after Word 2007).

More specific formatting instructions are provided in the actual template, which follows.

Title: How to Format a Science Paper (replace with your real title)

Authors: The author list should be one single paragraph (no breaks). Authors should be listed by first name or initial followed by last name and separated by commas. Use superscript numbers to link affiliations, and symbols *†‡ for author notes. For example, X. Jones1*, P. Smith1,2