Volcanica LaTeX Template
Author
Volcanica
Last Updated
18 days ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Official LaTeX template for Volcanica article submissions. Suitable for Research, Review, Methods, and Report article types.
\newcommand{\secondLanguage}{icelandic} % if a second language is used, add it here
\documentclass[draft, {\secondLanguage}, english]{volcanica-template}
\nonstopmode % can toggle to see compilation warnings
\doublespacing
\newcommand{\ArticleType}{Research article}
% Please choose between Research article, Report, Review, or Methods.
% Details about different article types are available at:
% https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica/about/submissions
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% Article details go here
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\newcommand{\Title}{This is a really good title} % Manuscript title goes here.
\newcommand{\shortTitle}{Short-title} % Short title for header goes here, less than 60 characters.
\newcommand{\Author}{YourName et al.\xspace} % First author goes here.
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% Author details go here
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\author[{{\affiliation{1}}}] % affiliation number
{\orcidaffil{0000.0000.0000.0000}~ % orcid number
Person A. G. Persondóttir % first author
\Email{email@address.io}} % corresponding author email
\author[{{\affiliation{2}}}] % affiliation number
{\orcidaffil{0000.0000.0000.0000}~ % orcid number
Someone Else} % second author
\author[{{\affiliation{3}}}] % affiliation number
{\orcidaffil{0000.0000.0000.0000}~ % orcid number
Another S. Cientist} % third author
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% Affiliations
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\affil[{{\affiliation{1}}}]{ % affiliation #1
The first affiliation.
}
\affil[{{\affiliation{2}}}]{ % affiliation #2
A second affiliation; note how it ends in a full stop.
}
\affil[{{\affiliation{3}}}]{ % affiliation #3
Somewhere else.}
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% BIBLIOGRAPHY FILE
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\addbibresource{bib-file.bib} % add the name of the bibliography file here
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% Start of Document
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\begin{document}
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% Abstract(s) and Keywords
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% Replace dummy text (\protect{\lipsum[45]}) with the abstract in the first argument for \FrontMatter (between the curly braces {}).
% If there is a second-language abstract, it goes between the square brackets [].
% Make sure you have included the correct language in line 1, above.
% If no second abstract, ensure there is no space between the square brackets [].
\FrontMatter{\protect{\lipsum[45]}}
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{
\keywords{This}{Is}{Where}{The}{Keywords}{Go} % add up to six keywords in curly braces {}
}
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% Maintext
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\hypertarget{introduction}{%
\section{Introduction}\label{introduction}} % Sections labelled and linked
Welcome to the \VOLCANICA research article \latex template. If you are already comfortable using \latex and \bibtex, you can go ahead and use the blank template (blank-template.tex). (If you're editing on Overleaf, you might want to change the "Main document" in Menu > Settings. You can also right-click to rename "blank-template" to something more relevant)
Otherwise, this template contains a bit more information to help you get started using \latex as a word processing software. Any issues or questions, email editor@jvolcanica.org.
Volcanica uses three levels of headings, which can be defined using "section", "subsection", and "subsubsection" commands.
\section{A section}\label{sec:02}
This is the top level ("section"). Typically we recommend an Introduction > Methods > Results > Discussion > Conclusions structure, but feel free to be flexible here.
\subsection{A subsection}\label{sec:02a}
This is another level ("subsection").
\subsubsection{A third level}\label{sec:02aa}
This is a third-level section ("sub-subsection"). Notice that the sections have been given a label: this means we can refer to them later, using "autoref", e.g. \autoref{sec:02} or \autoref{sec:02a}. The autoref command can also be used to refer to figures, tables, and other items. Here's an example of how to include a single-column-width figure:
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% Single column figure
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\begin{figure}[!b] %[tbhp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{example-image} % inside { } should be the path to the image file
\caption{This is where a descriptive caption goes. A good idea is to include all your figures in a specific folder (e.g. "media") within the Overleaf project (or the same directory as the .tex file, if you are editing offline). The path to the figures then looks like "media/figure-1.pdf". PDF, SVG, or other vector graphics are preferred formats, but high-resolution image formats (e.g. PNG or JPG) are also acceptable.} % Include the figure caption here
\label{fig:01} % Include a unique label here, so you can refer to the figure
\end{figure}
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Figure references look like this: \autoref{fig:01}. Figures should be sized according to whether they will cover one or two columns: 85 mm or 175 mm width, respectively. Maximum figure height is 200 mm. If you want to include a two-column figure; the command looks slightly different:
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% Double column figure
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\begin{figure*}[!t] %[tbhp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{example-image-a} % inside { } should be the path to the image file
\caption{This is where a descriptive caption goes.} % Include the figure caption here
\label{fig:02} % Include a unique label here, so you can refer to the figure
\end{figure*}
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If you want to use mathematical symbols and short in-line equations, just wrap them in dollar signs: $mx +c$. Larger equations go in their own kind of special environment called, unsurprisingly, equation.
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% Equation
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\begin{equation}
S(\omega) = \frac{\alpha g^2}{\omega^5} \exp\Bigl[ -0.74\Bigl\{\frac{\omega U_\omega 19.5}{g}\Bigr\}^{\!-4}\,\Bigr]
\label{eq:01}\end{equation}
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These can also be labelled and referred to (see \autoref{eq:01} above). Subequations can also be typeset, as shown in \autoref{eq:02} below.
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% Sub-equations
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\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
v_x &= v_0 \cos(\theta)\exp\bigg(-\frac{g}{v_t}t\bigg) \label{eq:2a}\\[0.5ex]
v_y &=v_0\sin(\theta)\exp\bigg(-\frac{g}{v_t}t\bigg)-v_t\bigg[1-\exp\bigg(-\frac{g}{v_t}t\bigg)\bigg]. \label{eq:2b}\end{align}
\label{eq:02}
\end{subequations}
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\section{Tables}
Here is a simple table.
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%SIMPLE TABLE
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\begin{table}[!thbp]
\centering
\caption{Caption goes up here.}
\begin{tabular}{
S[table-format=3.1] % S-type column aligns decimals
S[table-format=3.3] % x.y = #digits before and after decimal
S[table-format=2.2]
}
\toprule % toprule
{Parameter 1} & {Parameter 2} & {Parameter 3} \\ % text in an S-type column must be enclosed in { }
\midrule % midrule
3.8 & 0.003 & 15.91 \\
1.4 & 0.001 & 12.12 \\
21 & 0.018 & 81.43 \\
0.8 & 0.004 & 1.8 \\ [5pt] % additional space every four lines
4.0 & 0.004 & 14.76 \\
2.1 & 0.003 & 13.31 \\
3.7 & 0.006 & 16.48 \\
119 & 0.02 & 83.01 \\ [5pt]
3.0 & 0.001 & 15.2 \\
2.9 & 0.002 & 11.01 \\
\bottomrule % bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:01}
\end{table}
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Tables can become quite complex. A great resource is \url{https://www.tablesgenerator.com/latex_tables}, where you can paste table data, or load in an Excel file, then copy the LaTeX output. Note that for two-column tables, the "table*" environment should be used, rather than the unstarred "table" environment. However, you might find that a formatted table is not the best environment for your data: providing a supplementary Excel (or equivalent) file with tabular data can be easier for you as the author and makes your data more easily accessed and re-used by others.
\section{Citations}
To cite other articles, you need a .bib file. This is a separate file (in the same folder as the .tex and .cls files) which contains all the necessary bibliographic information. Two good resources compiling a .bib file are \url{https://www.doi2bib.org/} and \url{https://scipython.com/apps/doi2bib/}. Both of these allow you to enter an article's DOI number and retrieve the bibtex entry (which you can copy/paste into the .bib file). Bibtex entries can also be obtained via Google Scholar, by clicking "cite" > "bibtex". However, GS \emph{doesn't} include DOI numbers, so you may want to add these manually. Many reference managers (e.g. Zotero) allow authors to export a .bib file. Once you have a .bib file, citations are simple, both in-line, such as \textcite{Farquharson2018}, or in parentheses \parencite{Kavanagh2022}. The reference list will be formatted and printed automatically. Note that you can refer to multiple citations at once \parencite[e.g.][among others]{Kavanagh2022, Siebert2015}.
\section{Useful commands}
If you are using a lot of isotopes or isotopic ratios, you can use the commands "iso" and "isorat", which give outputs like \iso{C}{14} and \isorat{O}{18}{16}. Chemistry can be typeset using the "ch" command, giving output like \ch{H2SO4} or \ch{[AgCl2]-}, or even \ch{KCr(SO4)2 * 12 H2O}. There is also an "okina" command, as in Hawai{\okina}i. Here are some Greek letters: $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\phi$, $\Omega$. If we use software, like \software{Eject!}, it will look like this, using the command "software" or its alias "sw". Same goes for \sw{DensityX}, \sw{ImageJ}, and \sw{VolCalc}. SI units can be typeset using the "SI" command (SI{value}{unit}), where unit is typed out: \SI{2600}{\kilo\gram\per\meter\cubed}. If there are symbols or commands you'd like to see incorporated in our templates, please reach out to farquharson@jvolcanica.org.
\Contributions{Who did what?% Author Contribution statement
}
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\Acknowledgments{Any pertinent acknowledgements. Where applicable, funding sources should be provided here.% Acknowledgements statement.
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\DataAvailability{Links to data repositories, and/or a statement regarding the availability of data here. Authors are encouraged to make data freely available wherever possible: we recommend free repositories such as Zenodo and FigShare in order to facilitate transparent open access. We recommend versioning, archiving, and sharing code via GitHub/Zenodo; see: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-repository/referencing-and-citing-content.% Data Availability statement
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\EndMatter
\end{document}