Writing a paper

Journal and conference templates

Switch to IEEE, Elsevier, Springer or ACM formats by changing the document class.

The class sets the format

Publishers provide a document class that sets the columns, fonts, title block and reference style. Usually you only change the \documentclass line and the title commands; the rest of your text stays the same.

\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}   % IEEE conferences
\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}      % IEEE journals
\documentclass[review]{elsarticle}     % Elsevier
\documentclass{llncs}                  % Springer LNCS
\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}        % ACM

Check the author guidelines

Each venue has rules: page limit, anonymous submission, reference style, figure formats. Download their official template when one is offered, and read its example file — it shows the commands their class expects (for example \IEEEauthorblockN in IEEE papers).

Try it: the full example compiles as it is. Open as a project