Templates

Safety.Science provides consistent templates for different publication formats. Templates are available in LaTeX and Microsoft Word. All templates follow a unified visual style aligned with the Safety.Science ecosystem.

Templates are provided for contributions to
Safety.Science – Journal of Integrated Safety (e-ISSN 3117-7808).

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Included formats

  • Journal Article – full scholarly papers
  • Technical Note – concise technical/design insights
  • Reviewed Working Paper – mature intermediary manuscripts with disclosed review status
  • Report – longer practice-facing reports or synthesis notes

How to use the LaTeX templates

  1. Download and unzip the LaTeX package.
  2. Choose the correct starter file: journal-article.tex, technical-note.tex, reviewed-working-paper.tex, or report.tex.
  3. Edit the metadata fields (title, authors, year, DOI, URL) and then write your content.
  4. Compile (recommended: LuaLaTeX + biber):
lualatex yourfile.tex
biber yourfile
lualatex yourfile.tex
lualatex yourfile.tex

The shared style file safetyscience-common.sty defines layout and the Safety.Science color palette. You can use callout boxes such as SFBoxBlue, SFBoxOrange, and SFBoxGreen for highlighted content.

How to use the Word templates

  1. Download and unzip the Word package.
  2. Open the template that matches your format.
  3. Replace placeholders (title, authors, abstract, sections).
  4. Keep the “Publication metadata” block intact to support consistent indexing.
  5. Export a PDF for publication on Safety.Science.

Where templates are hosted

Templates are hosted on this page for contributors and may also be mirrored in a versioned repository for change tracking. If you have suggestions or improvements, please contact: editor@safety.science.

Template version: v1.0 (2025-12-13)