LaTeX author support for the University of Pennsylvania Press journal Observational Studies (OBS)

Table of Contents

• About
• Package content
• Setup
• Recomended usage of obs package
• Submission
• Bug reports

About

Author support service provides LaTeX style files and *.tex file templates designed for University of Pennsylvania Press journal Observational Studies (OBS) articles.

Package content

The following files are given in the repository (or directly in *.zip archive):

• obs.cls - LaTeX style file designed for University of Pennsylvania Press journal articles. Please do not change it. This file is already loaded in the respective template files;
• obs-template.tex - topmatter template (should be used for article preparation);
• obs-sample.tex - journal sample article;
• obs-sample.pdf - journal sample article (PDF file);

Setup

• Clone the repository or download the *.zip archive. Rename the package to <your-project-name>.
• Install obs.cls in your TeX system.
• Use the file obs-template.tex to start your article as a template.
• Use the file obs-sample.tex as a reference for how to prepare a topmatter of your article.

Recommended usage of obs package

Use obs-template.tex as a template.

LaTeX document preamble content

The preamble of your LaTeX document should look like this:

\documentclass{obs}

\begin{document}

    \begin{frontmatter}

        \title{Title}

        \begin{aug}
            \author{\inits{F.}\fnms{First} \snm{Author}\thanksref{t1}\ead{first@somewhere.com}},
            \address{Address of the First Author\\
                     Country}
            \author{\inits{S.}\fnms{Second} \snm{Author}\ead{second@somewhere.com}}
            \address{Address of the Second Author\\
                     Country}
            \author{\inits{T.~N.}\fnms{Third Name} \snm{Author}\ead{third@somewhere.com}}
            \address{Address of the Third Author\\
                     Country}
            \thankstext{t1}{Footnote to the first author with the `thankstext' command.}
        \end{aug}

        \begin{abstract}
            ...
        \end{abstract}

        \begin{keyword}
            \kwd{Sample}
            \kwd{\LaTeX}
        \end{keyword}

    \end{frontmatter}

    Your publication content

\end{document}

Submission

Submit one single file as a ZIP archive. Pack your root folder <your-project-name> with files and subfolders.

Bug reports

Please submit bug report or feature requests at github page.