Mathematics in Computer Science (MICS) LaTeX template Version 0.1 (August 2nd 2026)

Derived from BioMed Central TeX template - Version 0.7 (August 17th 2020)

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MICS LaTeX template distribution

File Description
mics_article.tex The MICS manuscript template. Edit a copy of this file.
mics_article.pdf PDF created from The MICS manuscript template.
mics_article.bib A sample BibTeX source file used to create a .bbl by BibTeX using the bmc-mathphys.bst file.
mics_article.bbl A sample bibliography file created by BibTeX using the bmc-mathphys.bst file.
bmc-mathphys.bst The BibTeX bibliography style file for the Math and Physical Sciences reference format used by MICS
bmcart.cls The underlying LaTeX class for manuscripts.
bmcart-biblio.sty A style for bibliography tags.
readme.md This document.

Requirements

LaTeX distributions

The MICS LaTeX template should work with TeX distributions on any platform. It has been tested with MacTex on Mac OS X and MiKTeX for Windows.

Submission requirements

In order to submit a manuscript as a .tex file to MICS, you must

Guidelines for creating your manuscript using LaTeX

Compilation

Make sure your manuscript is compiled with LaTeX or pdfLaTeX.

A template manuscript is supplied entitled mics_article.tex which sets up the preferred page layout using bmcart.cls. The template is set up to meet the requirements for submission to MICS.

Do not modify the layout

Do not change the page layout or any of the \documenclass options. Do not redefine any LaTeX commands or dimensions.

Single .tex document

Use a single .tex document for the entire manuscript. Do not use the \input or \include command to include other .tex files.

Additional packages

Additional packages can be used in MICS template: amsthm and amsmath for theorems and mathematics respectively, natbib for citation style, hyperref for url references.

See

for these style files if they are not in your local archive.

natbib.sty with sort&compress option turns [1,2,3,4] into [1-4].

hyperref.sty formats urls so they can be broken down cleanly when overflowing the right text boundary.

BibTeX

References must be formatted with BibTeX using \bibliographystyle{bmc-mathphys}.

The template makes use of a sample bibliography called mics_article.bib. You can use \bibliography{bibfile} to refer to your own bibliography bibfile.bib.

For author-year bibliographies:

  1. write to bib file: @settings{label, options="nameyear"}
  2. write to tex file: \nocite{label}.

Notes on uploading your manuscript

Main LaTeX file

Make sure you are submitting only one .tex document.

Bibliography files

A .bbl file is generated when you use BibTeX to format your article’s reference list. It contains formatted details of all references used in the manuscript. Submit both your .bib file and the .bbl file.

Bug reports

Please submit bug report or feature requests on github.