Author, F., and S. Author.
(2009) “A Demonstration of the LATEX 2ε Class File for the Oxford University Press Ltd Journal,”
International Mathematics Research Notices, Vol. 2009, Article ID rnn999, 6 pages.
doi:10.1093/imrn/rnn999
A Demonstration of the LATEX 2ε Class File for the Oxford University Press Ltd
Journal
First Author1 and Second Author2
1 Complete First Author Address and 2 Complete Second Author Address
This paper describes the use of the LATEX 2ε oupau.cls class file for setting papers for the Oxford University Press Ltd
Journal.
1 Introduction
Many authors submitting to journals now use LATEX 2ε to prepare their papers. This paper describes the oupau.cls
class file that can be used to convert articles produced with other LATEX 2ε class files into the correct form for
publication in the Oxford University Press Ltd Journal.
The oupau.cls class file preserves much of the standard LATEX 2ε interface so that any document that was
produced using the standard LATEX 2ε article style can easily be converted to work with the oupau style. However,
the width of text and type size will vary from that of article.cls; therefore, line breaks will change and it is likely
that displayed mathematics and tabular material will need re-setting.
In the following sections we describe how to lay out your code to use oupau.cls to reproduce the article.
However, this paper is not a guide to using LATEX 2ε and we would refer you to any of the many books available
(see, for example, [2, 3, 4]).
2 The Three Golden Rules
Before we proceed, we would like to stress three golden rules that need to be followed to enable the most efficient
use of your code at the typesetting stage:
(i) keep your own macros to an absolute minimum;
(ii) as TEX is designed to make sensible spacing decisions by itself, do not use explicit horizontal or vertical
spacing commands, except in a few accepted (mostly mathematical) situations, such as \, before a
differential d, or \quad to separate an equation from its qualifier.
3 Getting Started
The oupau class file should run on any standard LATEX 2ε installation. If any of the fonts, class files or packages
it requires are missing from your installation, they can be found on the TEX Live CD-ROMs or from CTAN.
The Journal is published using Times fonts and this is achieved by using the times option as
\documentclass[times]{oupau}. If for any reason you have a problem using Times you can easily resort
to Computer Modern fonts by removing the times option.
4 The Article Header Information
The heading for any file using oupau.cls is shown in Figure 1.
Received 1 January 2009; Revised 11 January 2009; Accepted 21 January 2009
Communicated by A. Editor
c The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions,
please e-mail: [email protected].
2 F. Author and S. Author
\documentclass[times]{oupau}
%\documentclass[times,doublespace]{oupau}%For paper submission
\begin{document}
% Enter full title and short title for running headers
\title{<Full paper title>}
\shorttitle{<Short paper title for running headers>}
% Author name(s)
\author{<First Author>\affil{1}, <Second Author>\affil{2}, and <Third author>\affil{1}}
% Abbreviated author name for running headers
\abbrevauthor{<F. Author, S. Author, and T. Author>}
% Abbreviated author name for first page header
\headabbrevauthor{<Author, F., S. Author, and T. Author>}
\address{%
\affilnum{1}<Address of first and third authors>
and
\affilnum{2}<Address of second author>}
\correspdetails{<Corresponding author’s address/e-mail address>}
\received{<Article history>}
%\revised{<As needed>}
%\accepted{<As needed>}
\communicated{<Editor communicating this article>}
\begin{abstract}
<Text of abstract>
\end{abstract}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
...
...
Fig. 1. Example header text
4.1 Remarks
(i) In \shorttitle, keep the short title to no more than 50 characters.
(ii) For the abbreviated author lists \abbrevauthor (for the running headers) and \headabbrevauthor (for
the first page header), use ‘et al.’ if there are three or more authors.
(iii) Note the use of \affil and \affilnum to link names and addresses. The address and/or email address of
the author for correspondence is defined by \correspdetails.
(iv) For submitting a double-spaced manuscript, add doublespace as an option to the documentclass line.
5 The Body of the Article
5.1 Heading levels
There are three main levels of heading: section, subsection and subsubsection, also known as A, B and C heads
and generated by their corresponding LATEX commands, i.e. \section, \subsection and \subsubsection. You
may also need paragraph and subparagraph headings, but consider using a list environment for separating
smaller amounts of material. Capitalize all main words (nouns, names, etc.) in the section headings, and only
the first word (and any proper nouns of course) in subsection and all lower headings.
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5.2 Lists
Lists may be an appropriate alternative to using headings below the level of subsubsection. If the items in the
list are complete or near complete sentences, they should each begin with capital letters and end with a full
stop. If they are short phrases they should start with a lower case letter and end with a semicolon. Single items
need no punctuation or capitals. The final item in any list should end with a full stop. If punctuation is used to
introduce the list, use a colon.
There are two main ways of presenting a list: numbered and unnumbered.
5.2.1 Numbered lists
Use a numbered list if the order of the items is important, with either roman numerals or lower case letters,
both in parentheses. This style helps distinguish such items from heading levels. Numbered lists can be created
using the optional argument in square brackets for \item:
\begin{itemize}
\item[(i)]
...
\item[(ii)]
...
\item[(iii)]
...
\item[(iv)]
...
\item[(v)]
...
\end{itemize}
If the order of the list is unimportant, use a bulleted list, which is similar to the above example, except
here there is no need for the optional argument in square brackets:
\begin{itemize}
\item
...
\item
...
\item
...
\item
...
\item
...
\end{itemize}
Where necessary, lists may be nested, i.e. use an itemize environment within another itemize environment, as
follows:
(1) ...
(a) ...
(b) ...
(2) ...
5.3 Theorem-like environments
These are set as follows:
Theorem 5.1. If B equals the Lebesgue measure, then for any measurable function, ψ : R+ → R, Eψ (Q(0)) =
(1 − a) ψ(0), with the understanding that the fraction in the right-hand side equals ψ(Q(0)) on the event
{Q(0) = Q.(0)}.
This formatting is achieved using
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\begin{theorem}
\label{thm1}
...
\end{theorem}
Note the use of the LATEX \label command. References to this theorem will then take the form,
Theorem~\ref{thm1}, and will be automatically renumbered if the order changes.
For definitions, examples, etc., again use the corresponding LATEX environment (i.e.
\begin{definition}...\end{definition}, etc.). Proofs are set in a similar way:
\begin{proof}
...
\end{proof}
For example:
Proof . Use Kλ > Sλ to translate combinators into λ terms. For the converse, translate λx . . . by [x < y] . . . and
use induction and the lemma.
5.4 Mathematics
oupau.cls makes the full functionality of AMS-TEX available. We encourage the use of the align, gather and
multline environments for displayed mathematics.
5.5 Figures and tables
oupau.cls uses the graphicx package for handling figures.
Figures are called in as follows:
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{<figure name>}
\caption{<Figure caption>}
\label{<Figure label>}
\end{figure}
For further details on how to size figures, etc., with the graphicx package see, for example, [2, 4]. If figures
are available in an acceptable format (for example, .eps, .ps) then they will be used but a printed version should
always be provided.
The standard coding for a table is shown in Figure 2.
\begin{table}
\caption{<Table caption>}
\label{<Table label>}
\centering
\begin{tabsize}
\begin{tabular}{<table alignment>}
\toprule
<column headings>\\
\midrule
<table entries
(separated by & as usual)>\\
<table entries>\\
.
.
.\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{tabsize}
\end{table}
Fig. 2. Example table layout
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5.6 Quotes and block quotes
• Use double quotes. Do not use single quotes, except for “quotes ‘within’ quotes”.
• Use the following style for block quotes. Do not use quote marks.
Use for quotes that are more than about four lines in length. Indent from both margins. For direct
quotes reproduce the exact spelling and punctuation of the original. Any interpolations should
be enclosed in square brackets. Do not forget to acknowledge the source of your quote and seek
permission if necessary. (See Permissions.)
This is produced by
\begin{quote}
...
\end{quote}
The quote is set in the same font size as the rest of the text and one line of space is left above and below.
5.7 Cross-referencing
The use of the LATEX cross-reference system for figures, tables, equations, etc., is encouraged (using \ref{<name>}
and \label{<name>}).
5.8 Acknowledgements
An acknowledgements section is started with \ack or \acks for Acknowledgement or Acknowledgements,
respectively. It must be placed just before the references (or before the appendix when applicable).
5.9 Bibliography
The package natbib is loaded by oupau.cls and can be used to achieve either of the following reference citations.
Further details can be found in the notes accompanying the natbib package.
5.9.1 Numbered references
The commands for producing the reference list are:
\begin{thebibliography}{00}
\bibitem{<bibid1>} <Reference details>
.
.
.
\bibitem{<bibid20>} <Reference details>
\end{thebibliography}
and the first reference above can be referred to in the text using \cite{<bibid1>}.
This is a citation of reference [1] in the text and the following commands form part of the output that
occurs at the end of this document:
\begin{thebibliography}{0}
\bibitem{Abe:2008}
Abe, T.
‘‘Degeneration of the strange duality map for symplectic bundles.’’
\textit{Journal of Mathematics} 56, no. 5 (2008): 5--10.
\end{thebibliography}
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5.9.2 Name/date references
The commands for producing the reference list are:
\begin{thebibliography}{0}
\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{<complete author list>}
{<first author et al.>}{<year>}]{<bibid1>}
<Reference details>
.
.
.
\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{<complete author list>}
{<first author et al.>}{<year>}]{<bibid20>}
<Reference details>
\end{thebibliography}
and these reference can be referred to in the text using \cite{<bibid1>}, \citet{<bibid20>}, etc.
5.10 Double spacing
If you need to double space your document for submission please use the doublespace option as shown in the
sample layout in Figure 1.
References
[1] Abe, T. “Degeneration of the strange duality map for symplectic bundles.” Journal of Mathematics 56, no.
5 (2008): 5–10.
[2] Kopka, H., and P. W. Daly. A Guide to LATEX , 4th ed. New York: Addison-Wesley, 2003.
[3] Lamport, L. LATEX : A Document Preparation System, 2nd ed. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
[4] Mittelbach, F., and M. Goossens. The LATEX Companion, 2nd ed. New York: Addison-Wesley, 2004.
