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title: "Journal formatting"
type: skill
id: "pho/pho-publishing/journal-formatting"
category: "Research"
publisher: "Phở"
license: "MIT"
source: "https://pho.chat"
canonical: "https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/pho/pho-publishing/journal-formatting"
open_in_pho: "https://pho.chat/customize?item=pho%2Fpho-publishing%2Fjournal-formatting&utm_source=labs&utm_medium=skill-page&utm_campaign=skills-library"
---

# Journal formatting

Format a manuscript for a specific journal or publisher (Elsevier, IEEE, Springer Nature, ACM, APA 7, ICMJE/Vancouver, PLOS ONE, arXiv, or another). Use when the user asks what a journal requires, wants a draft converted to a journal's format, or needs a submission checklist for word limits, abstract, references, figures and declarations.

Source: Phở (MIT), copied at a pinned commit. Free to use. Part of the Phở Skills library (https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills).
Skill set: Phở Publishing (https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/pho/pho-publishing.md).

## What it covers
- 1. Find the rules from a source
- 2. Build the requirements list
- 3. Apply it to the draft
- 4. Hand over a checklist, not a promise

## Other skills in this set
- [Publication figures](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/pho/pho-publishing/publication-figures.md): Make a figure for a paper, thesis, poster or report that meets a journal's size, font, resolution and colour rules. Use when the user asks for a publication figure, a forest plot, Kaplan-Meier…
- [Reporting checklists](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/pho/pho-publishing/reporting-checklists.md): Pick and complete the reporting guideline a study needs (CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, STARD, TRIPOD, ARRIVE, CARE, SPIRIT, CHEERS, SRQR or COREQ) and map each item to where the manuscript reports it…

## Use it
- In Phở: open https://pho.chat/customize?item=pho%2Fpho-publishing%2Fjournal-formatting&utm_source=labs&utm_medium=skill-page&utm_campaign=skills-library and press Try, or add it so Phở loads it whenever a request matches. Phở works with your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others).
- Full instructions (original SKILL.md, unchanged): https://labs.pho.chat/skills/raw/pho/pho-publishing/skills/journal-formatting/SKILL.md
- Original files: https://pho.chat (MIT).
- Full machine-readable index: https://labs.pho.chat/skills.json