PLOS Computational Biology paper format

Page limit
No fixed limit
Layout
Single-column
Abstract
150–300 words
References
Numbered
Citation style
plos
LaTeX class
\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{article}

Required sections

  • Abstract
  • Author Summary
  • Introduction
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Materials and Methods
  • References

Camera-ready back matter: Competing Interests, Funding, Data Availability, Ethics Statement, Author Contributions.

What reviewers expect

  • Quantitative results expected