$npx -y skills add PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition --skill frontiers-nutritionShared author-guideline skill for Frontiers Media food & nutrition journals: Frontiers in Nutrition and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Use to format or check a manuscript for a Frontiers journal — article types, structure, Frontiers reference style, and figure specs. Trig
| 1 | # Frontiers Food & Nutrition Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill |
| 2 | |
| 3 | **Publisher:** Frontiers Media SA · **Verified:** 2026-07 · Gold open access; use the Frontiers article template. Confirm at the Frontiers author guidelines. |
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| 5 | ## Applies to |
| 6 | | Journal | Abbrev | Scope | |
| 7 | |---|---|---| |
| 8 | | Frontiers in Nutrition | FRONT NUTR | Nutrition, diet, health | |
| 9 | | Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems | FRONT SUSTAIN FOOD S | Sustainable food systems | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ## Article types |
| 12 | Original Research, Review, Mini Review, Systematic Review, Perspective, Brief Research Report, Methods, and others per the Frontiers type list — each with its own length/structure spec on the journal site. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ## Manuscript structure |
| 15 | Title → Authors & affiliations → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusion → Conflict of Interest statement → Author Contributions → Funding → Data Availability → References. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | - **Abstract:** unstructured, ≤~350 words (type-dependent; confirm). |
| 18 | - **Keywords:** 5–8. |
| 19 | - Mandatory Frontiers statements: Conflict of Interest, Author Contributions, Funding, Data Availability, and Ethics (for human/animal studies). |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ## Reference style |
| 22 | **Frontiers reference style (author–date).** In-text `(Author et al., 2023)`; alphabetical reference list with full author lists and DOIs. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Example: |
| 25 | > Author, A. B., and Author, C. D. (2023). Title of the article. *Front. Nutr.* 10:123456. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.123456 |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ## Figures & tables |
| 28 | Figures ≥300 dpi (line art ≥600); TIFF/EPS/JPEG; RGB; editable tables; cite in order. Frontiers checks image integrity at submission. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ## Submission checklist |
| 31 | - [ ] Correct Frontiers article type + within its spec · [ ] Abstract within limit · [ ] 5–8 keywords |
| 32 | - [ ] All mandatory Frontiers statements (COI, contributions, funding, data availability, ethics) |
| 33 | - [ ] Frontiers author–date references with DOIs · [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi |
| 34 | |
| 35 | ## Formatting constraints |
| 36 | ```yaml |
| 37 | publisher: Frontiers Media |
| 38 | reference_style: author-date-frontiers |
| 39 | abstract_words: 350 |
| 40 | keywords_max: 8 |
| 41 | mandatory_statements: [conflict_of_interest, author_contributions, funding, data_availability, ethics] |
| 42 | open_access: gold |
| 43 | figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 600} |
| 44 | ``` |