$npx -y skills add PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition --skill springer-foodShared author-guideline skill for Springer / Springer Nature food journals: Food Engineering Reviews, Food and Bioprocess Technology, Food Security, and the SpringerOpen journal Food Production Processing and Nutrition. Use to format or check a manuscript for a Springer food jour
| 1 | # Springer Food Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill |
| 2 | |
| 3 | **Publisher:** Springer / Springer Nature · **Verified:** 2026-07 · Confirm each journal's "Submission guidelines" on SpringerLink. Structure below reflects the common Springer template. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Applies to |
| 6 | | Journal | Abbrev | Type focus | Access | Ref style* | |
| 7 | |---|---|---|---|---| |
| 8 | | Food Engineering Reviews | FOOD ENG REV | Reviews | Subscription | author–date | |
| 9 | | Food and Bioprocess Technology | FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH | Research | Subscription | author–date | |
| 10 | | Food Security | FOOD SECUR | Research + reviews (policy/agri) | Subscription | author–date | |
| 11 | | Food Production Processing and Nutrition | FOOD PROD PROCESS NU | Research (SpringerOpen) | Gold OA | numbered (Vancouver) | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | *Confirm at the journal; Springer permits **Springer Basic (name–year / author–date)** or **numbered (Vancouver)**. SpringerOpen/BMC-style titles typically use numbered. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ## Common Springer structure |
| 16 | Title page → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusion → Statements & Declarations (funding, competing interests, ethics, author contributions, data availability) → References → Tables → Figure legends → Figures. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | - **Abstract:** unstructured, typically ≤250 words. |
| 19 | - **Keywords:** 4–6. |
| 20 | - **Declarations section:** required by Springer (funding, conflicts, ethics approval, consent, data availability, author contributions). |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ## Reference style |
| 23 | Default **author–date (Springer Basic, name–year)**: in-text `(Author and Author 2023)` (note: no comma before year in Springer Basic); alphabetical list. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Example (Springer Basic): |
| 26 | > Author AB, Author CD (2023) Title of the article. Food Bioprocess Technol 16:1234–1245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-023-xxxxx |
| 27 | |
| 28 | `Food Production Processing and Nutrition` (SpringerOpen) uses **numbered** references `[1]`. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ## Figures & tables |
| 31 | Figures ≥300 dpi (line art ≥600–1000 dpi); TIFF/EPS/PDF/PNG; RGB online; Springer figure width guidelines (~84 mm single, ~174 mm double); editable tables; cite in order. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ## Submission checklist |
| 34 | - [ ] Correct reference style (author–date for most; numbered for Food Prod Process Nutr) |
| 35 | - [ ] Abstract ≤~250 words · [ ] 4–6 keywords |
| 36 | - [ ] Statements & Declarations block (funding, competing interests, ethics, contributions, data availability) |
| 37 | - [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter |
| 38 | |
| 39 | ## Also covers — Springer / Springer Nature nutrition journals |
| 40 | Same Springer template (author–date Springer Basic default; some numbered); |
| 41 | clinical titles add structured abstracts, trial registration, reporting guidelines. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | | Journal | Abbrev | Notes | |
| 44 | |---|---|---| |
| 45 | | Current Obesity Reports | CURR OBES REP | Reviews | |
| 46 | | Current Nutrition Reports | CURR NUTR REP | Reviews | |
| 47 | | European Journal of Nutrition | EUR J NUTR | Research | |
| 48 | | International Journal of Obesity | INT J OBESITY | Clinical/obesity | |
| 49 | | Nutrition & Diabetes | NUTR DIABETES | OA clinical | |
| 50 | | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | EUR J CLIN NUTR | Clinical | |
| 51 | | Plant Foods for Human Nutrition | PLANT FOOD HUM NUTR | Research | |
| 52 | |
| 53 | ## Formatting constraints |
| 54 | ```yaml |
| 55 | publisher: Springer |
| 56 | scope: food & nutrition |
| 57 | reference_style: per-journal # author-date (Springer Basic) default; numbered for SpringerOpen title |
| 58 | abstract_words: 250 |
| 59 | keywords_max: 6 |
| 60 | declarations_block: required |
| 61 | figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000} |
| 62 | column_widths_mm: [84, 174] |
| 63 | ``` |