Document Classes ⇒ Posting to Elsevier NIM A

[VittorioL]

Hi,
I'm going to submit a paper to 'Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A'

I'm not sure i found a proper template to produce my article.
In particular, following the instructions in http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journa ... structions I have downloaded a template that seems not specific for the journal.
moreover, although loading the bibliography with

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\bibliography{biblio}

I get a warning for undefined reference for each citation I make in the text, and the bibliography is not displayed at all.

Probably there is something basic that i'm not understanding about this template.
Is there someone who successfully posted to NIM who can provide a working latex project to me so that i can copy my text in it?

thanks in advance
V.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Vittorio,

welcome to the board!

You have to run BibTeX on your file, then LaTeX again. Either on the command line, such as

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latex documentname
bibtex documentname
latex documentname
latex documentname

or let your LaTeX editor run BibTeX.

Why so many runs - first creating the .aux file (ok, you did it), then creating the bibliography from the aux file, then generating a bibliography environment and finally getting all references right.

Stefan

[VittorioL]

Hi,
thank you very much - you made me understand that i was skipping the direct compilation of the .bib file (i'm using texnic center + miktex on windows and hence i was not aware of it at first).

now I'm still confused about where to get the template for NIM A, since the one i found on elsevier website is not specific (it is tought for another journal)
maybe i'm missing something simple

V.

[localghost]

[…] now I'm still confused about where to get the template for NIM A, since the one i found on elsevier website is not specific (it is tought for another journal)
maybe i'm missing something simple […]

A verification would be much easier if you give a direct link to the concerned template and possibly one to a paper that fits the specific demands of the journal.

Usually paper submissions to Elsevier a prepared by using the elsarticle class. At least it's been this way when I submitted a paper.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[VittorioL]

Hi
this is how a NIM paper looks like: http://pdn.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 8-main.pdf

and this is the reference i have been able to find on the net: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journa ... structions

although linked from NIM webpage they seems really generic. The latex template I found was the one of a computer science journal. any hint may be helpful
tnx
V.

[localghost]

Hi :)
this is how a NIM paper looks like: http://pdn.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 8-main.pdf […]

The PDF file is not accessible for all users. Please make sure that you link to a document that is not behind a pay wall.

[VittorioL]

Hi,

sorry, the paper looked like accessible to me because my institution has a subscription to NIM-A.

I upload a snapshot of the first page so that *i think* i won't violate the copyright while giving you an idea http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7660/samplestyle.png

tnx V.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Perhaps have also a look at The elsarticle LaTeX document class.

Stefan