About springer-lncs
A writing and submission guidance skill for Springer LNCS proceedings and Springer Nature journals. It helps researchers prepare LaTeX manuscripts, camera-ready files, and double-blind submissions while emphasizing venue-specific rules.
Key features
- 01LNCS LaTeX setup and layout rules
- 02Reference and figure guidance
- 03Camera-ready package checklist
- 04Double-blind anonymization steps
- 05Springer Nature journal declarations
Use cases
- 01Preparing an LNCS conference paper
- 02Assembling a camera-ready submission
- 03Checking a double-blind manuscript
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/springer-lncsin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMESpringer LNCS Proceedings (and Springer Nature Journals)
Verify first (mandatory)
- Page limits, anonymization and whether references count are set by the conference, not Springer. Read the CfP.
- Springer's author guidelines for proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines (templates for LaTeX and Word, plus the author instructions PDF). The class is also on CTAN (https://ctan.org/pkg/llncs).
- Springer Nature journals use a different template (
sn-jnl). See the journal's submission guidelines.
LaTeX setup (llncs)
\documentclass[runningheads]{llncs}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\title{Contribution Title}
\titlerunning{Short Title} % if the title is long
\author{First Author\inst{1}\orcidID{0000-0000-0000-0000} \and Second Author\inst{2}}
\authorrunning{F. Author et al.}
\institute{Institution, City, Country \email{[email protected]} \and Other Institution}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
One paragraph, commonly 150--250 words.
\keywords{First keyword \and Second keyword \and Third keyword}
\end{abstract}
...
\bibliographystyle{splncs04}
\bibliography{refs}
\end{document}
Rules from the LNCS guidelines (confirm the current version):
- Don't alter the layout, fonts, margins or spacing, and don't add page numbers or custom headers.
- Headings are numbered to two levels. Use
\subsubsection*or run-in\paragraphbelow that. - References:
splncs04numbered style. Include DOIs where available. Avoid "et al." in the reference list unless very long. - Figures: vector preferred. Lines and text must be legible at printed size. Colour appears online (print may be grayscale).
- Provide ORCIDs via
\orcidID{}. Many conferences require them for all authors.
Camera-ready package
- Source files (
.tex,.bibor.bbl, figures, the llncs class unmodified) and the final PDF. - Signed Consent to Publish / License to Publish form (one per paper, by the corresponding author on behalf of all).
- Check that authors, order and affiliations match the conference system exactly.
- Supplementary material only if the conference and volume editors allow it.
Double-blind submissions
Remove names, affiliations and ORCIDs. Refer to prior work in the third person, anonymize repository links, and scrub PDF metadata. Some conferences require a specific anonymous paper ID in the header.
Springer Nature journals (sn-jnl)
Use the Springer Nature LaTeX template with the reference style the journal names (numbered, author-year, or discipline-specific). Declarations (funding, competing interests, ethics, consent, data/code availability, author contributions) typically go in a "Declarations" section. Check the journal page.
Related skills
venue-templates, bibtex-hygiene, citation-verification, arxiv-submission,
rebuttal-and-response-to-reviewers, scientific-visualization.