SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SERVICES
Institutional LaTeX systems for reproducible journal production.
A journal’s document class is first-class publishing infrastructure. GreyMind develops custom LaTeX classes (.cls) and the surrounding production system — typography, article architecture, metadata, references and controlled compilation — that make a journal’s output consistent and reproducible.
WHAT THIS SERVICE IS
A document class is a design system, not a template.
This is a current, substantial GreyMind capability. It is not a future ambition and it is not a document-formatting shortcut.
Developing a journal’s LaTeX class means designing the full article system: the typography, page geometry, title and author hierarchy, publication metadata, article body structure, figures and tables, references, declarations and production conventions. Each element is defined so that every article renders consistently.
The result is an institutional asset — a class file, an article template, a sample article, bibliography configuration and production documentation — that the journal can use and extend over time.
CUSTOM .CLS DEVELOPMENT
Document classes designed for the journal.
GreyMind develops custom document classes rather than reducing journal production to a generic LaTeX configuration.
- Institutional, journal-specific and reusable document classes
- Class inheritance and structure where appropriate
- A consistent article model across issues and volumes
WHAT THE CLASS COVERS
The full article architecture.
A complete journal class defines the whole article, not a subset. The areas below are developed as one system.
Typography
- Typefaces
- Hierarchy
- Sizing and spacing
- Page geometry
- Running matter
Article front matter
- Journal identity
- Title and subtitle
- Authors and affiliations
- Correspondence
- ORCID
- Abstract and keywords
Publication metadata
- DOI location
- ISSN / eISSN location
- Volume, issue and year
- Article identifiers
- Received, revised, accepted and published dates
Article body
- Section hierarchy
- Lists and quotations
- Equations
- Theorem-like environments
- Algorithms
- Footnotes and appendices
Figures & tables
- Figures
- Tables
- Captions
- Cross-references
References
- Citation system
- Bibliography
- Style configuration
- DOI and URL presentation
Declarations
- Funding
- Conflicts of interest
- Ethics
- Consent
- Data availability
- Acknowledgements
- Contributions
- Supplementary materials
- Licensing and copyright
Production
- Reproducible compilation
- Build conventions
- Validation
- Templates
- Sample articles
- Documentation
- Controlled versioning
DELIVERABLES
A complete, usable production system.
The typical deliverable set for a journal LaTeX system engagement.
- journal-name.cls
- article-template.tex
- sample-article.tex
- Bibliography configuration
- Journal assets
- Production documentation
- Test and validation documents
- Publication-ready specimen PDF
About ISSN, eISSN and DOI
Identifiers such as ISSN, eISSN and DOI are publication metadata. Their assignment can be incorporated into the production system when available, but the absence of a final identifier during journal establishment does not prevent development of the underlying LaTeX architecture, typography, article model or document class.
DELIVERY AND OWNERSHIP
GreyMind-managed or institutional delivery.
How a LaTeX system is delivered and licensed is defined by contract for each engagement.
A journal LaTeX system may be delivered under a GreyMind-managed arrangement or handed over to the institution. The contract determines licensing and source delivery.
GreyMind does not claim that every customer class file belongs to GreyMind, and does not assume automatic transfer of ownership. These terms are agreed explicitly.
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Describe the journal, its article structure, the typography and metadata it needs, and whether you want a new class developed or an existing one extended. GreyMind will review the requirement and determine the most appropriate next step.