Formatting with LaTeX

Every submission and every new version must be written in LaTeX. Upload the source together with the PDF compiled from it; the editors check that they match. The source is archived with the paper but not published.

Download the template project (.zip) Single .tex file

The .zip has a main.tex with an example figure, the figure file, and a README. Upload it to Overleaf with New Project → Upload Project.

Requirements

• Use the CCCURJ template or the standard IEEE template (IEEEtran).
• Upload one .tex file, or a .zip or .tar.gz with the main .tex file, figures and .bib files. Leave out build files (.aux, .log, .out).
• The source must compile with pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX and standard TeX Live packages, without --shell-escape.
• Include a disclosures section (funding, conflicts of interest, generative AI use), as in the template.

Figures and files

You upload two things: your whole LaTeX project as one .zip, and the PDF compiled from it.

my-paper.zip
├── main.tex              your paper
├── references.bib        your bibliography, if you use BibTeX
└── figures/
    ├── survey-results.png
    └── map.pdf

1. Put each figure file in your project, for example in a figures/ folder. Use PNG or JPG for photos and screenshots, and PDF for charts and diagrams (they stay sharp).
2. Include it with \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{figures/survey-results} inside a figure environment with a \caption; the template shows how.
3. Use simple file names without spaces: survey-results.png, not Survey Results (final).png.
4. When the PDF looks right, download the project: in Overleaf, Menu → Download → Source (the .zip) and Menu → Download → PDF. Working on your own computer? Zip the folder with the .tex, .bib and figures.

When you upload, CCCURJ checks that every figure, \input file and bibliography your .tex uses is in the .zip, and tells you exactly which is missing. Leave out build files (.aux, .log, .out); they are not needed.

So Google Scholar can index your paper

• Keep the PDF under 5 MB; Google Scholar skips larger files. Compress large figures.
• Compile it from LaTeX so the text is searchable. Never upload a scanned or printed-to-image PDF.
• Use outline (Type 1) fonts: add \usepackage{lmodern} or \usepackage{times}. Bitmap (Type 3) fonts make the text hard to read for indexers.
• Put the title at the top of the first page in the largest type, with the authors' full names below it.
• End with a section headed References, numbered [1], [2], ... with one formal citation each.
• Use the same title and author names in the PDF and in the submission form.

New to LaTeX?

Upload the template to Overleaf, a free online editor, and use its guides. Download the PDF and the source (Menu > Download > Source) when you are done.