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name: nature-portfolio description: "Shared author-guideline skill for Nature Portfolio research journals that food & nutrition researchers publish in: Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Microbiology, Nature Metabolism, Nature Sustainability, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, and Nature Reviews titles. Use to format or check a manuscript for a Nature-family journal — strict article-type word limits, unreferenced short abstracts, Nature superscript-numbered references (article titles required), display-item limits, Methods placement, reporting summary. (Nature Food and npj Science of Food are in the nature-food skill.) Triggers: submit to Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Microbiology, Nature Metabolism guidelines, Nature Portfolio formatting. Also fires when the user wants to publish on/in this journal, format a manuscript for it, or match its reference/citation style." metadata: publisher: "Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature)" verified: "2026-07" source: "https://www.nature.com/nature/for-authors/formatting-guide"

Nature Portfolio Research Journals — Author Guideline Skill

Publisher: Nature Portfolio · Verified: 2026-07 · Confirm each journal's own submission guidelines (limits differ by title/article type). Nature Food and npj Science of Food have their own skill (nature-food).

Applies to (food/nutrition-relevant Nature journals)

Journal	Abbrev	Relevance
Nature	NATURE	Multidisciplinary flagship
Nature Communications	NAT COMMUN	Multidisciplinary, open access
Nature Microbiology	NAT MICROBIOL	Food/gut microbiology
Nature Metabolism	NAT METAB	Nutrition & metabolism
Nature Sustainability	NAT SUSTAIN	Food systems, sustainability
Nature Biotechnology	NAT BIOTECHNOL	Food/agri biotech
Nature Medicine	NAT MED	Clinical nutrition
Nature Reviews (various)	NAT REV *	Reviews (commissioned)

Format (Nature style)

• References: superscript numbers in order of citation; numbered list; article titles required. Include DOIs.

  12. Author, A. B. & Author, C. D. Title of the article. Nat. Commun. 15, 1234 (2026).

• Abstract: unreferenced; length by article type (e.g. Nature Article ≤150–200 words). Confirm per journal.
• Structure: Title → Abstract → main text → Methods after the main text (not counted in the word limit) → References → Figure legends → Tables.
• Display items: capped by article type (often ≤6–8); cite as Fig. 1 in sequence.
• Mandatory: data availability + code availability statements; Reporting Summary; competing interests; author contributions.
• Figures: ≥300 dpi at final size; RGB; ~180 mm double column; accessible palette (avoid red/green as sole encoding).

Formatting constraints

publisher: Nature Portfolio
reference_style: nature-superscript-numbered
require_article_titles: true
abstract: unreferenced (length per article type)
methods: after-main-text
data_and_code_availability: required
reporting_summary: required
figure_dpi: 300
notes: "Nature Food + npj Science of Food -> nature-food skill"