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name: multidisciplinary description: "Author-guideline skill for multidisciplinary and cross-discipline journals that food & nutrition researchers publish in but which sit outside the food/nutrition JCR categories: eLife, PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, National Science Review, The Innovation, Environmental Science & Technology (food safety/contaminants), Gut and Gastroenterology (nutrition/GI), Diabetes Care (clinical nutrition), and The ISME Journal (food/gut microbial ecology). Use to format or check a manuscript for one of these — with the journal's publisher, reference style, and source URL. Triggers: submit to eLife, PLOS, National Science Review, Environmental Science & Technology, Gut, Gastroenterology, Diabetes Care, ISME Journal guidelines. 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: "Various (see table)" verified: "2026-07" source: "per-journal (see table)"

Multidisciplinary & Cross-Discipline Journals — Author Guideline Skill

Verified: 2026-07 · These journals are high-priority venues (multidisciplinary or adjacent fields) that food & nutrition researchers publish in. Always confirm the current requirements at each journal's own author guide.

Applies to

Journal	Abbrev	Publisher	Ref style*	Source
eLife	ELIFE	eLife Sciences	numbered (Vancouver)	https://elifesciences.org/author-guide
PLOS Biology	PLOS BIOL	PLOS	numbered (Vancouver)	https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/s/submission-guidelines
PLOS Medicine	PLOS MED	PLOS	numbered (Vancouver)	https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/s/submission-guidelines
National Science Review	NATL SCI REV	Oxford / NSFC	numbered	https://academic.oup.com/nsr/pages/General_Instructions
The Innovation	INNOVATION	Cell Press / Youth Innov.	numbered	https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/authors
Environmental Science & Technology	ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL	ACS	ACS numbered	https://publish.acs.org/publish/author_guidelines?coden=esthag
Gut	GUT	BMJ	numbered (Vancouver)	https://gut.bmj.com/pages/authors/
Gastroenterology	GASTROENTEROLOGY	Elsevier / AGA	numbered	https://www.gastrojournal.org/authors
Diabetes Care	DIABETES CARE	American Diabetes Assoc.	numbered	https://diabetesjournals.org/care/pages/instructions-for-authors
The ISME Journal	ISME J	Oxford / ISME (Springer Nature legacy)	numbered	https://academic.oup.com/ismej/pages/general-instructions

*Best-known default; confirm at the source. Most of these use numbered (Vancouver-style) references; ES&T uses ACS style.

Common requirements

• Standard IMRaD (clinical titles may want structured abstracts + trial registration + CONSORT/STROBE; see ../../food-research/references/reporting-guidelines.md).
• Mandatory declarations: competing interests, funding, author contributions, data availability; ethics for human/animal work.
• Figures ≥300 dpi; editable tables; cite display items in order.
• Reference style: use the per-journal style in the table; if unsure, default to numbered (Vancouver) and flag for confirmation.

Formatting constraints

publisher: various (see table)
reference_style: per-journal   # mostly numbered-vancouver; ES&T = ACS
abstract: per-journal (structured for clinical titles)
data_availability: required
figure_dpi: 300
confirm_at_source: true