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eLife Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for eLife in one click — DocuGuru applies the official eLife template with numbered references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the eLife format

eLife is a peer-reviewed journal published by eLife, covering Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research. Over its lifetime it has published 30,892 papers, which have received 1,113,654 citations.

PublishereLife
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. eLife. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inNeural dynamics and brain function Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research RNA Research and Splicing RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
ISSN2050-084X
Citation impact (2-yr)1.68
h-index322
i10-index14,507
Article processing charge$2,500
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereHoward Hughes Medical Institute
Journal websiteelifesciences.org
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Papers published in eLife per year

665
2014
994
2015
1.2K
2016
1.5K
2017
1.4K
2018
1.7K
2019
2.1K
2020
2.2K
2021
2K
2022
2.8K
2023
6.5K
2024
5.3K
2025

Citation impact of eLife by publication year

81.4K
2014
115.2K
2015
125.7K
2016
128.6K
2017
121.9K
2018
118.4K
2019
129.1K
2020
102.7K
2021
65.9K
2022
43.3K
2023
17.5K
2024
4.4K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in eLife

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng, Benjamin Elsworth et al. · 30 May 2018

Results from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) can be used to infer causal relationships between phenotypes, using a strategy known as 2-sample Mendelian randomization (2SMR) and bypassing the need for individual-level data. However, 2SMR methods are evolving rapidly and GWAS results are often insufficiently curated, undermining efficient implementation of the approach. We therefore developed MR-Base (<ext-link…

8,514 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Predicting effective microRNA target sites in mammalian mRNAs

Vikram Agarwal, George W. Bell, Jin‐Wu Nam et al. · 12 Aug 2015

MicroRNA targets are often recognized through pairing between the miRNA seed region and complementary sites within target mRNAs, but not all of these canonical sites are equally effective, and both computational and in vivo UV-crosslinking approaches suggest that many mRNAs are targeted through non-canonical interactions. Here, we show that recently reported non-canonical sites do not…

7,709 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3

Jasenko Zivanov, Takanori Nakane, Björn Forsberg et al. · 9 Nov 2018

Here, we describe the third major release of RELION. CPU-based vector acceleration has been added in addition to GPU support, which provides flexibility in use of resources and avoids memory limitations. Reference-free autopicking with Laplacian-of-Gaussian filtering and execution of jobs from python allows non-interactive processing during acquisition, including 2D-classification, de novo model generation and 3D-classification.…

5,501 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Human Cell Atlas

Aviv Regev, Sarah A Teichmann, Eric S Lander et al. · 5 Dec 2017

The recent advent of methods for high-throughput single-cell molecular profiling has catalyzed a growing sense in the scientific community that the time is ripe to complete the 150-year-old effort to identify all cell types in the human body. The Human Cell Atlas Project is an international collaborative effort that aims to define all human cell…

2,381 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Integrating taxonomic, functional, and strain-level profiling of diverse microbial communities with bioBakery 3

Francesco Beghini, Lauren J. McIver, Aitor Blanco‐Míguez et al. · 4 May 2021

Culture-independent analyses of microbial communities have progressed dramatically in the last decade, particularly due to advances in methods for biological profiling via shotgun metagenomics. Opportunities for improvement continue to accelerate, with greater access to multi-omics, microbial reference genomes, and strain-level diversity. To leverage these, we present bioBakery 3, a set of integrated, improved methods for…

2,325 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

eLife template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the eLife format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the eLife template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official eLife format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does eLife use?
eLife uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. eLife. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to eLife?
No. DocuGuru generates the elife LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a eLife-ready eLife document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the eLife template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the eLife format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is eLife?
eLife. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by eLife.
Can I export a submission-ready eLife PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official eLife template (the elife class) that is ready to submit to eLife, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the eLife template cost?
You can start writing in the eLife template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready eLife PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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