Philosophical Problems in Science (zfn)
ZFN's own zfn class with the journal's sample article: title page, abstract, sections, a figure and biblatex Chicago-style references.
- Category
- Journal
- Document class
zfn(zfn.cls) — ships with TeX Live- Workflow
- Journal manuscript — submissions and revision rounds
- Author
- Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce), Copernicus Center Press
- Source
- Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce), Copernicus Center Press
- Licence
- zfn.cls: LaTeX Project Public License. The sample text is Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce), Copernicus Center Press's, provided for authors preparing a submission.
These are the publisher’s own files. This project starts from Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce), Copernicus Center Press’s package for this publication — their manuscript, their zfn.cls, their bibliography style — so what compiles here is what they would have given you.
Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce), Copernicus Center Press serves this exact file to Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce). Check Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce), Copernicus Center Press’s author pages for the current instructions.
What you get
ZFN_transparent.pdf· 293 KBsample-article.tex— the file that is compiled · 9 KBsample-bibliography.bib· 1 KBsample-image.pdf· 36 KBzfn.cls· 40 KB
These become your files. Editing them afterwards changes your project and nothing else — a project owns its files from the moment it is made.
Journals using this template
Source
ZFN_transparent.pdf — binary, 293 KB
sample-article.tex — the file that is compiled · 9 KB
\documentclass[%
manuscript=article, % Use a - if you need a space e.g., review-essay
year=2026,
volume=0,
doi=10.59203/zfn.00.000,
% recvd=November 18, 2024,
% revd=January 30, 2025,
% accptd=2025-02-11,
]{zfn}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[nopatch]{microtype}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\title{Your paper}
\author{F. Author}
\affiliation{First Division, Organization, City, Pincode, State, Country}
\email[F. Author]{[email protected]}
\author{S. Author}
\affiliation{Second Division, Organization, City, Pincode, State, Country}
% \alsoaffiliation{Joint first authors}
\author{T. Author}
\affiliation{Second Division, Organization, City, Pincode, State, Country}
\author{F.T. Author}
\affiliation{Fourth Division, Organization, City, Pincode, State, Country}
\addbibresource{sample-bibliography.bib}
\keywords{keyword entry 1, keyword entry 2, keyword entry 3} %% First letter not capped
\begin{document}
\begin{abstract}
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\end{abstract}
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\section{Insert A head here}
This demo file is intended to serve as a ``starter file''. It is for preparing manuscript submission only, not for preparing camera-ready versions of manuscripts. Manuscripts will be typeset for publication by the journal, after they have been accepted.
By default, this template uses \texttt{biblatex} and adopts the Chicago referencing style. If you are using this template on Overleaf, Overleaf's build tool will automatically run \texttt{pdflatex} and \texttt{biber}. If you are compiling this template on your own local \LaTeX{} installation, please execute the following commands:
\begin{enumerate}
\item \verb|pdflatex sample|
\item \verb|biber sample|
\item \verb|pdflatex sample|
\item \verb|pdflatex sample|
\end{enumerate}
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\subsection{Insert B head here}
Subsection text here. Various citation commands should work. \textcite{Urbanczyk2025} Lorem ipsum \autocite{Urbanczyk2026} dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore \parencite{Urbanczyk2014} et dolore magna aliqua.
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\subsubsection{Insert C head here}
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\section{Equations}
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%%% Numbered equation
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}\label{eq:first}
\frac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial t} = Au(t,x) \left(1-\frac{u(t,x)}{K}\right)
-B\frac{u(t-\tau,x) w(t,x)}{1+Eu(t-\tau,x)},\\
\frac{\partial w(t,x)}{\partial t} =\delta \frac{\partial^2w(t,x)}{\partial x^2}-Cw(t,x)
+D\frac{u(t-\tau,x)w(t,x)}{1+Eu(t-\tau,x)},
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
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\begin{align}\label{eq:another}
\begin{split}
\frac{dU}{dt} &=\alpha U(t)(\gamma -U(t))-\frac{U(t-\tau)W(t)}{1+U(t-\tau)},\\
\frac{dW}{dt} &=-W(t)+\beta\frac{U(t-\tau)W(t)}{1+U(t-\tau)}.
\end{split}
\end{align}
%%%% Unnumbered equation
\begin{align*}
&\frac{\partial(F_1,F_2)}{\partial(c,\omega)}_{(c_0,\omega_0)} = \left|
\begin{array}{ll}
\frac{\partial F_1}{\partial c} &\frac{\partial F_1}{\partial \omega} \\\noalign{\vskip3pt}
\frac{\partial F_2}{\partial c}&\frac{\partial F_2}{\partial \omega}
\end{array}\right|_{(c_0,\omega_0)}\\
&\quad=-4c_0q\omega_0 -4c_0\omega_0p^2 =-4c_0\omega_0(q+p^2)>0.
\end{align*}
\section{Figures \& Tables}
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%See Figure~\ref{fig_wide} for a double-column figure; this is always at the top of a following page.
\begin{figure}[hbt!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{sample-image.pdf}
\caption{Insert figure caption here}
\label{fig_sim}
\end{figure}
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\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{sample-image.pdf}
\caption{Insert figure caption here}
\label{fig_wide}
\end{figure*}
See example table in Table~\ref{table_example}.
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\begin{table}[hbt!]
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{An Example of a Table}
\label{table_example}
\begin{tabular}{llll}
\toprule
\headrow Column head 1 & Column head 2 & Column head 3 & Column head 4\\
\midrule
One\tnote{a} & Two&three three &four\\
\midrule
Three & Four&three three\tnote{b} &four\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\begin{tablenotes}[hang]
\item[]Table note
\item[a]First note
\item[b]Another table note
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\section{Conclusion}
The conclusion text goes here.
\begin{acknowledgement}
Insert the Acknowledgment text here.
\end{acknowledgement}
\paragraph{Funding Statement}
This research was supported by grants from the <funder-name> <doi> (<award ID>); <funder-name> <doi> (<award ID>).
\paragraph{Competing Interests}
A statement about any financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations that could be perceived to impact the presentation of the work --- or `None' if none exist.
%\endnote in some journals will behave like \footnote; and \printendnotes will not output anything.
\printendnotes
\printbibliography
%\appendix
\end{document}sample-bibliography.bib · 1 KB
@article{Urbanczyk2014,
author = {Urbańczyk, Piotr},
title = {The origin of intuitionistic propositional calculus and {Glivenko’s} {Theorem}},
journal = {Philosophical Problems in Science (ZFN)},
volume = {56},
pages = {33--56},
year = {2014},
doi = {10.59203/zfn.56.26}
}
@incollection{Urbanczyk2025,
author = {Urbańczyk, Piotr and Urbańczyk, Aleksandra and Król, Magdalena and Rutkowski, Leszek and Kisiel-Dorohinicki, Marek},
title = {Sequential, Parallel and Consecutive Hybrid Evolutionary-Swarm Optimization Metaheuristics},
booktitle = {Computational {Science} – {ICCS} 2025 {Workshops}},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {15907},
pages = {203--218},
year = {2025},
publisher = {Springer, Cham},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-97554-7_15},
}
@book{Urbanczyk2026,
author = {Urbańczyk, Piotr},
title = {{Logic} and the {Unknowability} of {God}: {Paradoxes} of {Apophaticism}},
year = {2026},
address = {New York -- London},
publisher = {Bloomsbury Academic},
}
@book{BrozekJakubiecUrbanczyk2021,
editor = {Brożek, Bartosz and Jakubiec, Marek and Urbańczyk, Piotr},
title = {Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity},
publisher = {Copernicus Center Press},
year = {2021}
}
sample-image.pdf — binary, 36 KB
zfn.cls · 40 KB
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