Science (AAAS) Figure Preparation Guide

Science (AAAS) Figure Preparation Guide

Overview

This guide provides the complete specifications for preparing figures for submission to Science journal (published by AAAS). Science has different requirements for initial vs. revised manuscript submissions and requires explicit disclosure of nonlinear image adjustments.

Official reference: https://www.science.org/content/page/instructions-preparing-initial-manuscript

Resolution Requirements

Initial Submission

Revised Manuscript (Higher Standards)

CRITICAL: Upsampling (artificially increasing resolution) is prohibited. The resolution must be native to the image.

from PIL import Image

def check_science_resolution(image_path, stage='initial'):
    """Check image resolution for Science submission.

    Args:
        image_path: Path to image file
        stage: 'initial' (150-300 DPI) or 'revised' (300+ DPI)
    """
    img = Image.open(image_path)
    dpi = img.info.get('dpi', (72, 72))