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Templates, guides, policies, datasets and course materials. Free to download; a few of the deeper ones ask you to sign in first.
Templates
Manuscript, poster and presentation files, ready to edit.
CF360 Submission Template
The form every magazine submission comes in on. Company header and footer on every page, the submission details table, the figure specification, the four declarations and a checklist — with instructions to email it to hello@conceptfusion360.com when it is filled in.
Sign in to downloadManuscript template
A research article laid out end to end — abstract through declarations — with the reproducibility checklist and the figure specification built in. Prompts are in grey; replace the bracketed text.
Sample file Sign in to downloadPresentation template, 16:9
Nine slides covering every layout a research talk needs: title, agenda, two-column, process flow, a live editable chart, comparison, emphasis, summary and close.
Sample file Sign in to buyConference poster template, A0 portrait
Set up at full size (841 × 1189 mm) so it prints at 100%. Three columns with a reading path, figure boxes already positioned, and nothing on it smaller than 22 pt.
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A correctly sized 2:1 canvas with a four-stage flow ready to relabel, plus a reference slide listing the four common journal abstract shapes and their export pixel sizes.
Sample file Sign in to buyCover letter and response to reviewers
Two letters editors read closely and most authors write badly. The structure is the part worth keeping — especially the three-line pattern for answering a comment you disagree with.
Sample file Sign in to downloadData management plan
The seven questions every funder asks, in one place, with prompts instead of blank sections and a pre-submission checklist at the end.
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Written walkthroughs, checklists and reference sheets.
Figure preparation checklist
Eight stages from the claim to the export, in the order that stops you redoing work. Includes the resolution and colour requirements for journals, posters, slides and the web.
Sign in to downloadHow this site is put together
The operations note: which plugin does what, where each page's words come from, where to put a new issue or download, what is finished and what is a sample, and how to reverse any of it.
Sign in to downloadCF360 brand guide
Cardinal Red, Poppins, the logo rules, the layout grid and the accessibility floor everything on this site is held to — including why the brand red is #CF2E2E and not the red in the original logo file.
Sign in to downloadPolicies
Editorial, ethics and publishing policy documents.
Editorial policy and scope
What the magazine publishes, the five standing sections, how commissioning decisions are made, response times we hold ourselves to, and how corrections work.
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The review model section by section, conflicts of interest, authorship, image integrity, the disclosure rules for generative tools, and the correction and retraction ladder.
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How to pitch, what each section needs and at what length, the figure specification, what happens after you deliver, and the rights you keep.
Sign in to downloadPrivacy policy (draft)
Draft pending legal review. Written to describe how this site actually works — what is collected, which cookies are set, how long things are kept — so a lawyer has something concrete to correct.
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Draft pending legal review. Covers accounts, the magazine, the free tools, template licensing and the terms that govern commissioned work.
Sample file Sign in to downloadDatasets
Example data used in Academy courses and magazine features.
Example dataset — nanoparticle sizing
780 particle measurements across four synthesis conditions, measured by both DLS and TEM, with a deliberate method bias and a replicate structure built in. Synthetic, fixed seed.
Sample file Sign in to downloadExample dataset — XRD patterns
Five synthetic powder diffraction patterns on a shared 2θ axis, with peaks at the published reflections for anatase, rutile, ZnO, ceria and magnetite.
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Column-by-column description of both datasets, what each one is designed to teach, and the questions the Academy modules ask of them.
Sample fileNot available yetWorked analysis script
Runs against the sizing dataset and answers all four workbook questions, with the two mistakes most people make marked in the comments. Produces the figure as well.
Sample fileNot available yetCourseware
Workbooks, slide decks and exercise files from the Academy.
Statistics for Researchers — Module 1 workbook
Four exercises against the example dataset, with worked answers: what counts as n, choosing a paired test, reading a confounded design, and writing a caption that survives review.
Sample file Sign in to downloadSample magazine issue — Volume 1, Issue 01
A complete 13-page issue with all five standing sections, produced as the layout specification for the magazine and as a test document for the reader. Every word in it is placeholder.
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