The documentation implies that the system is great for scientific papers. However I do not at the moment see how the manuscript will be supplied to the journal. They usually accept Latex.
What is the current path? And what is the outlook?
Many thanks.
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Hello @PetK,
Submissions format depend on the editing guidelines. Usually, either .docx documents or .tex are accepted. If you do not see the Typst format being outright rejected, then I’d suggest to ask.
For publications such as theses, it should be relatively easy to get it accepted, see Paris-Saclay PhD thesis template (they probably don’t even ask for the source).
You can also read the thread at Which scientific journals are accepting Typst files as article submission at current date?.
For a more detailed answer, most journal use specialised tooling (eg Open Journal System, Elsevier EM, etc.) to manage submissions. If the Typst community wants to increase their chances of getting a Typst source document accepted, then we should target these support platforms for adoption first.
tl;dr: adoption is zero, because Typst is unknown. However, if you ask, you might have a chance at getting your submission in.
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In the community call on 2025-03-06T23:00:00Z there was a bit of insight into this. The call notes were shared on Discord and the relevant part reads
Are we collaborating with journals, websites, or other institutions?
We are currently starting to work with a publisher in Scandinavia, which will be an interesting case study. However, we think that journal adoption needs to start bottom-up and is a longer process.
So there is movement here, but it’s still going to take a while before Typst becomes more accepted in a space with quite a bit of inertia.
My own note on this topic: I think it’s valuable to ask publishers whether there’s ways to accept Typst papers (or other publications) to indicate there is demand, but I’d make sure to not appear unreasonable. I’m sure publishing is more complex than it appears from an author’s point of view, so I would focus on presenting the “there is demand from authors” rather than the “Typst will solve your problems” angle.
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This is a major issue for me as well. I cannot seriously advocate for our department to adopt Typst as a scientific publishing platform until it becomes more widely accepted by journals.
Personally I hope it does displace latex. I have been a fan of latex for over a decade, but there’s no denying that it is now creaking under the weight of its archaic design. I really see a bright future for Typst in this regard.
I think in the short term if Typst at least officially starts supporting export to latex that would go a long way towards helping adoption until journals start catching up. .
I don’t think this is the way to go. Developing a LaTeX converter is as much work, if not more, than what Typst is doing. There is a Typst pandoc R/W, so you can convert to LaTeX basic documents. See this answer