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JATS File Format

Journal Article Tag Suite category

JATS is the NLM XML tag suite for scholarly journal articles — PubMed Central's entire archive is stored in JATS. Publishers submit in it and the tag set defines how research text is structured.

Typical use: Convert JATS articles to DOCX for co-author review or to Markdown for preprint servers.

About the JATS format

JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite) is the XML standard the National Library of Medicine created for scholarly articles — PubMed Central, the biggest open repository of life-science papers, stores every article in JATS. Elements mark meaning: <abstract>, <kwd-group>, <ref-list>, <table-wrap>.

Publishers and preprint servers hand authors JATS XML, which is unreadable without tooling. Converting JATS to DOCX gives co-authors a track-changes-ready manuscript; converting to Markdown feeds it straight into static-site and preprint workflows.

Strengths

  • ✓ The interchange standard of scholarly publishing
  • ✓ Rich semantic structure (citations, figures, keywords)

Limitations

  • ✗ Verbose XML — unreadable without tooling
  • ✗ Journal-specific tag variants cause drift
Structure
Semantic XML elements
Compatibility
PubMed Central, publishing pipelines
Best for
Journal articles, preprints

Convert JATS to…

11 direct directions plus 26 workflows, sorted A–Z; 🔥 marks popular targets.

JATS to DOCM JATS to DOCX Hot JATS to DOTM JATS to DOTX JATS to HTM Hot JATS to HTML Hot JATS to Markdown JATS to MD Hot JATS to MHT JATS to TXT Hot JATS to XHTML

Cross-engine workflows

JATS to ADOC JATS to AsciiDoc JATS to BZ2 JATS to DBK JATS to DocBook JATS to GZ JATS to LaTeX JATS to LaTeX JATS to Man page JATS to MediaWiki JATS to Ms JATS to ODT JATS to OPML JATS to Org JATS to PDF JATS to POTM JATS to POTX JATS to PPSX JATS to PPTM JATS to PPTX JATS to Reveal.js JATS to RST JATS to RTF JATS to Textile JATS to Typst JATS to XZ

Frequently asked questions

What is a JATS file?

JATS is the NLM XML tag suite for scholarly journal articles — PubMed Central's entire archive is stored in JATS. Publishers submit in it and the tag set defines how research text is structured.

How do I convert JATS files online?

Pick a target format from the "Convert JATS to…" list below, drop your file and hit convert. Everything runs in your browser — no install, no upload, no watermark, no limits.

Is it safe to convert JATS files here?

Yes. Every conversion is performed by your own device inside the browser — files never leave for a server, and the page keeps working even offline.

Which formats can JATS convert to?

This page lists all 37 directions across documents, images, audio, video, spreadsheets and archives — each one is its own free converter page.