REVTeX [1] is pretty good. It is what is used for APS journals. The twocolumn mode is particularly compact. [1] http://journals.aps.org/revtex http://journals.

REVTeX [1] is pretty good. It is what is used for APS journals. The twocolumn mode is particularly compact. [1] http://journals.aps.org/revtex http://journals.aps.org/revtex