This template for research papers builds on Elsevier's elsarticle class, so it works for journal submissions, and uses the numbered elsarticle-num bibliography style. The first page shows a title, an author with affiliation and an abstract. The files include a bibliography, a custom style file, and my-acronyms.sty for acronyms. The project is designed so a paper repository can be released automatically and have its bibliography checked.
Shared under the Apache License 2.0. All credit to MatteoMagnini; the licence comes with the project's files.