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I am using REVTeX 4.1 but it doesn't seem to be 'in effect'. One thing I noticed is that captions are not justified and the font is not smaller as it should be. Here's a MWE:

\documentclass[reprint,aps,prl,twocolumn ,groupedaddress,nobibnotes]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\captionsetup[figure]{labelfont=bf,justification=justified,singlelinecheck=off,}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{circuits.png}
\caption{This is a long sentence to test whether the caption is justified
 or not. Unfortunately it is not.}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
student1
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    If using revtex for a journal submission you should let it handle captions, not redefine the caption handling with caption package. – David Carlisle Feb 08 '15 at 22:49
  • I removed the caption package and the captions are still not justified... – student1 Feb 08 '15 at 23:18
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    I know, but each revtex using journal specifies the caption formatting it needs, if you are submitting to one of those, don't change it, if not, why use revtex? Journal class files are not intended to be customisable, they are designed to enforce a journal style. – David Carlisle Feb 08 '15 at 23:55
  • From looking at all papers published in that journal, I know that they want the caption to be in smaller font and justified. I am using that journal in my document class options, still it is not working. – student1 Feb 09 '15 at 00:25
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    Journals do not always use the same style for publication as submission, same advice applies in any case, there is no point using a publisher specified style template then changing the style. – David Carlisle Feb 09 '15 at 01:27
  • @DavidCarlisle REVTeX does a pretty good job with many complex things like two columns etc. It is also suitable for submission to other journals (i.e. Nature Communications) which do not provide a style (as they will completely revamp formatting as you say). A use case is that one might like to customize the way the preprint looks for arXiv submission, etc. – mforbes Jun 20 '19 at 17:45
  • @mforbes naturally, especially the original version, check the Original version comment at the top of the .cls file:-) – David Carlisle Jun 20 '19 at 17:59

2 Answers2

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Indeed the behavior you've described is the default in revtex4-1.

This isn't "in effect", as you said, just because you're loading the caption package, which is incompatible with that class.

So, don't load either caption nor subcaption and you will have your captions in a \small font and justified.

MWE

\documentclass[reprint,aps,prl,twocolumn ,groupedaddress,nobibnotes]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{circuits.png}
\caption{This is a long sentence to test whether the caption is justified
 or not. Unfortunately it is not.}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Output

enter image description here

EDIT (in response to the OP's comment)

minipages are not incompatible with revtex4-1.

Here's an example of how to have two images side by side, in one column and in two columns mode.

\documentclass[reprint,aps,prl,twocolumn ,groupedaddress,nobibnotes]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth}
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{circuits.png}
\caption{This is a long sentence to test whether the caption is justified
 or not. Unfortunately it is not.}
\end{minipage}\hfill%
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth}
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{circuits.png}
\caption{Another figure.}
\end{minipage}%
\end{figure}

\begin{figure*}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth}
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{circuits.png}
\caption{This is a long sentence to test whether the caption is justified
 or not. Unfortunately it is not.}
\end{minipage}\hfill%
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth}
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{circuits.png}
\caption{Another figure.}
\end{minipage}%
\end{figure*}
\end{document}

Output (two images in the same column)

enter image description here

Output (two images spanning two columns)

enter image description here

karlkoeller
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I had a similar problem as OP: centered captions in the wrong font size. The problem was my use of the package subfig. The solution is to add the following option: 

\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}

See Caption automatically centered in a REVTeX document.

Avi
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