Autoimmunity Highlights Template 2026

Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 28 September, 2026

Use this Autoimmunity Highlights template to prepare your manuscript for this BioMed Central (BMC) journal before you upload it.

What is the Autoimmunity Highlights Template?

It is the writing shell for Autoimmunity Highlights: title and authors, the abstract, the body, declarations, figures, and the reference list.

What's actually in an Autoimmunity Highlights submission:

An Autoimmunity Highlights submission has a title page with authors and affiliations, an abstract of up to 350 words, keywords, the main text for your article type, declarations, the reference list in numbered style, and figures and tables.

What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:

• An abstract that breaks the rule (an abstract of up to 350 words).
• A manuscript over the length limit for its article type (No fixed word limit; organize as Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions).
• References that are not in numbered style.
• A missing declaration: ethics approval, competing interests, funding, or data availability.

Open the journal's current author guide before you upload.

About Autoimmunity Highlights

Autoimmunity Highlights is published by BioMed Central (BMC). It is listed under print ISSN 2038-0305 and online ISSN 2038-3274. Subject areas: Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine. Use the ISSN to confirm you have the right journal when several titles look alike.

What does this Autoimmunity Highlights Template include?

The sections an Autoimmunity Highlights submission is built from, in order: title page, abstract, keywords, main text, declarations, references, figures, and tables. It does not replace the journal's own checklist.

Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent

1. Click Start Writing on this page.
2. Keep the Autoimmunity Highlights section order. Add your topic and article type in the prompt.
3. Run the prompt and read the draft against the abstract and reference rules on this page.
4. Use View Outputs to confirm required statements are present.
5. Read the abstract and the title once more before you export.
6. Export and submit through the journal's own portal.

Autoimmunity Highlights Template Structure at a Glance

Autoimmunity Highlights Author Guidelines in Detail

These rules come from the Autoimmunity Highlights author instructions. Journals change limits without notice, so check the current guide before you upload.

Abstract

Unstructured, up to 350 words (BMC/SpringerOpen house style)

Word Limits and Article Types

No fixed word limit; organize as Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions.

References

SpringerOpen numbered (Vancouver-style, sequential)

Peer Review

Single-blind.

Autoimmunity Highlights Reference Style with Examples

Reference managers format Autoimmunity Highlights citations with the Springer - Basic (numeric, brackets) reference style, with numbered citations in the text. Zotero and Mendeley list it as "Autoimmunity Highlights" in the open Citation Style Language database.

In-text citation: [1] for a two-author article, [2] for a single-author book.

Reference list entries:

• Journal article: 1. Smith JA, Patel R (2021) Seasonal variation in soil microbial activity. Journal of Field Studies 12:145–159
• Book: 2. Garcia L (2019) Methods in Applied Research, 2nd ed. Academic Press, London

These examples show the pattern, not real sources. If the author guide gives a different rule for DOIs or for how many authors to list before et al., follow the guide.

Quick Tips for Using the Autoimmunity Highlights Template

• Set Zotero or Mendeley to the "Autoimmunity Highlights" style before you add the first citation.
• Write the abstract last and count it. Autoimmunity Highlights asks for an abstract of up to 350 words.
• Keep declarations with the manuscript, not in a separate note you might forget to upload.

Best Practices

Open the author guide once before you draft and once before you upload. Match a recent Autoimmunity Highlights paper for depth, headings, and figure style. Check the word limit for your article type before you write the discussion, not after.

Before You Submit: Final Check

• The abstract meets the rule (an abstract of up to 350 words).
• The word count fits your article type.
• Every reference is in numbered style, and every in-text citation has a matching entry.
• Declarations are included: ethics, competing interests, funding, and data availability.
• Figures are publication-ready and cited in order.

Then submit on the journal's portal, not from this page.