Get your Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 30 July, 2026
Submitting to Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through Editorial Manager.
| Element | Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Archival Reports: 250 words, structured (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions); Reviews: 250 words, unstructured; Techniques and Methods: 150 words, unstructured; Correspondence: not permitted; Commentaries and Editorials: not permitted |
| Main text | Archival Reports: 4000 words; Priority Communications: 4000 words; Reviews: 4000 words; Techniques and Methods: 3000 words; Correspondence: 1000 words; Commentaries and Editorials: 1500 words |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 6 |
| References | Numbered (listed by order of appearance in text, following NLM Catalog journal abbreviations) |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymized peer review) |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/bpsc |
Read the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.