Get your Blood Cancer Journal 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 Blood Cancer Journal goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Blood Cancer Journal 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 Blood Cancer Journal. 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 Blood Cancer 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 Blood Cancer Journal 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 Blood Cancer Journal 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 the journal's submission system.
| Element | Blood Cancer J requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured: Articles max 200 words, Review Articles max 300 words, Current Treatment Algorithm max 200 words; Correspondence and Editorials: no abstract required |
| Main text | Article: max 4,500 words; Review Article: max 5,000 words; Current Treatment Algorithm: max 3,000 words; Correspondence: max 1,500 words; Editorials: max 1,200 words (all excluding abstract, tables/figures, and references) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 1-4 unique subject terms selected from the journal's subject ontology |
| References | Vancouver (numbered) |
| Peer review | Single-blind (referees are not identified to authors except at referee's request) |
| Submission | mts-bcj.nature.com/cgi-bin/main.plex |
Read the Blood Cancer Journal 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 Blood Cancer Journal in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Blood Cancer J 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 Blood Cancer Journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Blood Cancer Journal guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.