Cell Death and Disease Template
Get your Cell Death and Disease 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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How to Use the Cell Death and Disease Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Cell Death and Disease goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Cell Death and Disease 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.
What is the Cell Death and Disease Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Cell Death and Disease. 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 Cell Death and Disease journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Cell Death Disease submission:
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 Cell Death and Disease guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
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 Cell Death and Disease guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Cell Death and Disease Template include?
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.
Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The SciSpace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for Cell Death Disease.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Cell Death and Disease guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the journal's submission system.
Cell Death and Disease Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Cell Death Disease requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract, max. 300 words for Original Articles, Review Articles, and Perspectives. No abstract required for Editorials, Comments, and Meeting Reports. All abstracts must be unstructured (no mandatory headings) and must summarize the essential features of the paper in a logical and concise sequence |
| Main text | Article: main body of text (excluding abstract, tables/figures, and references) not to exceed 3,500 words; max. 6-8 tables or figures; max. 80 references. Review Article: main body not to exceed 5,000 words; minimum of 4 tables or figures; max. 150 references. Perspective: main body not to exceed 2,500 words; max. 2 tables or figures; max. 100 references. Editorial: main body not to exceed 1,200 words; max. 1 table or figure; max. 15 references. Comment: main body not to exceed 1,200 words; max. 1 table; max. 15 references. Meeting Report: main body not to exceed 1,200 words; max. 1 table or figure; no 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 | At least 1 and up to 4 unique subject terms required, selected from the publisher's subject ontology during the submission process. These are not traditional author-supplied keywords but standardized subject terms chosen from a provided ontology |
| References | Vancouver format. References should appear as numbers starting at one in the text and be listed double-spaced in numerical order at the end. All authors should be listed for papers with up to six authors; for papers with more than six authors, list the first six followed by et al. Abbreviations for journal titles should conform to Index Medicus. First and last page numbers must be provided for each reference |
| Peer review | Single-blind/single-anonymous. The journal uses a confidential and anonymous peer review process where reviewers are anonymous by default and authors' identities are known to reviewers. Specifically stated as "Identity transparency: Single anonymized; Reviewer interacts with: Associate Editor; Review information published: None." Reviewers are asked not to identify themselves to authors without the editor's knowledge |
| Submission | mts-cddis.nature.com/cgi-bin/main.plex |
Quick Tips for Using the Cell Death and Disease Template
Read the Cell Death and Disease 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 Cell Death and Disease in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Cell Death Disease 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 Cell Death and Disease journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Cell Death and Disease guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
