Climatic Change Template
Get your Climatic Change 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 Climatic Change Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Climatic Change goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Climatic Change 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 Climatic Change Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Climatic Change. 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 Climatic Change journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Clim Change 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 Climatic Change 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 Climatic Change guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Climatic Change 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 Editorial Manager.
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 Clim Change.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Climatic Change 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 Editorial Manager.
Climatic Change Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Clim Change requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Normally 150-250 words. For some articles (particularly systematic reviews and original research articles), abstract length can be increased to up to 450 words if the topic dictates. Unstructured format (no mandatory headings specified). Must not contain undefined abbreviations or unspecified references |
| Main text | General Papers: up to 10,000 words inclusive of all text, references, figures and tables (figures/tables counted as 300 words each beginning with the fourth). Commentaries on published papers, Essays, and Book Reviews: limited to approximately 3,000 words (six published pages). Letters: approximately 3,500 words including abstract, main text, references, tables, figures, and captions |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 4 to 6 keywords required for indexing purposes. No specification of MeSH or editor-assigned keywords |
| References | Author-date system (similar to Harvard/Springer Basic). References cited in text by name and year in parentheses (e.g., Thompson 1990). Reference list alphabetized by last names of first author. Examples: journal articles include all authors, year, title, journal, volume:pages |
| Peer review | Double-blind peer review. Authors must anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Both authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other throughout peer review |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/clim |
Quick Tips for Using the Climatic Change Template
Read the Climatic Change 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 Climatic Change in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Clim Change 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 Climatic Change 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 Climatic Change guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.
