Get your Clinical and Translational Allergy 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 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Clinical and Translational Allergy goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Clinical and Translational Allergy 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 Clinical and Translational Allergy. 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 Clinical and Translational Allergy 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 Clinical and Translational Allergy 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 Clinical and Translational Allergy 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 | Clin Transl Allergy requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured vs unstructured and word limits vary by article type: Original Article: 250 words, structured with mandatory headings (Background including aims, Methods with species for animal models, Results with primary outcomes if space is short, Conclusion); Position Paper: 200 words, unstructured; Review Article: 200 words, unstructured; Letter: No separate abstract (conclusion paragraph sums up the Letter instead); Editorial: No abstract; Hypothesis: Abstract requirement not explicitly stated in guide; Correspondence: No abstract mentioned. |
| Main text | By article type: (1) Editorial - Strictly limited to 1,000 words. (2) Position Paper - Less than 4,500 words (not including abstracts, figure legends, and references). (3) Review Article - No word limit set; authors must provide word counts. (4) Original Article - No word limit set; authors must provide word counts. Informative subtitles should be used in subsections of results. (5) Letter - Strictly limited to maximum 900 words. (6) Hypothesis - Less than 3,000 words. (7) Correspondence - Strictly limited to less than 600 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 | Up to 5 keywords, listed in alphabetical order (applies to Position Paper, Review Article, and Original Article). Keywords not mentioned for Editorial, Letter, Hypothesis, or Correspondence |
| References | AMA style (American Medical Association Manual of Style). References numbered in order of appearance in text, identified with superscript Arabic numerals. Journal names abbreviated according to PubMed. List all authors/editors up to 6; if more than 6, list first 3 followed by 'et al.' Journal references should include issue number in parentheses after volume number |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer reviewed (also called single-anonymous). The guide states: 'Manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed.' |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/CLT2 |
Read the Clinical and Translational Allergy 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 Clinical and Translational Allergy in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Clin Transl Allergy 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 Clinical and Translational Allergy journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Clinical and Translational Allergy guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.