Get your Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 7 August, 2026
Submitting to Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 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 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 editorial office.
| Element | Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | The abstract should provide a brief but comprehensive and self-contained description of the book and its results. Avoid using direct references to the bibliography like '[5]' since the abstract may appear independently from the rest of the book. For referencing works, use 'Petrunin (1998)' or, if specifying the exact source is necessary, 'Petrunin [Geom. Funct. Anal. 8 (1998), 123–148]'. Inline formulas can be used, but displayed formulas should be avoided. No word limit is specified |
| Main text | Organize sections for the chosen article type; no single overall word limit is stated in the accessible guide |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Not specified in the official author guidelines |
| References | Items in the bibliography should be ordered alphabetically using numerical labels. Follow the preferred style for books, articles (in journals and books), preprints, reports, and theses as shown in the template. Abbreviate titles of journals and book series as in zbMath Open or Mathematical Reviews. A bst file is provided for authors who use BIBTEX |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymous) peer review process conducted by external reviewers selected by the editorial board |
| Submission | Email: cmh@epfl.ch |
Read the Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 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 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's editorial office.