Diabetes Care Template
Get your Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 10 August, 2026
Submitting to Diabetes Care goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Diabetes Care. 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 Diabetes Care journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Diabetes Care 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 ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
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 Diabetes Care.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Diabetes Care 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 ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
Diabetes Care Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Diabetes Care requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required. For Original Articles: 250 words maximum with four mandatory sections: Objective (purpose or hypothesis of study), Research Design and Methods (basic design, setting, number of participants and selection criteria, treatment or intervention, and methods of assessment), Results (significant data found), and Conclusions (validity, limitations, and clinical applicability of the study and its results). For Brief Reports: 150 words maximum, structured with short introduction and four concise sections (Research Design and Methods, Results, Conclusions, and References). For Reviews: PRISMA-structured abstract, 250 words maximum, including Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Registration. For Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: PRISMA-structured abstract, 250 words maximum with five sections: Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Registration |
| Main text | Original Articles: 4,000 words maximum (excluding tables, table legends, figure legends, title page, acknowledgments, and references). Brief Reports: 1,500 words maximum (excluding the 150-word abstract; tables, figures, legends, title page, acknowledgments, and references not included in word count). Reviews: 5,000 words maximum (excluding tables, table legends, figure legends, title page, acknowledgments, and references). Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: 4,000 words maximum (excluding tables, table legends, figure legends, title page, acknowledgments, and references). Letters: 500 words maximum for comments and responses, 750 words maximum for Observations (excluding maximum 5 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 | Not requested. Keywords are not mentioned in the official Instructions for Authors for any article type |
| References | Numbered in chronological order (Vancouver/AMA style). References should be numbered in the order cited in the text and listed at the end of the paper after main text and acknowledgments. Reference numbers appear in parentheses in text (e.g., 'In the studies by Norton et al. (1,2)...'). All authors must be listed by first initials and last name with inclusive page numbers. Journal titles abbreviated according to National Library of Medicine's List of Journals Indexed for Medline. Format follows 'References for ADA Publications' guidelines. Original Articles: maximum 40 references. Brief Reports: maximum 20 references. Reviews: maximum 100 references. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: maximum 40 references. Letters: maximum 5 references |
| Peer review | Single-blinded. Authors are blinded to the identities of the editors and reviewers responsible for the independent peer review of their manuscripts, but reviewers and editors are not blinded to author identities |
| Submission | mc.manuscriptcentral.com/diabetescare |
Quick Tips for Using the Diabetes Care Template
Read the Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care 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 Diabetes Care guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
