Get your Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 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 10 August, 2026
Submitting to Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 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 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. 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 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 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 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 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 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 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 | Dialogues Clin Neurosci requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Research Article: Structured abstract of 250 words covering (in order): 'Introduction', 'Methods', 'Results' and 'Conclusions'. Brief Report: Structured abstract of 250 words covering (in order): 'Introduction', 'Methods', 'Results' and 'Conclusions'. Review/State of the Art: Unstructured abstract of 250 words |
| Main text | Research Article: No more than 3500 words (inclusive of footnotes and endnotes, excluding abstract). Brief Report: No more than 1500 words (inclusive of abstract, footnotes and endnotes). Review/State of the Art: No more than 5000 words (inclusive of footnotes and endnotes, excluding abstract). Section order for all types: title page; abstract; keywords; main text (introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion); acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); tables with captions; figures; figure 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 | Between 3 and 6 keywords for all article types (Research Article, Brief Report, and Review/State of the Art) |
| References | CSE style (Council of Science Editors) will be applied post-acceptance by Taylor & Francis. At initial submission, references can be in any style or format so long as a consistent scholarly citation format is applied |
| Peer review | Single anonymous peer review (also referred to as single-blind) by two independent, anonymous experts |
| Submission | rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=tdcn |
Read the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 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 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Dialogues Clin Neurosci 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 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.