Drug Safety Template
Get your Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 10 August, 2026
Submitting to Drug Safety goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Drug Safety. 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 Drug Safety journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Drug Safety 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.
Drug Safety Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Drug Safety requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | For narrative reviews: unstructured (no headings), 150-250 words. For original research articles: structured following reporting guidelines (CONSORT for randomized controlled trials, PRISMA for systematic reviews with or without meta-analysis, STROBE for observational studies), 150-250 words. Note: For some articles (particularly systematic reviews and original research articles), the abstract length can be increased from 250 words to up to 450 words if the topic dictates and to allow full compliance with relevant reporting guidelines |
| Main text | Word count limits by article type (excluding abstract, references, figure legends, table captions): Review Article up to 8000 words; Current Opinion approximately up to 3000 words; Leading Article up to 4000 words; Benefit-Risk Assessment up to 8000 words; Systematic Review up to 10,000 words; Original Research Article up to 6000 words (plus any Electronic Supplementary Material); Letter to the Editor up to 1000 words; Editorial/Commentary up to 1500 words. There is no limit on the number of tables, figures or 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 | A list of keywords is not required |
| References | Numbered citation style (Vancouver-like). Citations in text identified by numbers in square brackets. References listed numerically and consecutively in order of citation. Format: Author(s). Article title. Journal abbreviation (using ISSN LTWA standard abbreviations). Year;volume:pages. DOIs should be included as full DOI links when available |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymous): Peer reviewer identities are kept confidential, but author identities are known to the reviewers |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/drsa |
Quick Tips for Using the Drug Safety Template
Read the Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety 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 Drug Safety guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.
