Get your Ear and Hearing 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 Ear and Hearing goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Ear and Hearing 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 Ear and Hearing. 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 Ear and Hearing 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 Ear and Hearing 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 Ear and Hearing 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 Editorial Manager.
| Element | Ear Hearing requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required with four headings: Objectives, Design, Results, Conclusions. No specific word limit stated in accessible official guidelines, though observed research articles typically have abstracts ranging from approximately 250-470 words |
| Main text | - No explicit word limits or page limits for main text found in accessible official author guidelines |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Keywords are required. Observed research articles typically include 5-7 keywords. No specific count range or mandatory requirement found in accessible official author guidelines |
| References | APA style (author-date format). In-text citations use name and year in parentheses: one author (Harrison 2010), two authors (Chatterjee & Callaway 2003), three or more (Donaldson et al. 2018). Bibliography lists authors by last name and initials with year in parentheses. For journal articles with 4+ authors, use 'et al.' after the third author. Journal names in italics |
| Peer review | in accessible official guidelines. The journal uses external peer review (average of 2.0 review rounds with 3.0 review reports), but the specific blinding/anonymization policy (single-blind, double-blind, open, etc.) is not explicitly stated in publicly available author instructions |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/eandh/ |
Read the Ear and Hearing 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 Ear and Hearing in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Ear Hearing 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 Ear and Hearing journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Ear and Hearing guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.