Get your ECS Sensors Plus 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 ECS Sensors Plus goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the ECS Sensors Plus 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 ECS Sensors Plus. 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 ECS Sensors Plus 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 ECS Sensors Plus 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 ECS Sensors Plus 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 ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
| Element | ECS Sensors Plus requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract. Research, Review, Methods, and CRES3T articles: maximum 200 words. Communication, Perspective, and Method Paper articles: maximum 100 words. The abstract must be informative and accessible, stating methodology used, main results obtained, and conclusions drawn. It must be complete in itself with no undefined acronyms/abbreviations and no references to table numbers, figure numbers, references, or equations |
| Main text | Research articles: No specific word limit stated. Communication articles: maximum 2,500 words excluding references, with 1-4 single-column-width figure parts. Perspective articles: maximum 4,000 words excluding references, with up to 3 figures/tables permitted (each figure/table counts as 250 words). Review articles: No specific limit stated. Methods articles: same formatting as Research papers, no specific limit stated |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Minimum 3 keywords required. Selected during the submission process from a populated keyword list in the submission system or authors can select their own keywords. are not included in the manuscript file itself; they are part of the submission metadata |
| References | Numbered in order of appearance in the text. Use CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) abbreviations for journal names. Format example: E. P. Able and A. T. Baker, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 4, A101 (2001). Reference numbers are superscripted in text. EndNote style file available for download |
| Peer review | Single-anonymous peer review (also called single-blind). Reviewers know the identity of the authors, but authors do not know the identity of reviewers |
| Submission | mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ecssp-ecs |
Read the ECS Sensors Plus 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 ECS Sensors Plus in under a page.
Skim two or three recent ECS Sensors Plus 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 ECS Sensors Plus journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the ECS Sensors Plus guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).