Format your manuscript to the Electronics Letters requirements — abstract, references, and required declarations — and submit without a formatting rejection.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 26 August, 2026
Submitting to Electronics Letters goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Electronics Letters 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 Electronics Letters. 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 Electronics Letters 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 Electronics Letters 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 Electronics Letters 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 | Electronics Letters requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract. The guide does not state a word limit for the abstract. Clinical-trial manuscripts should quote the trial registration number at the end of the abstract |
| Main text | Letter: 2,500–4,200 words of main text; references are not included in the word count, and each figure/table equates to 800 words. Submissions must be up to six columns in length, excluding references and acknowledgements. The main body is formatted as: introduction, materials & methods, results, discussion, conclusion. Commentary is also an article type, but the guide does not state a main-text limit or section order for it |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Up to seven keywords |
| References | Chicago reference style |
| Peer review | Single-anonymized peer review; the Associate Editor engages at least two anonymous reviewers (unless otherwise stated) |
| Submission | mc.manuscriptcentral.com/theiet-el |
Read the Electronics Letters 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 Electronics Letters in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Electronics Letters 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 Electronics Letters journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Electronics Letters guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).