Get your Endocrine Pathology 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 Endocrine Pathology goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Endocrine Pathology 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 Endocrine Pathology. 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 Endocrine Pathology 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 Endocrine Pathology 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 Endocrine Pathology 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 | Endocrine Pathol requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. For Original Articles: unstructured abstract required. For Images in Endocrine Pathology: No abstract is required. For Clinical Trials: The trial registration number (TRN) and date of registration should be included as the last line of the manuscript abstract |
| Main text | Original Article: In general research articles should be about 3,500 words and have 50 references (word count doesn't include the abstract, references and figure legends). Review articles: will not contain more than 4,500 words (excluding abstract, legends and references) with the number of references not exceeding 75. Images in Endocrine Pathology: The whole submission should be no more than 750 words with up to 3-5 pertinent references. Correspondence: maximum length of 1,000 words and 5-10 pertinent references. Case Report: must not exceed 1,500 words with 3-4 illustrations and 1 table. Letters: maximum length of four printed pages including figures and references (one printed page equals approximately one and three-quarters page of manuscript) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes. Mandatory for all article types |
| References | Numbered reference style (Vancouver-style). Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively. Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal's name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations |
| Peer review | Single-anonymous (also referred to as single-blind). Research content published in this journal is peer reviewed (single-anonymous) |
| Submission | submission.nature.com/new-submission/12022/3 |
Read the Endocrine Pathology 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 Endocrine Pathology in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Endocrine Pathol 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 Endocrine Pathology journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Endocrine Pathology guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.