Get your Endocrine Reviews 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 Reviews goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Endocrine Reviews 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 Reviews. 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 Reviews 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 Reviews 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 Reviews 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 | Endocrine Rev requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Review Articles do not require traditional abstracts. Instead, they require 'Essential Points': three to seven bulleted points providing the main takeaway messages, with each point being a single sentence. No word limit specified for these points. Traditional abstract requirements are not stated in the author guidelines for Review Articles |
| Main text | Review Articles: 6,000 to 25,000 words, typically citing 50 to 400 references. Commentaries: up to 1,000 words. Letters to the Editor: maximum 500 words. Letters to the Editor Responses: no greater length than the original letter |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | - The official author guidelines do not mention keywords requirements |
| References | Numbered style (Vancouver-like format).: Author(s). Title. Journal abbreviation. Year;volume(issue):pages. Must include all authors and titles. 'In press' manuscripts can be cited if they have a DOI and journal name. Unpublished observations, personal communications, submitted manuscripts, in preparation, and preprints should not be included in the reference list but may be cited in text |
| Peer review | single-anonymized (single-blind peer review) |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/edrv |
Read the Endocrine Reviews 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 Reviews in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Endocrine Rev 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 Reviews journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Endocrine Reviews guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.