Get your Energy and Environmental Materials 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 Energy and Environmental Materials goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Energy and Environmental Materials 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 Energy and Environmental Materials. 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 Energy and Environmental Materials 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 Energy and Environmental Materials 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 Energy and Environmental Materials 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 | Energy Environ Mater requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract, maximum 260 words for Research Articles and Reviews. The abstract should state the main problem, methods, results, and conclusions and must be factual and comprehensive. By article type: - Research Article: Within 260 words - Review: Within 260 words - Editorial: Not required - Highlight: Not required - Commentary: Not required - Profile: Not required |
| Main text | Word limits by article type: - Research Article: No strict word limit, but recommended within 5,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures - Review: No strict word limit, but recommended within 8,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures - Editorial: 1,000 words maximum - Highlight: 1,500 words maximum excluding references, tables and figures - Commentary: 1,500 words maximum including abstract but excluding references - Profile: 1,200 words maximum Manuscript structure order: (i) title, (ii) authors' names, (iii) affiliations, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) abstract and keywords, (vi) main text, (vii) references, (viii) tables, (ix) figure legends, (x) appendices |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3-6 keywords required for Research Articles, Reviews, Highlights, and Commentaries. Not required for Editorials and Profiles |
| References | Numbered consecutively in order of appearance. In-text citations should be superscript numbers in square brackets. Format follows Wiley Materials Science Journals House Style. Examples: [1] S. Matosevic, B. M. Paegel, Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 958. [2] R. McWeeny, Coulson's Valence, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979 |
| Peer review | Single anonymized (single-blind). The journal uses NISO Working Group on Peer Review Terminology with 'Identity transparency: Single anonymized', meaning reviewers know author identities but authors do not know reviewer identities |
| Submission | mc.manuscriptcentral.com/eem |
Read the Energy and Environmental Materials 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 Energy and Environmental Materials in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Energy Environ Mater 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 Energy and Environmental Materials journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Energy and Environmental Materials guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).