Environment and Health Template
Get your Environment and Health 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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How to Use the Environment and Health Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Environment and Health goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Environment and Health 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.
What is the Environment and Health Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Environment and Health. 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 Environment and Health journal page before you draft.
What's actually in an Environ Health submission:
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 Environment and Health guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
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 Environment and Health guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Environment and Health Template include?
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.
Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The SciSpace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for Environ Health.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Environment and Health guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the journal's submission system.
Environment and Health Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Environ Health requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract required for Articles, Reviews, Perspectives, and Policy Analysis papers. Should not generally exceed 200 words. No mandatory headings specified. Must be accompanied by an Abstract (TOC) graphic |
| Main text | Research Article: flexible length typically up to 7,000 word-equivalents. Review: flexible length typically up to 10,000 word-equivalents. Perspective: flexible length approximately 2,000 to 4,000 word-equivalents. Policy Analysis: flexible length typically up to 7,000 word-equivalents. Viewpoint: flexible length approximately 1,000 to 1,500 word-equivalents. Correspondence/Rebuttal: 1,000 word-equivalents each including citations |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 5–8 keywords required for Articles, Reviews, Perspectives, and Policy Analysis papers. Authors are encouraged to include significant keywords that do not appear in the title to expand discoverability |
| References | ACS style: numbered references with superscript Arabic numerals in text. References must include article titles and journal abbreviations following Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI). Authors should consult the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication for citation formatting. Example format: Author(s). Title. Journal Abbreviation Year, Volume, Pages |
| Peer review | Single anonymous peer review (also called single-blind: authors do not know the identity of reviewers, but reviewers know the identity of authors). Optional transparent peer review available where anonymous reviews and author responses are published as supporting information alongside the article |
| Submission | publish.acs.org/submit |
Quick Tips for Using the Environment and Health Template
Read the Environment and Health 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 Environment and Health in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Environ Health 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 Environment and Health journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Environment and Health guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
