eScience Template
Get your eScience 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 eScience Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to eScience goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the eScience 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 eScience Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to eScience. 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 eScience journal page before you draft.
What's actually in an eScience 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 eScience 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 eScience guide for authors before you submit.
What does this eScience 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 Editorial Manager.
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 eScience.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the eScience 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 Editorial Manager.
eScience Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | eScience requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | For Articles: unstructured, no more than 150 words, unreferenced, must contain a brief account of the background and rationale of the work, followed by a statement of the main conclusions introduced by the phrase 'Here we show' or some equivalent. For other article types (Communication, Review, Perspective): a concise and factual abstract is required but no specific word limit or structure is stated in the guide |
| Main text | Articles: no more than 8 display items (figures and tables), introduction up to 500 words of referenced text, up to 50 references (excluding those cited exclusively in methods); no overall main text word limit stated. Communication: no more than 4 display items; no word limit stated. Review: no more than 10 display items (figures, tables or boxes), up to 120 references; no word limit stated. Perspective: no more than 4 display items, up to 50 references; no word limit stated. News & Views: should not normally exceed 1,000 words, up to 5 references |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible |
| References | Numbered reference style (Vancouver-like format). References are numbered in square brackets [1], [2], etc. in the order they appear in text. Format: Author(s), Title, Journal abbreviation, Volume (Year) Pages |
| Peer review | Single blind review process (also called single-anonymous review). All contributions are sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/ESCI |
Quick Tips for Using the eScience Template
Read the eScience 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 eScience in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent eScience 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 eScience 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 eScience guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.
