Ethnicity and Disease Template
Get your Ethnicity and Disease 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 Ethnicity and Disease Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Ethnicity and Disease goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Ethnicity and Disease 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 Ethnicity and Disease Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Ethnicity and Disease. 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 Ethnicity and Disease journal page before you draft.
What's actually in an Ethnicity Dis 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 Ethnicity and Disease 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 Ethnicity and Disease guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Ethnicity and Disease 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 Ethnicity Dis.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Ethnicity and Disease 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.
Ethnicity and Disease Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Ethnicity Dis requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required, no more than 250 words. Structured abstracts will often include the following headings: Objective(s); Design; Setting; Patients or Participants; Methods; Main Outcome Measures; Results; Conclusions |
| Main text | Original Reports: up to 3,500 words for narrative alone (excludes title page, abstract, references); Commentaries: up to 2,500 words for narrative alone; Systematic Review: up to 5,000 words for narrative alone; Perspectives: up to 1,200 words for narrative alone; Brief Report: 2,500 words; Letters to the Editor: maximum 400 words |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Up to 6 keywords or short phrases required to assist indexers in cross-indexing the article |
| References | American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style, latest edition, based on Uniform Requirements style. References identified in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript font, outside of punctuation marks including periods and commas |
| Peer review | Double-blind/double-blinded. The journal uses a double-blinded review system so that authors do not know who has reviewed their work, and reviewers' identities are not released to authors or to other reviewers |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/ethndis |
Quick Tips for Using the Ethnicity and Disease Template
Read the Ethnicity and Disease 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 Ethnicity and Disease in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Ethnicity Dis 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 Ethnicity and Disease 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 Ethnicity and Disease guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.
