Get your Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 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 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 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 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 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 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 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 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 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 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 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 the journal's submission system.
| Element | Frontiers Integrative Neurosci requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | The abstract should be no longer than a single paragraph and should be structured, for example, according to the IMRAD format. For the specific structure of the abstract, authors should follow the requirements of the article type to which they're submitting. Minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references, figures or tables. The guide does not set an explicit word limit for the abstract, stating only that it should be 'no longer than a single paragraph.' |
| Main text | Word count limits vary by article type: Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Hypothesis and Theory, Clinical Trial, and Technology and Code articles have a maximum of 12,000 words. Mini Review, Perspective, Data Report, and Case Report have a maximum of 3,000 words. Brief Research Report has a maximum of 4,000 words. Opinion has a maximum of 2,000 words. General Commentary has a maximum of 1,000 words. Editorial has a word count of 1,000 for Topics with 5-10 articles, increasing up to a maximum of 5,000 words for 50 articles or more. The manuscript length includes only the main body of the text, footnotes, and all citations within it, and excludes the abstract, section titles, figure and table captions, funding statement, acknowledgments, and 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 | All article types require a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of eight (8) keywords. Authors should pick 5-8 keywords using a mix of generic and more specific terms on the article subject(s) |
| References | Harvard (author-date) style. References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses. References should include the full last name and first name initials of the first six authors, followed by et al. and the year of publication in brackets. The reference list is arranged in alphabetical order |
| Peer review | Single-blind/single-anonymous review model. Reviewers can see the authors' names, but authors do not know the reviewers' identities during the review process. The names of handling editors and reviewers are published on the final articles once an article is published |
| Submission | www.frontiersin.org/submission/submit?domainid=1&fieldid=55&specialtyid=571&entitytype=1&entityid=6 |
Read the Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 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 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Frontiers Integrative Neurosci 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 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.