Get your Frontiers of Engineering Management 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 of Engineering Management goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Frontiers of Engineering Management 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 of Engineering Management. 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 of Engineering Management 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 of Engineering Management 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 of Engineering Management 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 | Frontiers Eng Manag requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | A concise and factual abstract of 250–300 words is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major message. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Also, abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Structure: unstructured (no mandatory headings specified). Different requirements by article type: Comments should be within 1000–1500 words total; Review articles have more flexible format and length than full articles |
| Main text | for Research Articles. Comments: should be within 1000–1500 words. Review articles: format and length are more flexible than a full article. Title: no more than 20 words in length. Running title: up to 80 characters including space |
| 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 words separated by commas |
| References | Author-Date (Alphabetical). References should be cited in the text by the author's surname and year of publication. Grouped citations should be separated by semicolons and given in chronological order: e.g., (Peterson, 1984; Jackson and Whitehead, 1991; Shuman et al., 2001; 2004). Reference section should be arranged alphabetically according to the author's surname. Journal names should be spelled out in full |
| Peer review | Double-blind. All papers go through a double blind review process before final acceptance. Critical thinking in manuscript evaluation requires that the manuscript must be reviewed by human experts in the field |
| Submission | mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fem |
Read the Frontiers of Engineering Management 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 of Engineering Management in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Frontiers Eng Manag 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 of Engineering Management journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Frontiers of Engineering Management guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).