Genes and Immunity Template
Get your Genes and Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 13 August, 2026
Submitting to Genes and Immunity goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Genes and Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Genes and Immunity. 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 Genes and Immunity journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Genes Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Genes and Immunity 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 Genes Immunity.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Genes and Immunity 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.
Genes and Immunity Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Genes Immunity requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract, maximum 200 words for Article and Brief Communication; maximum 300 words for Review Article; maximum 150 words for Brief Communication (per PDF guide). The abstract is designed to summarize the essential features of the paper in a logical and concise sequence |
| Main text | Article: Main body of text (excluding abstract, tables/figures, and references) not to exceed 4,000 words; Max 8 tables or figures; Max 80 references. Brief Communication: Main body of text (excluding tables/figures, and references) not to exceed 1,500 words; Max 2 tables or figures; Max 20 references. Review Article: Main body of text (excluding abstract, tables/figures, and references) not to exceed 5,000 words; Liberal use of tables/figures encouraged; Max 100 references. Correspondence: Main body of text (excluding tables/figures, and references) not to exceed 1,500 words; Max 2 tables or figures; Max 15 references; No abstract required |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Not requested. The journal explicitly states: 'As with all Springer Nature titles, Genes and Immunity does not collect keywords. that are provided to us will not be published. If a term is important in the discoverability of the paper, it should be in the title or abstract of the paper.' Authors are instead asked to select 1-4 subject terms from the journal's subject ontology upon submission for discoverability purposes |
| References | Vancouver style. References appear as numbers in the text starting at one, listed in numerical order at the end. Where a reference appears next to a number in text (e.g., equation, chemical formula, biological acronym), citations should be written as (ref. X). All authors listed for papers with up to 6 authors; for more than 6 authors, first six listed followed by et al. Abbreviations for journal titles follow Index Medicus |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymous). The guide states: 'By policy, referees are not identified to the authors, except at the request of the referee' and 'Unless otherwise declared as a part of open peer review, the peer review process is confidential and conducted anonymously.' Genes & Immunity does not offer a double-anonymized peer review option (not listed among Nature Portfolio journals offering this option) |
| Submission | mts-gene.nature.com/cgi-bin/main.plex |
Quick Tips for Using the Genes and Immunity Template
Read the Genes and Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Genes Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity 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 Genes and Immunity guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
