Health Equity Template
Get your Health Equity 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 Health Equity Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 13 August, 2026
Submitting to Health Equity goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Health Equity 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 Health Equity Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Health Equity. 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 Health Equity journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Health Equity 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 Health Equity 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 Health Equity guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Health Equity 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 ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
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 Health Equity.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Health Equity 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 ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
Health Equity Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Health Equity requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract requirements vary by article type: Original Articles: no more than 250 words, use the same headings as in the body of the manuscript; Review Articles: no more than 400 words, structured; Narrative Review: no more than 300 words, structured; Short Reports: no more than 100 words, structured; Perspectives: no more than 100 words, unstructured; Book Reviews, Editorials, Letters to the Editor: No abstract required. For Clinical Trials: trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract |
| Main text | Word limits by article type (excluding abstract, disclosure statements, author contribution statements, funding information, acknowledgments, tables, figure legends, or references): Original Articles: 3,000 words; Review Articles: 4,000 words; Narrative Review: 4,000 words; Short Reports: 1,500 words; Perspectives: 1,500 words; Editorials: 1,000 words; Letters to the Editor: 500 words; Book Reviews: 900 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 | Minimum of 4 keywords, listed after the abstract. Keywords should be as specific as possible to the research topic |
| References | Sage Vancouver reference style. Every in-text citation must have a corresponding citation in the reference list and vice versa |
| Peer review | Single-anonymized (single-blind). The reviewer's name is always concealed from the submitting author |
| Submission | mc.manuscriptcentral.com/heq |
Quick Tips for Using the Health Equity Template
Read the Health Equity 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 Health Equity in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Health Equity 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 Health Equity 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 Health Equity guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
