Get your Immunological Reviews 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 17 August, 2026
Submitting to Immunological Reviews goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Immunological Reviews 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 Immunological Reviews. 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 Immunological Reviews 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 Immunological Reviews 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 Immunological Reviews 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 | Immunological Rev requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | 200-word summary of the article. The guide states: 'Please provide a summary of no more than 200 words containing the major keywords.' The summary should be unstructured (no specific headings mentioned). This applies to the Invited Review article type |
| Main text | 10,000-14,000 words (approximately 45 double-spaced manuscript pages) for Invited Reviews. The guide states under manuscript categories: 'Word limit: The articles should be 10000-14000 words (approximately 45 double spaced manuscript pages.' |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3-6 keywords. The guide states: 'Please provide 3-6 keywords.' |
| References | AMA (American Medical Association) reference style. The guide states: 'All references should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and followed by those references that appear in the figure legends and tables. In text citations should cite references in consecutive order using Arabic superscript numerals. For more information about AMA reference style please see the AMA Manual of Style.' References are numbered consecutively, with first three author names retained with 'et al.' if there are more than 6 authors |
| Peer review | - The official author guidelines state that 'manuscripts are reviewed by the Guest Editor' and 'If papers submitted include the Guest Editor as co-author the Editor-in-Chief will review the paper,' but do not specify whether the peer review model is single-blind, double-blind, or another format. No separate peer review policy page was found on the journal's official site stating the anonymization model |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/IMR |
Read the Immunological Reviews 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 Immunological Reviews in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Immunological Rev 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 Immunological Reviews journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Immunological Reviews guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.