Get your Industrial Marketing 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 17 August, 2026
Submitting to Industrial Marketing Management goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Industrial Marketing 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 Industrial Marketing 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 Industrial Marketing 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 Industrial Marketing 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 Industrial Marketing 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 the journal's submission system.
| Element | Industrial Mark Manag requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract required, not exceeding 250 words. The abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research, principal results, and major conclusions. Abstracts must be able to stand alone. Avoid references (if essential, cite author(s) and year(s)). Avoid non-standard or uncommon abbreviations (if essential, define them at first mention) |
| Main text | - The guide does not specify word limits, page limits, or length restrictions for the main text of manuscripts. The guide only specifies article structure requirements (clearly defined and numbered sections with subsections numbered 1.1, 1.1.2, etc.) but does not set overall length limits by article type |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 1 to 7 keywords required for indexing purposes. Keywords should be written in English. Authors should try to avoid keywords consisting of multiple words (using 'and' or 'of'). Abbreviations in keywords should only be used if they are firmly established in the field |
| References | Numbered reference style. References can be in any style or format at initial submission as long as the style is consistent. After acceptance, at proof stage, the journal reference style will be applied. References are indicated by numbers within square brackets in the text, numbered in the order they appear. Journal names should be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations (LTWA). Examples provided show numbered format with author names, year, title, journal abbreviation, volume, pages, and DOI |
| Peer review | Double anonymized review process (also called double-blind). Author identities are concealed from reviewers and vice versa. Submissions are initially assessed by editors for suitability, then typically sent to a minimum of two reviewers for independent expert assessment of scientific quality |
| Submission | submit.elsevier.com/IMMGT |
Read the Industrial Marketing 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 Industrial Marketing Management in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Industrial Mark 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 Industrial Marketing Management journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Industrial Marketing Management guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.