Infancy Template
Get your Infancy 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 Infancy Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 17 August, 2026
Submitting to Infancy goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Infancy 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 Infancy Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Infancy. 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 Infancy journal page before you draft.
What's actually in an Infancy 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 Infancy 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 Infancy guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Infancy 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 Infancy.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Infancy 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.
Infancy Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Infancy requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract required as part of manuscript structure (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion format). No specific word limit stated in the author guidelines. Total word counts for manuscript types are inclusive of title, abstract, and references: Research Articles up to 10,000 words; Brief Reports up to 3,000 words; Reviews and Meta-analyses up to 10,000 words |
| Main text | Research Articles: up to 10,000 words (inclusive of title, abstract, and references). Brief Reports: up to 3,000 words (inclusive of title, abstract, and references). Reviews and Meta-analyses: up to 10,000 words (inclusive of title, abstract, and references). Required section order for empirical articles: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion. Participant section must include sample size justification (preferably power analysis) and demographic information (age, sex/gender, community of descent, socioeconomic status, location) |
| 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 specified in the official author guidelines |
| References | APA (American Psychological Association) Publication Manual format (most recent edition) for both in-text citations and reference list. Statistical effect sizes should be reported as recommended in the APA Publication Manual |
| Peer review | Double anonymous peer review (also called double-blind peer review). Authors must prepare an anonymized version of the manuscript for review, removing information about university/institution, IRB approval location, testing location, author affiliations, and identifying references to previous publications |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/INFA |
Quick Tips for Using the Infancy Template
Read the Infancy 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 Infancy in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Infancy 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 Infancy 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 Infancy guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
