Get your Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 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 (invitation-only).
| Element | Infect Dis Clinics North America requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Synopsis (abstract) of approximately one paragraph required. The synopsis provides a brief overview and summary of the main points discussed in the article. The synopsis is published with the table of contents and is used by indexing services such as PubMed as the abstract for the article. No specific word limit is stated in the official Clinics guidelines, though the guideline indicates it should be brief and summary-focused |
| Main text | Page limits or word counts are provided to authors with the initial welcome email from the Guest Editor and Publishing Editor but are not publicly stated in the general Clinics guidelines. Articles should focus on the most current methods, techniques, evidence, and controversies in clinical practice. Visual information in the form of figures, summary boxes, and tables is particularly encouraged |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 4-8 keywords required. Keywords should address the diagnosis, treatment, and patient characteristics as applicable to direct and optimize search results |
| References | Index Medicus format (Vancouver style). References should be double-spaced, numbered sequentially in order of appearance in text (not alphabetically). Use Index Medicus abbreviations for indexed journals; if not indexed, use full journal name. If more than 3 authors, cite first three and add 'et al' |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer review by commissioned Guest Editor(s). Articles are commissioned by the Clinics issue Guest Editor(s), who are subject matter experts in the field, and the Guest Editor reviews the content for accuracy when the manuscript is submitted. This process is recognized as proper peer review by indexing services including Scopus and Clarivate. The series Consulting Editor or Editor-in-Chief, a key opinion leader in the field, oversees topic and editor selection |
| Submission | Invitation-only / commissioned; details provided to invited authors |
Read the Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Infect Dis Clinics North America 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 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Infectious Disease Clinics of North America guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal (invitation-only).