Get your Insights into Imaging 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 Insights into Imaging goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Insights into Imaging 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 Insights into Imaging. 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 Insights into Imaging 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 Insights into Imaging 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 Insights into Imaging 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 Editorial Manager.
| Element | Insights into Imaging requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Original Article: Structured abstract mandatory, max. 250 words with headings Objectives – Materials & Methods – Results – Conclusion. Critical Review: Unstructured abstract mandatory, max. 250 words. Educational Review: Unstructured abstract mandatory, max. 250 words summarizing main issues. Guideline: Unstructured abstract mandatory, max. 250 words including topic/problem, scope/target group, highlights/changes, benefits/limitations, implementation guidance. Statement: Abstract mandatory, max. 250 words. Letter to the Editor: Abstract not allowed |
| Main text | Original Article: max. 3,000 words (main text excluding references and legends). Critical Review: max. 4,000 words. Educational Review: max. 5,000 words. Guideline: max. 5,000 words. Statement: max. 3,000 words. Letter to the Editor: max. 1,000 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 | Original Article, Critical Review, Educational Review, Statement: 1-5 keywords mandatory. Guideline: 5 MeSH keywords mandatory. Letter to the Editor: Keywords not allowed |
| References | Springer Basic (SPBASIC) - numbered citation style. In-text citations use sequential numbers in square brackets [1], 2], [1–4]. Reference list is numbered sequentially. Journal abbreviations follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE. No limit on number of references for most article types; max. 10 references for Letter to the Editor |
| Peer review | Single-anonymous (single-blind): Reviewers are aware of author names and affiliations, but reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. Confirmed as of January 2023 per official peer review policy |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/insi/default2.aspx |
Read the Insights into Imaging 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 Insights into Imaging in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Insights into Imaging 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 Insights into Imaging journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Insights into Imaging guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.