Get your Interdisciplinary Medicine 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Interdisciplinary Medicine 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine. 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine 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 | Interdisciplinary Med requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract, maximum 250 words. Should be written in present tense and impersonal style (avoiding 'we'). No references should be cited in the abstract. Abbreviations must be defined when first used. Same requirements apply across all primary research and review articles |
| Main text | Research Article: No strict word limit; 3000-5000 words recommended (excluding references, tables and figures). Review: No strict word limit; 6000-8000 words recommended (excluding references, tables and figures). Perspective: No strict word limit; 3000-5000 words recommended (excluding references, tables and figures). Short Communication: 2000 words (excluding references, tables and figures) |
| 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 to 7 keywords required. No specific format (MeSH or otherwise) specified |
| References | Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style (numbered consecutively as superscripts). For initial submission under Free Format submission, references may be in any style or format as long as consistent throughout the manuscript; the typesetter will format to journal style at production stage |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer review. The journal explicitly states: 'manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed.' |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/INMD |
Read the Interdisciplinary Medicine 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Interdisciplinary Med 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Interdisciplinary Medicine guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.