JACC: Heart Failure Template
Get your JACC: Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 17 August, 2026
Submitting to JACC: Heart Failure goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the JACC: Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to JACC: Heart Failure. 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 JACC: Heart Failure journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a JACC Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure guide for authors before you submit.
What does this JACC: Heart Failure 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 JACC Heart Failure.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the JACC: Heart Failure 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.
JACC: Heart Failure Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | JACC Heart Failure requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Original Research Papers: Structured with headings Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions; maximum 250 words in 5 paragraphs using complete sentences. State-of-the-Art Reviews, Review Topic of the Month, and Methodology and Mechanisms Corner: Unstructured, maximum 150 words. Brief Reports, Research Letters, Digest Letters, Au Contraire, and Implementation Perspectives: Not applicable |
| Main text | Original Research Papers: Maximum 5,000 words (including text, references, and figure legends). State-of-the-Art Reviews: Maximum 7,500 words (including text, references, and figure legends). Review Topic of the Month: Maximum 3,000 words (including references, maximum 50 references, and figure legends). Leading Edge Commentary: Maximum 3,000 words. Early Career Corner: Maximum 1,000 words. Au Contraire: Maximum 1,000 words. Implementation Perspectives: Maximum 3,000 words. Brief Reports: Maximum 1,200 words. Research Letters: Maximum 1,000 words (including text, references, and figure legend). Digest Letters: Maximum 1,000 words. Letters to the Editor and Replies: Maximum 400 words. Editorial Comments: Maximum 1,500 words (including text, references, and figure legends) |
| 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 6 keywords required immediately after the abstract. Must use American spelling, avoid general or plural terms, and keywords must be different from those used in the manuscript title |
| References | AMA Manual of Style with minor modifications. References numbered consecutively using superscript numerals in text. List all authors if 6 or fewer; otherwise list first 3 followed by et al. Journal titles italicized using Index Medicus abbreviations. Correct citation format for the journal is 'J Am Coll Cardiol HF'. Do not use periods after author initials. Double-space reference list on separate pages |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer review system: authors are blinded to the identity of reviewers, and as a general rule (although there are exceptions), reviewers are blinded to each other |
| Submission | www.jaccsubmit-heartfailure.org/submit |
Quick Tips for Using the JACC: Heart Failure Template
Read the JACC: Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent JACC Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure 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 JACC: Heart Failure guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
