Get your Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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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Tamara Szentiványi
Sara L. Gandy
Hyacinthe K. Toé
T. Chouin‐Carneiro
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 26 August, 2026
Submitting to Medical and Veterinary Entomology goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 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 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 | Medical and Veterinary Entomology requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Not specified in the official author guidelines |
| Main text | Original Articles: no more than 6000 words in the body, excluding abstract, references, tables, figure legends and supplementary information. Short Communications: no more than 3000 body words on the same exclusions; they do not need the formal structure of full papers but must provide sufficient methods and data for comprehension, and may have no more than two tables or figures in total. Reviews: no more than 6000 words excluding abstract, references, tables, figure legends and supplementary information. Commentaries: generally under 1500 words. Before submission, the manuscript should contain all required sections including abstract, introduction, methods, results and conclusions; figures and tables should have 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 | Not specified in the official author guidelines |
| References | References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Reviews have no reference limit, but only the most pertinent references should be cited |
| Peer review | Single anonymized (identity transparency); reviewer interacts with Editor; no review information is published |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/MVE |
Read the Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 Medical and Veterinary Entomology in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 Medical and Veterinary Entomology journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Medical and Veterinary Entomology guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.