Draft for Procedia CIRP with the abstract rules, body order, and reference style the editors check before peer review.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 26 August, 2026
Submitting to Procedia CIRP goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Procedia CIRP 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 Procedia CIRP. 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 Procedia CIRP 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 Procedia CIRP 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 Procedia CIRP 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 | Procedia CIRP requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | A concise and factual abstract is required and must not exceed 250 words. It should briefly state the purpose of the research, principal results and major conclusions. The guide does not specify a structured-abstract format or headings by article type; it also says abstracts should stand alone, avoid references (unless essential, in which case cite author(s) and year(s)), and avoid non-standard or uncommon abbreviations |
| Main text | No overall main-text word or page limit is stated. Short Communications should not exceed 5,000 words, with 15 references; simple illustrations may include no more than 5 figures and 1 table. For article structure, the guide says to divide the manuscript into clearly defined sections covering all essential elements using headings; it does not prescribe a section order by article type. Acknowledgements, when included, must appear in a separate section directly before the reference list |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 1 to 7 keywords are required for indexing. Keywords must be in English; the guide asks authors to avoid keywords consisting of multiple words using ‘and’ or ‘of’, and recommends using abbreviations only when firmly established in the field. MeSH is not specified |
| References | (the guide gives reference-format and web/data/preprint requirements, but does not name a citation style such as Vancouver, APA, Harvard, or author-date) |
| Peer review | Single-anonymized review process. Submissions are initially assessed by editors and, if suitable, typically sent to a minimum of two reviewers for independent expert assessment |
| Submission | submit.elsevier.com/PROCIR |
Read the Procedia CIRP 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 Procedia CIRP in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Procedia CIRP 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 Procedia CIRP journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Procedia CIRP guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.