Format your manuscript to the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics requirements — abstract, Vancouver (numbered) references, and required declarations — and submit through the Karger submission system without a formatting rejection.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 19 August, 2026
Most manuscripts sent to Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics don’t stumble on the science — they stumble on formatting caught at the first editorial check. This template is built around Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics’s actual requirements — its abstract rules, Vancouver (numbered) references, and the required declarations — so your submission clears screening on the first pass. Everything below tracks the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics author guidelines; check it directly if anything looks out of date by the time you submit.
It’s a manuscript shell set up to Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics’s specifications for psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is published by Karger. The shell covers the title page, the abstract, a body in Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) order, and a reference list in Vancouver (numbered) style.
Start with the title page (authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs). The abstract is a structured or unstructured abstract within the journal's limit. The body follows Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD), and the reference list uses Vancouver (numbered). Close with the declarations block: ethics approval, conflict of interest, funding, and data availability.
The details that trip up most first submissions: an abstract outside the stated word limit, references not in the journal's required format, and missing declarations (ethics, competing interests, funding). Beyond that, match your article type’s specific limits rather than assuming the defaults apply, keep Vancouver (numbered) formatting consistent from the first draft, and submit only through the Karger submission system — email submissions aren’t processed.
The shell mirrors what Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics’s editorial staff check first: abstract format and length, Vancouver (numbered) reference formatting, and a complete declarations block. For the journal’s full aims and scope, see the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics journal home page. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics offers an open-access option; check the current article-processing charge and any waiver before you commit. Manuscripts go in through the Karger submission system, which also tracks your paper through peer review.
| Element | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | a structured or unstructured abstract within the journal's limit |
| Main text | Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval, conflict of interest, funding, and data availability |
| Figures / tables | Captioned, cited in order; check format and resolution rules in the guide |
| Supplemental | Large datasets, extra tables, code — uploaded separately and cited in text |
| Submission | the Karger submission system |
Read the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics author guidelines once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after your results are stable so it matches the paper. Set Vancouver (numbered) as your reference style before adding a single citation — retrofitting it later is where errors creep in.
Skim two or three recent Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics papers to calibrate depth, structure, and figure style. State your contribution in the first two paragraphs, not on page ten. Write a data-availability statement that names a real repository rather than a placeholder, and disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in your cover letter. Confirm current open-access pricing and any institutional agreement before committing to a fee.
Do one focused pass against the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics author guidelines: scope fit, abstract format, length, Vancouver (numbered) references, required declarations, and figure quality. Re-check the items that most often cause a bounce here — an abstract outside the stated word limit, references not in the journal's required format, and missing declarations (ethics, competing interests, funding). Then submit through the Karger submission system.