Format your manuscript to the Waste and Biomass Valorization requirements — abstract, references, and required declarations — and submit without a formatting rejection.
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Igor de Oliveira Paiva
Benson Dulo
Giulia Ischia
Paul T. Williams
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 26 August, 2026
Submitting to Waste and Biomass Valorization goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization. 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Editorial Manager.
| Element | Waste and Biomass Valorization requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract, 150 to 250 words. It must be divided into: Purpose (stating the main purposes and research question), Methods, Results, and Conclusion. For life science journals only, when applicable, include trial registration number and date of registration for prospectively registered trials, or trial registration number and date of registration followed by "retrospectively registered" for retrospectively registered trials |
| Main text | Short communication: recommended around 3,000 to 5,000 words, including an abstract of no more than 200 words, divided into numbered sections; the stated length excludes the title, affiliations, and references. Research article/original research article: recommended 8,000 to 10,000 words, including an abstract of no more than 200 words, divided into numbered sections; the stated length excludes the title, affiliations, and references. Review article: recommended 10,000 or more words, including an abstract of no more than 200 words, divided into numbered sections; the stated length excludes the title, affiliations, and references. Reviews should be formatted as a Research Paper and contain a list of contents immediately after the abstract |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Provide 4 to 6 keywords for indexing purposes. No MeSH requirement is stated |
| References | Reference citations in the text must be identified by numbers in square brackets (examples include [3], [5], and [1-3, 7]). Reference-list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication; personal communications and unpublished works should be mentioned only in the text. Include DOIs as full DOI links when available |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed; blind model not specified in the official author guidelines |
| Submission | www.editorialmanager.com/wave |
Read the Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Waste and Biomass Valorization guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through Editorial Manager.