Instructions for Authors | International Journal of Allergy

Author guidance · International Journal of Allergy

Prepare a clear, reproducible manuscript

Use this guide to assess journal fit, organize your evidence, complete essential declarations, and assemble a review-ready submission on the immune mechanisms of allergy and hypersensitivity.

Review the checklist Check aims and scope

Four decisions before upload

Confirm fit.
Match the question and evidence to IJA’s scope.
Report completely.
Make methods, analyses, and limitations traceable.
Declare transparently.
Include ethics, funding, conflicts, and data statements.
Submit consistently.
Check that every file supports the same scientific claim.

Before you begin

Start with scope and policy. This prevents avoidable mismatches later in editorial assessment.

Your manuscript should make a specific contribution to understanding the immune mechanisms of allergy or hypersensitivity. State the research question, evidence gap, and mechanistic relevance without overstating what the study design can establish.

Select the manuscript category available in the submission system that best represents the work. If the fit is uncertain, contact the editorial office before uploading files.

Aims and scope Editorial policies Article processing charges

Manuscript structure

Organize the paper so editors and reviewers can follow the question, methods, evidence, and interpretation without reconstruction.

Title and abstract

Use a precise title. Summarize the objective, design or methods, principal results, and conclusion; keep claims proportional to the evidence.

Introduction

Define the mechanistic problem, the relevant evidence gap, and the study objective or hypothesis.

Methods

Provide enough detail to evaluate and reproduce participant selection, experimental procedures, measurements, outcomes, and statistical analysis.

Results

Report findings in a logical order, distinguish primary from secondary or exploratory analyses, and present uncertainty where relevant.

Discussion

Interpret results in relation to the study question and existing evidence. Address limitations, alternative explanations, and practical relevance.

Conclusion

Answer the stated objective directly without causal or clinical overreach.

References

Check that citations are complete, accurate, and consistent throughout the manuscript and supplementary files.

Allergy and immunology reporting

Readers must be able to understand how phenotypes, exposures, immune measures, interventions, and outcomes were defined.

Define the allergic condition, phenotype, diagnostic criteria, and relevant severity or control measures.
Describe the study population, recruitment setting, eligibility criteria, and clinically relevant comorbidities.
Identify allergens, exposures, challenge procedures, or environmental measurements with sufficient methodological detail.
Report assay platforms, sample handling, timing, quality controls, thresholds, and validation for immune or biomarker measurements.
Describe interventions, comparators, concomitant treatments, adherence, and outcome timing where applicable.
Explain statistical assumptions, missing-data handling, multiplicity, confounding, and whether analyses were prespecified or exploratory.
Keep association distinct from causation and separate mechanistic inference from demonstrated clinical benefit.
Report null or unexpected findings, study boundaries, and limitations that affect interpretation or generalizability.

Terminology matters

Use consistent names for cohorts, allergens, immune pathways, biomarkers, endpoints, and units across the abstract, main text, figures, tables, and supplementary material.

Ethics and transparency

Include the declarations relevant to the study and ensure they agree with the journal’s editorial policies.

State ethics review or oversight details for human or animal research where applicable.
Describe informed consent and privacy protections where participants or identifiable information are involved.
List funding sources and explain any sponsor role in study design, analysis, interpretation, or reporting.
Disclose relevant financial and non-financial competing interests for all authors.
Provide an authorship and contribution statement that reflects the work performed.
Include a data and materials availability statement with access conditions or justified limitations.
Confirm that figures and reported results represent the underlying data without misleading alteration.
Identify related or overlapping manuscripts and provide necessary context to the editorial office.

Submission package

Complete, internally consistent files allow the editorial team to evaluate the work as submitted.

Main manuscript

Include the complete text, references, and all required declarations in a clearly structured file.

Title page

Provide author names, affiliations, corresponding-author contact details, and contribution information.

Figures and tables

Use readable labels, defined units, complete legends, and references that match the main text.

Supplementary material

Label additional methods, protocols, data, or analyses clearly and cite each item from the manuscript.

Cover letter

Summarize the research question, principal contribution, scope fit, and any information the editor should know.

Final consistency check

Align the title, abstract, results, figures, conclusion, declarations, and submission-form metadata.

Charges and language support

Review the current article processing charge information before submission. Authors who need editorial language support can also review the journal’s language editing service information.

When revising

Make the response traceable so each editorial and reviewer point can be evaluated against the revised manuscript.

Respond to every point in a structured letter. Quote or summarize each comment, explain the action taken, and identify the exact location of the change. Where you do not make a requested change, give a concise scientific rationale.

Recheck the abstract, figures, tables, conclusions, supplementary files, and declarations after revision so they remain consistent with the updated manuscript.

Ready to submit?

Complete the checklist, verify current journal policies and charges, then choose the submission route appropriate for your manuscript.

Questions about scope or preparation? Contact [email protected].

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International Journal of Allergy – Instructions For Author