Categories of Articles

Research Articles

Original studies offering broad impact across the entire discipline of cancer immunology including basic, pre-clinical, translational, and clinical investigations. The reports should be well-documented, novel, and significant to the field as a whole. The Editor-in-Chief and members of the senior editorial board reserve the right to edit the title and/or abstract for articles that are accepted to improve their clarity, brevity, and quality.

• 250-word abstract
• 5,000 words of text
• 7 tables and/or figures (Please keep the number of panels per figure to an absolute minimum)
• 50 references

Priority Briefs

Short, definitive reports of findings of high impact, significance, and timeliness. These reports receive an accelerated review. Papers submitted as Priority Briefs should include a section for Materials and Methods as well as Results and Discussion (Results and Discussion may be combined but Materials and Methods may not be combined with any other section). The Editor-in-Chief and members of the senior editorial board reserve the right to edit the title and/or abstract for articles that are accepted to improve their clarity, brevity, and quality.

• 200-word abstract
• 2,500 words of text
• 4 tables and/or figures (Please keep the number of panels per figure to an absolute minimum)
• 25 references

Cancer Immunology Miniatures

Miniatures may report on early clinical data or discovery-based preclinical and clinical studies that are not sufficiently developed for publication as Research Articles but have the potential to make a significant impact in research areas and clinical investigation and care. These may include well-analyzed, provocative clinical case reports.

• 200-word abstract
• 2,500 words of text
• 4 tables and/or figures (Please keep the number of panels per figure to an absolute minimum)
• 25 references

Review Articles (By Invitation Only)

Articles that review a timely subject important to those working in the field of cancer immunology. The length restrictions for this category of publication are provided below. Longer reviews will be considered at the discretion of the Editors.

• 200-word abstract
• 2,000 words of text
• 1 original figure with a maximum of 4 panels
• 30 references

Cancer Immunology at the Crossroads (By Invitation Only)

Perspectives that highlight the intersection of cancer immunology with other areas of cancer research and allied disciplines.

• 250-word abstract
• 2,500 words of text
• 1 original figure with a maximum of 4 panels (figure to be redrawn)
• 30 references

Masters of Immunology (By Invitation Only)

Primers on specific aspects of basic immunology that are of great relevance to cancer immunology. These short pieces by leading scientists are targeted to cancer researchers and physicians whose primary activities have not focused on immunology.

• 250-word abstract
• 2,500 words of text
• 1 original figure with a maximum of 4 panels (figure to be redrawn)
• 30 references

Letters to the Editor

Original correspondence comprised of scholarly commentary on subjects of importance and interest to the cancer immunology community, Letters to the Editor must relate to recently published Cancer Immunology Research articles. At the editors’ discretion, the Letter may be sent to various pertinent parties, including the author(s) of the cited article and other experts in the field, in order to grant them the opportunity to respond. Any such response would be vetted similarly and published in the same issue of the journal as the Letter.

• Letter title should read as "'Running title of the original article'—Letter"
• 500 words of text
• 10 references. The first reference must cite the original article.
• 1 figure and/or table. Display items are permitted only if they show data that refute the conclusions of the originating article; figures or tables featuring unpublished data in support of the conclusions of the originating article will not be considered.