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Advanced Materials Formatting Requirements Checklist

Prepare an Advanced Materials submission with a source-backed checklist for files, figures, supporting information, and disclosures.

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Quick answer: Advanced Materials currently offers Free Format for new

submissions. Start with a readable editable manuscript or separate manuscript

files, ensure the abstract is correctly styled, keep figures and tables

legible, and submit supporting information separately. The journal's author

guidelines say that references may use any consistent style for a new

submission; the detailed preparation rules apply when preparing a revision.

These Advanced Materials formatting requirements separate what matters now

from what can wait until revision. This page is for authors preparing a file

before submitting, not for journal selection, review timing, or impact-factor

research. It is based on the journal's current author guidelines, not on

inferred page counts, acceptance-rate claims, or generic Wiley conventions.

Methodology note

How this page was updated: on July 14, 2026, Manusights reviewed the current

Advanced Materials author guide and mapped every claimed requirement to either

the new-submission or revised-manuscript state. In our review of the current

guide, we map every official instruction into the submission-state table,

compare the initial and revision states, and trace each retained rule to its

source.

Our analysis of the old page found that final-layout claims could be mistaken

for initial-upload rules, so we removed claims the source did not support. In

practice, that distinction prevents an author from treating a final-layout

preference as an initial-upload rule. Use this guide to assemble a readable,

complete file, then confirm the live [Advanced Materials author

guidelines](https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15214095/author-guidelines?tabActivePane=DataReportingChecklists)

immediately before upload because publisher requirements can change.

The submission-state audit

The most useful Advanced Materials formatting requirement is not a cosmetic

style rule. It is knowing which submission state applies to your file. The

current guide distinguishes a new submission from a revised manuscript.

Check
New submission
Revised manuscript
What to verify before upload
File preparation
Free Format is available.
Follow the journal preparation guidance.
Your file is readable without reconstructing the manuscript.
References
Any consistent style is permitted.
Use the current journal guidance and checklist.
Every citation has enough bibliographic information to identify the work.
Figures and tables
Put them in the editable manuscript or upload separately.
Prepare them to the detailed figure guidance.
Legends, labels, and table contents can be assessed by editors and reviewers.
Supporting information
Submit it as separate file(s).
Keep it separate and self-contained.
The main paper still supports its central conclusion without hidden essentials.
Disclosures
Provide applicable statements with the title-page information.
Recheck every statement after revision.
Data, funding, conflicts, ethics, consent, and permissions match the study.

Do not force a new manuscript into an imagined final layout. The official guide

explicitly says that authors do not need to reformat a new submission. That is

not permission to submit an incomplete file: the same guide says the editorial

office can return a manuscript that is hard to read, omits required sections,

or has poor language quality.

New-submission checklist

For a new submission, prepare these items before opening the Wiley Authors

workflow:

  1. A readable manuscript. The journal accepts an editable file containing

text, figures, and tables, or separate files. It also describes submission

through either a Microsoft Word document or a single PDF generated from

LaTeX that contains text, figures, and tables.

  1. Correctly styled abstract and complete core sections. The Free Format

guidance still expects the manuscript to contain its required sections,

including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusions where

applicable. Give every figure and table a legend.

  1. ORCID for the submitting author. The journal lists an ORCID iD among

the items needed before submission.

  1. Title-page details. Include co-author details, affiliations, and email

addresses as instructed. Use the actual study record to prepare applicable

data availability, funding, conflict, ethics, patient-consent, and

third-party-permission statements.

  1. Separate supporting information. Keep it outside the main manuscript

file and make sure the main article remains intelligible without it.

  1. A disclosure check for related work. Tell the editor about submitted,

soon-to-be-submitted, or in-press work that bears on the manuscript. If the

paper is revised or extended from a prior rejection at the receiving

journal, explain the earlier submission and the changes in the cover letter.

The journal also permits consideration of manuscripts previously posted on

community preprint servers, subject to its stated policy. A preprint does not

replace the disclosure of related manuscripts or the requirement that the

submission itself is original.

Revised-manuscript checklist

Once Advanced Materials asks for a revision, move from Free Format to the

journal-specific preparation details. The current guide asks authors to use

the available Word or LaTeX templates when preparing manuscripts and describes

this general file order:

File section
Practical check
Title, authors, affiliations
The title is descriptive; author names, affiliations, and corresponding-author contact details are complete.
Keywords and abstract
The abstract follows the current article-type guidance and does not hide essential methods or results.
Main text, figures, schemes, and tables
Every display item is cited, labeled, and legible at normal reading size.
Methods or experimental section
Material composition and methods needed to assess the central work are present in the manuscript or supporting information.
Acknowledgements and references
Funding and conflicts are consistent with the submitted forms; references are complete and consistently formatted.
Table-of-contents text or article-type items
Check the current template and article-type instructions rather than reusing an old manuscript's layout.

For Research Articles, the author guide describes a typical manuscript as

3,000 to 8,000 words with three to eight display items, while also stating that

submitted manuscripts may be any length if the scientific content justifies

it. The guide gives a 200-word maximum abstract and three to seven keywords

for that article type. Treat these as the journal's current article-type

guidance, not as a conversion from manuscript pages to typeset pages.

Figures, tables, and supporting information

The official Advanced Materials figure guidance is specific enough to prevent

common upload errors:

  • Vector plots, graphs, line diagrams, and chemical structures can be embedded

in Word or supplied as PDF, PS, or EPS files.

  • Bitmap figures such as photographs and electron micrographs should use TIFF

or PNG. Each figure part should be at least 300 dpi, with the journal also

specifying a single-column width of 1,000 pixels.

  • Tables should be included in the manuscript document following the template

example.

  • Supporting information can include additional figures, experimental detail,

and movies. Where possible, prepare it as one Word or PDF document that

includes the article title and all author names.

  • Embed supporting-information graphics in that document instead of uploading

them as separate graphics. Multimedia, raw data, and code can be supplied

separately where appropriate.

The practical test is simple: a reader should be able to inspect the displayed

result, find its legend, and trace the supporting method or dataset without

guessing which file is authoritative. That test is more useful than applying a

generic pixel, page, or reference-style rule copied from another journal.

References and templates

For a new submission, do not spend time converting a consistent reference list

to a presumed house style. The Advanced Materials guide states that references

may be submitted in any consistent style or format; the typesetters update

accepted manuscripts to journal style. The journal nevertheless asks that each

reference contain the information needed to identify the cited work, such as

authors, title, publication year, journal or book title, volume or issue, and

pagination where applicable. DOI information is optional but recommended.

For a revision, download the current Word or LaTeX template from the journal

page and check the accompanying manuscript-preparation checklist. A template

helps assemble the file in the expected order; it does not validate whether

the methods, data statement, figure labels, or related-work disclosure are

complete.

What a pre-submission review can check

In our pre-submission review work, the useful distinction is between a file

that is technically uploadable and a manuscript whose evidence is easy to

evaluate. For Advanced Materials, an evidence-focused check should look for:

  • A claim-to-display mismatch: a headline materials claim that is not

traceable to a figure, table, or supporting method.

  • An unreadable figure package: labels, units, legends, or image resolution

that prevent a reviewer from interpreting a result.

  • A hidden materials-composition gap: a central material, mixture, or

proprietary component that is not disclosed in the main text or supporting

information.

  • A disclosure mismatch: title-page statements, acknowledgements, and

submission-form answers that do not describe the same funding, conflicts,

ethics, or data availability.

Those are manuscript-readiness problems, not claims about an individual

editorial outcome. They are checks an author can resolve before uploading a

file, rather than assumptions about how a particular editor will decide. A [targeted Advanced Materials readiness

review](/ai-review?target_journal=Advanced%20Materials&source_blog=advanced-materials-formatting-requirements&primary_concern=submission_readiness)

can help identify them before the author uploads the file.

Common mistakes that a template will not catch

  1. Treating Free Format as a waiver of clarity. A file may use a consistent

reference style and still be returned because figures, tables, or prose are

difficult to assess.

  1. Putting essential evidence only in supporting information. Supporting

files add depth; they should not make the main article's core result

impossible to understand.

  1. Using an old journal template as the source of truth. Download the

current template and checklist before preparing a revision.

  1. Forgetting the related-work disclosure. Similar work under review or in

press can bear on the manuscript and needs transparent handling.

  1. Leaving title-page statements until the final upload. Data availability,

funding, conflicts, ethics, consent, and permissions are study records, not

boilerplate fields.

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Submit if / think twice if

Submit if: the manuscript is readable in its chosen Free Format form, the

abstract and essential sections are present, figures and tables have complete

legends, the supporting-information package is separate and self-contained,

and all applicable disclosures match the study.

Think twice if: the paper needs a final-layout page estimate to make its

case; a key method or composition is only implied; figure labels cannot be

read at normal size; a prior related submission is not explained; or the team

has not confirmed which revision-only formatting steps apply.

Before upload, compare your file with the live [Advanced Materials author

guidelines](https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15214095/author-guidelines?tabActivePane=DataReportingChecklists), then use the

journal profile, the [Advanced Materials

submission guide](/blog/advanced-materials-submission-guide), and the

Advanced Materials cover-letter guide

only for their separate reader jobs.

Frequently asked questions

No. The current author guidelines state that new submissions use Free Format: references may use any consistent style, and authors do not need to reformat a new manuscript. Revised manuscripts should follow the journal preparation guidance.

The journal states that a submission can use a Microsoft Word document or a single PDF generated from LaTeX containing the text, figures, and tables. For a new submission, an editable manuscript with text, figures, and tables, or separate files, is also accepted.

The current journal guidance says vector graphics may be embedded in Word or supplied as PDF, PS, or EPS. Bitmap figures such as photographs and electron micrographs should be TIFF or PNG and each figure part should be at least 300 dpi.

Submit supporting information separately. Where possible, the journal asks for one Word or PDF document with the title and all author names; embedded graphics should remain in that file. Multimedia, raw data, and code may be provided separately when appropriate.

References

Sources

  1. Advanced Materials Author Guidelines - Free Format, file preparation, article types, figure requirements, disclosures, and supporting information.
  2. Wiley manuscript preparation guidelines - publisher-level preparation resources; journal-specific instructions take priority.
  3. Wiley data sharing policy - data-availability statement context.
  4. Wiley publication ethics guidance - related-work, authorship, and disclosure context.

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