Review Figure Submission: Specifications, Sources and Attribution

Check the journal’s actual artwork rules, literature support and image permissions separately. A review layout does not establish compliance or permission to reuse its source material.

Record the applicable instructions

Keep the journal, article type, submission stage and current official source together. Identify dimensions, file types, effective resolution, type and color requirements for the specific figure category. General publisher guidance does not replace a journal-specific instruction or an editor's request.

Separate four kinds of source information

Record literature references supporting categories, original data supporting plotted values, licenses for incorporated assets and attribution for existing artwork. These sources serve different purposes. Citing a paper does not automatically grant a right to copy its figure.

Read an archived composition within its scope

The PDMS membrane review figure provides an example of membrane roles, strategies and applications arranged at different levels. Its structure can inform planning; the associated paper and artwork permissions remain separate checks.

Read four examples from published reviews

Rosenblum and colleagues’ Nature Communications Figure 1 uses a central body location to organize local delivery barriers. Figure 2 retains a common nanocarrier reference while giving size, pharmacokinetics, release, uptake and distribution their own panels. The shared object supports comparison without implying that every panel answers the same question.

Brouwer and colleagues’ Chemical Reviews Figure 1 uses a numbered structure catalog and color-coded uses. Its three consecutive source image parts remain in their original order below. The layout demonstrates lookup and grouping, rather than a measured proportion of applications.

Talebian and colleagues’ Advanced Science Figure 3 places hydrogel cutting, healing and stretching near the center, with interaction and dynamic-bond mechanisms around it. The circular arrangement expresses a common topic and neighboring categories; sector area is not a quantitative result.

These publisher figures are by their credited authors, not the Lingjiang Keshi team or platform users. Each image retains its own paper link, copyright notice and CC BY 4.0 link. Scientific content has not been redrawn. The China-service template screenshots retain their 16 October 2026 date and are separate from the research examples.

Build a handoff checklist

Record the manuscript version, approved labels, reference mapping, asset permissions, target dimensions, output file and editable source. Reopen the actual export and check font substitution, clipped labels, raster elements and caption references. Ask the corresponding author to approve scientific grouping and any proposed relationships.

Use the journal resource hub, submission checklist and review-figure service scope. The online review workflow explains how to keep a project separate from its export.

Conceptual editorial cover with research notes, literature cards, a timeline and a comparison matrix — AI-assisted conceptual editorial illustration. It is not research evidence. The publisher figures below retain their own authors, papers and licenses.

Rosenblum et al., Figure 1: body location connects vascular, cellular uptake, endosomal escape and liver-clearance barriers — Rosenblum et al., Nature Communications 9, 1410 (2018), Figure 1. © The Author(s) 2018. Original image; scientific content unchanged. Paper and original caption. CC BY 4.0.

Rosenblum et al., Figure 2: a protein-coated nanocarrier connects panels on size, pharmacokinetics, release, uptake and distribution — Rosenblum et al., Nature Communications 9, 1410 (2018), Figure 2. © The Author(s) 2018. Original image; scientific content unchanged. Paper and original caption. CC BY 4.0.

Brouwer et al., Figure 1, part 1 of 3: noncanonical amino-acid structures in a numbered grid with use-category color bars — Brouwer et al., Chemical Reviews 124, 10877–10923 (2024), Figure 1, part 1 of 3. © The Authors 2024. Published by ACS. Scientific content unchanged. Paper and original caption. CC BY 4.0.

Brouwer et al., Figure 1, part 2 of 3: chemical structures with the same numbering, alignment and use-category colors — Brouwer et al., Chemical Reviews 124, 10877–10923 (2024), Figure 1, part 2 of 3. © The Authors 2024. Published by ACS. Scientific content unchanged. Paper and original caption. CC BY 4.0.

Brouwer et al., Figure 1, part 3 of 3: the remaining chemical-structure catalog with a consistent legend — Brouwer et al., Chemical Reviews 124, 10877–10923 (2024), Figure 1, part 3 of 3. © The Authors 2024. Published by ACS. Scientific content unchanged. Paper and original caption. CC BY 4.0.

Talebian et al., Figure 3: a central hydrogel cutting, healing and stretching sequence surrounded by interaction and dynamic-bond mechanisms — Talebian et al., Advanced Science 6, 1801664 (2019), Figure 3. © The Authors 2019. Published by Wiley-VCH. Original image; scientific content unchanged. Paper and original caption. CC BY 4.0.

Archived China-service review-template library showing circular and paired-circle layouts with entitlement filters — Lingjiang Keshi China-service screenshot, 16 October 2026. It shows part of the archived catalog, not a live overseas template service.

Archived China-service free-template filter showing quartered, three-part and arrow layouts — China template-center free-filter screenshot, 16 October 2026. Template access, other assets and export rights have separate conditions; international registration remains closed.

Archived quartered review-template preview with placeholder pathway text and canvas-size information — China-service template preview, 16 October 2026. Pathway labels are placeholders to replace; the template is not a published research figure.

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