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Prepare your manuscript for Aerosol Science and Technology.

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Checked 2026-08-01
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Article types

Review
Original Article
Research Letter
Technical Note
Data Note
Research Article
Perspective
Review Article
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Book Review
Case Report
Registered Report
Brief Communication
Brief Report
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 100 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Articles must include a one-paragraph abstract of fewer than 250 words and are typically 10 published journal pages, not including references.
  • Reviews must include a one-paragraph abstract of fewer than 250 words.
  • ARLs should include an abstract that is no longer than 100 words.
  • Should contain a structured abstract of 250 words.
  • Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines: It is recommended that all papers include a figure to be used as a graphical abstract.
  • The abstract structure should be as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.
  • Clinical Trial: Before you submit a clinical study, you’ll need to include clinical trial numbers and registration dates in the manuscript, usually in the abstract and methods sections.
  • Your abstract should focus on what your research is about, what methods have been used, and what you found out.
  • The instructions for authors for each journal will give specific guidelines on what’s required here, including whether it should be a structured abstract or graphical abstract, and any word limits.

Keywords

  • Provide 2-5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • They should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words, inclusive of tables, figure captions, endnotes but exclusive of references and contain between 2 and 5 keywords.
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  • Should contain between 2 and 5 keywords.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
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  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Group tables at the end of the manuscript.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size).
  • Tables and figures Show clearly in your article text where the tables and figures should appear, for example, by writing [Table 1 near here].
  • To estimate the total length of a paper, authors should add 300 words per figure panel (e.g., a figure with four photos or graphs counts as four figure panels) and 300 words per table.
  • Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines: Submit figures as separate files, not embedded in text files.
  • Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines: tif,.eps,.psd,. jpeg,. ps,.png and.emf formats only.
  • Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines: Minimum resolution of 300 dpi or higher at publication size; higher resolution is preferred.
  • Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines: Lettering (in a sans serif font) and data points should be large enough to be easily read when the figure is reduced to fit in one column (3.5” in width) or over two columns (7.25” in width) for larger figures or figures containing more detail.
  • Figures for accepted manuscripts should be submitted in digital files that do not exceed the file size limitations of Manuscript Central (100,000 K) and should follow these guidelines: All figures must be numbered consecutively, according to their appearance in the text.
  • Text, tables, and individual figures must be submitted in separate files.
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Figures must include numbers and captions, and Equations must be numbered.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • It’s very important that you have been given permission to use any tables or figures you are reproducing from another source before you submit.
  • Authors are advised to consider publication requirements when they first prepare the figures for their manuscripts, and publication-ready accepted manuscripts must be submitted through our ScholarOne Manuscripts system.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Check the instructions for authors to see how you should supply tables and figures, whether at the end of the text or in separate files, and follow any guidance given on the submission system.

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Data availability statement

  • Include or confirm the data availability statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Review: The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
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  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.
  • Manuscript submission process including which online submission system you need to use.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • Please include a shortened running title of 50 characters or less.
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  • The title page should include title, authors, affiliations, and complete addresses, indicating to whom correspondence should be addressed.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Files should be formatted for 8.5 x 11” paper.
  • Case Report: Take a look at F1000Research’s guidance on case reports, to understand more about what’s required in them.
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  • Software tool articles submitted to F1000Research should be written in open access programming languages.
  • Take a look at their guidance for more details on what’s required of a software tool article at F1000.
  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • Review: Review copies should be single spaced with two spaces between paragraphs.
  • Mathematical symbols should be italicized and defined the first time they occur or, for papers with many symbols, listed in a separate nomenclature list.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Clinical Trial: Most journals now require that you register protocols for clinical trials you’re involved with in a publicly accessible registry.
  • However, you should always check the instructions for authors of your chosen journal to see whether it specifies how your article should be structured.
  • Review / Review Article: Take a look at our guide to writing a review article for more guidance on what’s required.
  • Before you submit your article, make sure you’ve checked the instructions for authors for your chosen journal, so you are aware of everything required.
  • Most journals create image descriptions during the production process, but a minority may require authors to provide image descriptions.
  • Review: Running heads and received dates These aren’t required when submitting a manuscript for review.
  • It also includes details of specific processes to follow to make sure there are no problems during production, should your article be accepted.
  • The IFAs include all the essential information you’ll need to know before you submit your article.
  • Review / Editorial: Potential authors of Reviews are encouraged (but not required) to contact the Editor-in-Chief to propose the remit and coverage of their review and to receive feedback from the Editorial Board.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • And don’t forget that for all studies involving human participants, informed written consent to take part in the research must be obtained from the participants – find out more about consent to publish.
  • These should include adequate and appropriate validation to be considered, and any datasets associated with the paper must publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available.
  • The article should provide examples of suitable input data sets and include an example of the output that can be expected from the tool and how this output should be interpreted.
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: European accents (Greek, Hebrew, or Cyrillic letters, or phonetic symbols): choose Times New Roman font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: Asian languages (such as Sanskrit, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese): choose Arial Unicode font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • ARLs will be limited to no more than 10% of articles published in AST.
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • Do not number lines or pages, as both are added automatically when papers are submitted.
  • If you haven't submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in ScholarOne.
  • If you are submitting in LaTeX, please convert the files to PDF beforehand (you will also need to upload your LaTeX source files with the PDF).
  • The VoR is the article in its final, definitive, and citable form (this may not be immediately paginated, but is the version that will appear in an issue of the journal).
  • Research Article: This format often has strict length limits, so some experimental details may not be published until the authors write a full original research article.
  • If you are at the early stage of your research, you may also need to read how to start writing a journal manuscript.
  • There are a lot of things you’ll need to have checked, understood, and incorporated into your article.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.
  • Case Report: Depending on the journal, a case report doesn’t necessarily need to describe an especially novel or unusual case as there is benefit from collecting details of many standard cases.
  • Review: You’ll need to look through previous issues of any journal you’re interested in writing for and review the instructions for authors to see which types of these articles (if any) they accept.
  • Research Article: Secondary literature is an important part of the academic ecosystem because it can help explain new or different positions and ideas about primary research, identify gaps in research around a topic, or spot important trends that one individual research article may not.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their used may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Manuscript structure

  • Data Note: Data Notes do not include any interpretation or conclusion of the data but should only describe the data.
  • The final published article should present a clear and concise synthesis and summary of results.
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  • All sections of the paper should be organized under appropriate headings.
  • Research Article: They do not include any analysis but they can be linked to a research article incorporating analysis of the published dataset, as well as the results and conclusions.
  • Laboratory Protocols should be submitted for publication after the research activity has been completed, and the results achieved.
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.
  • Study protocols Study Protocols describe in detail high level/large scale study design, including (but not limited to) experimental design of basic and applied research, or protocols defining research questions and empirical methods.​ Study Protocols should be submitted for publication prior to the research activity beginning.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of no more than 100 or 250 words dependent on the manuscript type.
  • They should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
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  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, Data description, discussion; acknowledgements; declaration of interest statement; author contributions statement and ethics; data availability statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • Manuscripts should include the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures with captions (on individual pages).

Language and text style

  • Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.
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  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Authors who are not comfortable with English should seek assistance with language before submitting a paper.
  • Abbreviations of chemical compounds that might be confusing to the reader should be written out of their first mention, with the abbreviation in parentheses.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fourth-level headings should be in bold italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fifth-level headings should be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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What your package checks

Abstract: 100 words
Paper: 300 words
Keywords: 2-5 keywords
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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