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Prepare your manuscript for African Geographical Review.

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Article types

Review
Commentary
Lectio
Book Review
Research Article
Perspective
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter

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 200 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
  • Book Review: Book Reviews generally do not require an abstract or keywords unless specifically requested, authors should engage in real-time issues in African geographies.
  • There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; discussion of applications/limitations of the methodological orientation at stake; conflicts of interest (including use of AI and/or LLMs).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; narrative or body; conflicts of interest (including use of AI and/or LLMs).

Keywords

  • Provide 4-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 4 and 6 keywords.
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  • Should contain between 4 and 5 keywords.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: keywords; reflective essay text; acknowledgments; conflicts of interest (including use of AI and/or LLMs); declaration of interest statement; references (as appropriate); appendices (as appropriate).

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.
  • Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of: References.
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  • Should be no more than 3000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 7000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 1200 words, inclusive of: References.
  • For manuscripts submitted in LaTeX format a.bib reference file must be included.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • 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.
  • Should be no more than 7000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
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  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • 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.

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.

Ethics statement

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

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material 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.

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.

Title page and author information

  • 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

  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
  • Should be no more than 1000 words.
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  • 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.
  • Map designs should prioritize simplicity and clarity, adhering to high standards of cartographic design.
  • Data representation and symbolization should be accurate and meaningful, clearly conveying the intended geographic information.
  • Authors should focus on relevant data themes and use line weights to guide visual emphasis.
  • Topics should be timely, insightful, incisive.
  • Commentaries may be informed by new research findings, but the focus should be on reflection and ideas.
  • Review: Book reviews do not require external review as they are reviewed by the Editors.
  • Authors should acknowledgment use of AI and/or LLMs.
  • Authors should contextualize the conference within relevant scholarly literature and current debates in the field.
  • Submissions should provide both descriptive and analytical insights, offering readers a thoughtful assessment of the conference’s contributions and shortcomings.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • 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.
  • Mapmakers should carefully consider elements such as typography, ensuring legibility and appropriate font choices, as well as format and layout to create a well-organized and balanced composition.
  • Field Notes should be based on the author’s own field research, describing specific significant experiences and reflecting on their impact on the author’s research, teaching, or engagement with the larger world.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • They should provide reflections or context around one or more of the following: – Recent article(s) or special issue of AGR.
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • Research Article: However, we welcome alternative submission formatting in this journal and do not have a fixed or standard structure for the body of research articles.
  • Review: Conference reviews are editorially reviewed and do not go through external peer review.
  • Research Article: Commentaries are concise and (often) argumentative in style; as such, they do not follow the structure of a research article but are rather more creative and experimental.
  • 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.

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 use 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.

Submission forms

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

Article type and manuscript length

  • The main text may be organized flexibly but should present the methodological contribution and its context within African Geographies.
  • In general, the article main text will have an introduction, theoretical background, information on research methods, a discussion of results and conclusion – but there is no expectation that all articles will have these nor that this should be the titles of article headings and subheadings.
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  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title; main text; acknowledgments.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; conflicts of interest (including use of AI and/or LLMs); references; appendices (as appropriate).
  • 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 (as appropriate); and figures and figure captions as a list (as appropriate).

Manuscript structure

  • Should be no more than 7000 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
  • Should be no more than 7000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
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  • 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.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: a clear structure, including a summary of the conference and a critical discussion of its themes, presentations, and significance.

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: 200 words
Paper: 1,000 words
Keywords: 4-6 keywords
Declarations: Artificial intelligence

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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