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Prepare your manuscript for Agenda.

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Article types

Review
Perspective
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter
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 200 words.
  • Contributions must be accompanied by an abstract (no longer than 200 words) and four to five keywords.

Keywords

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

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.
  • Citation of Acts and Bills must include the full title and the date that Bill was passed by Parliament, and in the case of an Act, when it came into effect.
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  • Legal cases referred to must be cited in full in the references.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • 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.
  • Photographs and illustrations Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
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  • Tables and graphs that are included to support analysis or research must be correctly referenced or acknowledged.
  • 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].
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.Please note that only the corresponding author is eligible to request funding from their institution, and it is not possible to change the corresponding author to achieve eligibility after submission.

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

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

Cover letter

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

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.

Article structure and word limits

  • Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word format, Arial 10, single spacing.
  • Contributors need to submit a 100-word author biography, including email address and a head-and-shoulders photo in jpeg format and 300 dpi resolution.
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  • Referencing All submissions to Agenda must use – T&F standard APA (APA-7).
  • Photographs must be of good quality and be of 300 dpi resolution for printing.
  • 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.
  • They shall use metric measurements and give a US Dollar equivalent of other currencies.
  • The photographs must be within the limits covered by ethical consideration/s and the aesthetics of gender-sensitivity consistent with the values of a feminist journal.
  • Photographs must include acknowledgement of the photographer.
  • 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.
  • All contributions must register the centrality of gender analysis and politics to past, present and ongoing processes of social, political and cultural change in Africa or other developing countries.
  • If you haven't submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in the submission centre.
  • Interviews that are cited need to be footnoted appropriately with the date and place where the interviews were conducted.
  • Editorial: Agenda requires the writer to sign a statement of compliance, available from the Editorial Office, at the end of the paper.
  • 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.

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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • reports on meetings, conferences, workshops etc (1500–4000 words) * The Review typically reviews books and movies (1500–3000 words) * The Interview can record a conversation among a group of people or a one-to-one interview in which the writers asks the interviewee/s questions on a subject (1500–3000 words) * The Open Forum is a vehicle for carrying debate and argument or pieces which deal with argument and difference of opinion on a subject/issue (2500–4000) * The Perspective is an adaptable format in which writers are able to use a more personal, reflective, narrative style (1500–3000) (The above go through internal peer review and if they contain research, theory or specialised knowledge, external peer review.) Contributors may not exceed the word limit, including references and notes.
  • Review: Agenda invites contributions in one of the following formats: **Article (6000 words max), based on new research and contain theoretical and empirical analysis and argument ** Briefing is not expected to be heavily theorised and is an adaptable format for writers to write on a wide range of subjects (2500–4000 words) ** Focus examines an aspect of a chosen theme in detail (4500 words max.) (The above go through double peer review) * The Profile looks in detail at an organisation, project, legislation or a person (2500–3500 words) * The Reportback is self-explanatory, e.g.
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  • Perspective: Agenda invites contributions in one of the following formats: **Article (6000 words max), based on new research and contain theoretical and empirical analysis and argument ** Briefing is not expected to be heavily theorised and is an adaptable format for writers to write on a wide range of subjects (2500–4000 words) ** Focus examines an aspect of a chosen theme in detail (4500 words max.) (The above go through double peer review) * The Profile looks in detail at an organisation, project, legislation or a person (2500–3500 words) * The Reportback is self-explanatory, e.g.

Language and text style

  • At present, we do not have the capacity to consider contributions in languages other than English.
  • Contributors shall define acronyms, abbreviations, all technical and specialist terms and give translations for non-English words in brackets.

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).

Manuscript structure

  • 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.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 200 words
Paper: 6,000 words
Declarations: Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence
Format: Arial, single spacing

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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