Cambridge University Press
Prepare your manuscript for American Journal of International Law.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-07-18
Article types
Lectio
Letter
Review
Registered Report
Editorial
Research Article
Review Article
Perspective
Brief Report
Case Report
Book Review
Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Abstract length
- Include or confirm the abstract length required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
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.
- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: If associated with a figure, include a citation at the end of the figure caption explaining the video’s function, its file format, and that it is accessible at journals.cambridge.org.
Figure and table rules
- Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: Preferred formats: mpg/mpeg, mp4, mov, mkv.
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- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: Minimum dimensions: 320 pixels wide by 240 pixels deep.
- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: Include a title and pertinent copy for each video, preferably limited to 20 words.
- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: Acceptable formats: wmv, avi.
- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: Should be viewable in QuickTime or Windows Media Player.
- Video files Authors should follow these guidelines when preparing video files: In the case of multiple video files, number them in the order in which they should be viewed.
Funding statement
- Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- Some research funding bodies require authors to deposit a copy of their accepted manuscript in an online repository at this stage.
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.
Author contributions
- Include or confirm the author contributions required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Supplementary files
- Lectio: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Letter: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
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- Review: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Editorial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Case Report: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Perspective: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Brief Report: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Review Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Research Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Registered Report: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
- Embed or attach the author-supplied supplementary material so Articlo can extract and label it for the package.
- Files should be labelled in such a way that it is clear that they are supplemental to the main article, what they are and to which article they belong, e.g. [Corresponding author surname] supplementmovie1.mov.
- If this information should be different for any of your supplementary files, we recommend you explain this with statements within each file where relevant.
- Publishing supplementary material Many of our journals encourage authors to submit and publish supplementary materials that are not essential for inclusion or cannot be accommodated in the main article, but would be of benefit to the reader.
- Unless you are instructed otherwise, supplementary materials should be submitted at the same time as your main article, so that they can be made available to peer reviewers.
Title page and author information
- For non-research content, any affiliations should represent the institution(s) with which each author is currently affiliated.
- This author must be able to carry out the responsibilities of the corresponding author on behalf of any co-authors and must meet the authorship criteria for the article.
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- As per Cambridge’s author affiliation policy, any affiliations listed in your manuscript should represent the institution(s) at which the research presented was conducted and/or supported and/or approved.
- When submitting your paper, you will need to assign a corresponding author.
Preprints and prior publication
- Review / Editorial: No. Our editorial guidelines require that manuscripts submitted to Cambridge must not be previously published, or be under simultaneous review for publication, in part or in whole within an academic journal, book or similar entity.
- However, sharing your preprint anywhere else shall not be viewed as prior publication.
Submission forms
- Audio files Audio files should be saved in one of the below formats: Preferred formats: mp3, mp4.
- If you are asked to do this, you should follow the guidelines sent to you by the editor and any instructions about how to submit images or other files.
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- Audio files Audio files should be saved in one of the below formats: Acceptable formats: AAC, AIFF, WAV.
- Review: Research articles are written by experts, for experts and must adhere to the highest standards of peer review and scholarly communications.
- Just as with standard submissions, everything that is required for the understanding of the paper must be contained in the submission itself.
- We recommend Creative Commons licences, in particular CC BY, for maximum openness and re-usability of research outputs.
- This should be your first resource for varied information on a journal's subject area coverage, accepted article types, manuscript style notes, submission formats and post-publication policies.
- The author instructions for each journal will explain the process for submitting your paper to that journal, including guidance on additional information you should include alongside your manuscript.
- Papers in this category will follow a streamlined schedule and must meet the high standards expected of all papers published by the journal, presenting fully developed primary research.
- They may not be modified, corrected or removed other than via our formal corrections, retractions and removals processes.
Article type and manuscript length
- The main text of the article should stand alone without the supplementary material.
What your package checks
Declarations: Funding
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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