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Prepare your manuscript for Anthrozoös.

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Article types

Review
Book Review
Editorial
Review Article
Systematic Review
Clinical Trial
Protocol
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 300 words.
  • The length of your abstract should be kept to about 250–300 words maximum.
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  • The abstract should not contain: lengthy background information.
  • The abstract should not contain: references to other literature.
  • The abstract should not contain: elliptical (i.e., ending with.) or incomplete sentences.
  • The abstract should not contain: abbreviations or terms that may be confusing to readers.
  • The abstract should not contain: any sort of illustration, figure, or table, or references to them.
  • Note: Word counts do not include words in the abstract, in tables, in figures, in references, and in supplemental information.
  • Therefore, enough key information (e.g., summary results, observations, trends, etc.) must be included to make the abstract useful to someone who may want to reference your work.
  • Confirm that all the information appearing in the abstract actually appears in the body of the paper.
  • Place these below the abstract.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Each manuscript should have 3 to 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.
  • These should be no longer than 7,000 words in length (not including references or words in any table or figures and supplemental files).
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  • If a code was given (e.g., IRB reference) this must be provided as well.
  • Use double-line spacing throughout text and references.
  • There should be a one-line gap between paragraphs and references.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • References should follow our guidelines: https://files.taylorandfrancis.com/reference/tf_APA.pdf.
  • Authors must confirm that all mandatory laboratory health and safety procedures have been complied with in the course of conducting any experimental work reported in the manuscript; and that the manuscript contains all appropriate warnings concerning any specific and particular hazards that may be involved in carrying out experiments or procedures described in the manuscript or involved in instructions, materials, or formulae in the manuscript; and include explicitly relevant safety precautions; and cite, and if an accepted standard or code of practice is relevant, a reference to the relevant standard or code.
  • Do not indent paragraphs or references.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
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  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions listed below: Minimum 1200 dpi for line art; Minimum 600 dpi for greyscale; Minimum 300 dpi for colour.
  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions listed below: All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the manuscript (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2).
  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions listed below: The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
  • Tables and figures must be kept to a minimum, though, and must not simply repeat what is written in the text.
  • You must ensure appropriate acknowledgement is given to the permission granted to you for reuse by the copyright holder in each figure or table caption.
  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions listed below: Figures must be saved separate to text.
  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions listed below: Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the manuscript, and numbered correspondingly.
  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions listed below: Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
  • Please do not embed figures in the manuscript file.

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

  • Add or confirm the author-written Conflict of interest statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • A conflict of interest statement must appear below the title of the paper.
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  • Conflicts of Interest - Any personal, financial, or other potential or actual conflicts of interest relating to the study should be conveyed by the authors.

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

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • A statement that the research was given ethical approval by the author’s institution must be provided in the methods section of the paper.
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  • If no ethical approval was required, this needs to be stated.
  • Clinical Trial: Authors must confirm that any patient, service user, or participant (or that person’s parent or legal guardian) in any research, experiment or clinical trial who is described in the manuscript has given written consent to the inclusion of material pertaining to themselves, and that they acknowledge that they cannot be identified via the manuscript; and that authors have anonymised them and do not identify them in any way.

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

  • If you wish to include any material in your manuscript in which you do not hold copyright, you must obtain written permission from the copyright owner, prior to submission.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • When uploading your article into the submission system, please ensure all persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship are named as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all co-authors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.

Article structure and word limits

  • Abstracts of 250–300 words are required for all manuscripts submitted.
  • Text should be 12-point Times/Times New Roman.
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  • These should cover subjects falling within the scope of the Journal and can be up to 5,000 words in length.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Use these instructions if you are preparing a manuscript to submit to Anthrozoös.
  • 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.
  • For intervention studies, we require that a control and/or comparison group was incorporated.
  • Editorial: Further information about what is required can be found at: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/editorial-policies/competing-interest/.
  • All papers must have line numbers and page numbers.
  • Ensure your paper is relevant to the Journal - must focus on human-animal interaction/relationships.
  • Use the active voice when possible, but much of it may require passive constructions.
  • There should be a one-line gap between paragraphs.
  • Appendices should only be included if absolutely necessary.
  • Biographical notes on contributors are not required for this journal.
  • When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
  • Authors must embed equations or image files within their manuscript at first submission.
  • For first submissions, images must be embedded in the Word document of your article.
  • Where such a person is deceased, authors must warrant they have obtained the written consent of the deceased person’s family or estate.
  • Appropriate sample sizes are also required.
  • Use past tense.
  • Sexist or racist terms must not be used.
  • Authors must adhere to SI units.
  • Authors must ensure that research reported in submitted manuscripts has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner, in full compliance with all relevant codes of experimentation and legislation.
  • 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.
  • Please note: we are not an animal behaviour or animal welfare journal, and we do not publish papers on the epidemiology of diseases, nor do we publish on zoonoses or on the housing of animals or non-human influences on animal behaviour.

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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  • 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.

Manuscript structure

  • Limit your statements concerning each segment of the paper (i.e., purpose, methods, results, etc.) to two or three sentences, if possible.
  • Do not use footnotes.
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  • Section headings should be concise.

Language and text style

  • Long quotations of 40 words or more should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
  • Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page (please do not include author names, postal addresses, telephone numbers, email addressesor affiliations); conflicts of interest statement;abstract; keywords; main text; references;and as appropriate, table(s) with caption(s) (oneper page); figure(s) withcaption(s) (one per page); appendices.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Clinical Trial: All manuscripts which report in vivo experiments or clinical trials on humans or animals must include a written statement in the Methods section that such work was conducted with the formal approval of the local human subject or animal care committees, and that clinical trials have been registered as legislation requires.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 300 words
Keywords: 3-5 keywords
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Conflict of interest, Ethics, Acknowledgements, 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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