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Prepare your manuscript for Applied Economics.

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Article types

Review
Letter
Editorial
Research Article
Clinical Trial
Review Article
Protocol
Systematic Review
Lectio
Letter to the Editor
Original Article

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 200 words.
  • An abstract of 200 words is required.
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  • Letter: Do not simply insert your abstract into your cover letter!

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Articles should include 3-6 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 articles represent the scholarship narrative and should therefore serve as reference points for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
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  • 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.
  • 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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  • Captions must include copyright holder details and state that permission to reproduce has been obtained.
  • 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.
  • Tables must be editable.

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

  • Review: Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.

Cover letter

  • Letter: Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.
  • Letter: When you submit your article to a journal, you often need to include a cover letter.
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  • Letter: The cover letter should explain why your work is perfect for their journal and why it will be of interest to the journal’s readers.
  • Letter: You will receive cover letter instructions of what you should include and what you shouldn’t, and a word template cover letter.
  • Letter: Things to avoid: Avoid too much detail – keep your cover letter to a maximum of one page, as an introduction and brief overview.
  • Letter: Cover letter not required.
  • Manuscript submission process including which online submission system you need to use.
  • Read our guidance on when you’ll need to seek written permission for third-party material.
  • Letter: You might find that the submission system for your chosen journal requires your cover letter to be submitted into a text box rather than as a separate document, but it is still a good idea to write a draft first to make sure you have included everything.

Author contributions

  • Add or confirm the author-written Author contributions statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.
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  • Authorship change requests may result in the withdrawal of your paper if exceptional reasons and evidence of author contributions cannot be provided.

Title page and author information

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

Article structure and word limits

  • 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.
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  • Please provide all the required information to ensure your paper is not delayed while we request the missing information.
  • 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.
  • Authors should therefore aim for clarity and synthesis rather than technical density.
  • Authors should provide some kind of overview and accordingly organise the literature thematically, for example: by empirical approach.
  • Authors should provide some kind of overview and accordingly organise the literature thematically, for example: by data type.
  • Authors should provide some kind of overview and accordingly organise the literature thematically, for example: by geographical context.
  • Authors should provide some kind of overview and accordingly organise the literature thematically, for example: by policy framework.
  • For example, authors should address: Where do findings converge or diverge?
  • For example, authors should address: What factors explain differences across studies?
  • Review: Review Articles in Applied Economics should demonstrate real-world relevance.
  • Review: Provide a concise summary of the key insights from the review including the main lessons from the literature and the implications for applied economics research.
  • You don’t need to format your manuscript to meet any special style requirements, but your submission should be easy to read and comment on.
  • We may need you to send us any extra items required for publication.
  • Versus should be always in full form and roman.
  • 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”.
  • If submitting a LaTeX file you will also need to provide a PDF version.
  • Submit This journal uses Routledge's Submission Portal to manage the submission process.
  • 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.
  • Before you start to write, please check the instructions for authors (IFAs) of your chosen journal, as not all journals will require one.
  • You should also check the IFAs for any journal specific information on what to include.
  • Submission ready Use our submission checklist to make sure you’ve included everything you need to.
  • 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.
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  • By the time you’re ready to submit your paper to a journal, there are a lot of things you’ll need to have checked, understood, and incorporated into your article.
  • You should also check whether your research funder’s policy requires you to make your work open access.
  • Your article should be a good fit and format for the target journal’s style guide.
  • Your study design, research argument strength and positioning should be structured and articulated properly.
  • Make sure your article is revised appropriately to address possible issues before you submit.
  • Include your manuscript's title and the name of the journal.
  • Remember: Check the specific requirements of your chosen journal to make sure you include everything you need to.
  • Check before you submit.
  • Review: Review articles provide a critical synthesis of research in a defined area of applied economics, identifying what is known, what remains uncertain, and where future research should focus.
  • Review: Review Articles have a wide audience beyond traditional readership, and therefore should be accessible to: Applied economists, policy analysts and government economists, international organisations, financial institutions, interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary researchers, graduate students.
  • Provide a concise explanation of the economic mechanisms underlying the literature by briefly clarifying key theoretical concepts; explaining competing economic explanations where relevant; and establishing the analytical framework used by the literature.
  • Review: Review articles should help shape the future of research by identifying gaps in the literature, unresolved empirical questions, promising methodological developments, and emerging data sources, thereby suggesting directions for future research and guiding its progression.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
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  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • Margins: At least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • For example, the journal may not accept editorials, or clinical studies.
  • Your manuscript needs to be a good fit, but the journal may not accept your article if there are too many similarities with existing articles.
  • 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

  • Include or confirm the preprints and prior publication 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

  • Review / Review Article: Rather than listing studies, the section should identify patterns and areas of agreement or disagreement as suited for a review article type.
  • Must be cited in the main text and in chronological order.
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  • Captions must include the matching number from the main text citation.

Manuscript structure

  • For example, authors should address: What conclusions emerge from the literature?
  • Letter: First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
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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.

Language and text style

  • Letter: Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • Letter: Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
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  • Fourth-level headings should be in bold italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Fifth-level headings should be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Circa ‘ca’ should be set in italics and should not have full point.
  • Abbreviations that do not need to be spelled out for this journal: USB; DVD; UK; GDP; GNP; FTSE; NASDAQ; OLS; OECD; SD; SE.

Blinded manuscript

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

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).

Authorship and originality

  • Editorial: The Editorial Policies apply to all Taylor & Francis journals, and all authors should read them before submitting.
  • Include contact information for yourself and any co-authors.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 200 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
Declarations: Author contributions, 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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