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Prepare your manuscript for Applied Economics Letters.

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Article types

Review
Letter
Research Article
Review Article
Brief Communication
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
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.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
  • 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.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 3 and 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.
  • Should be no more than 2000 words, inclusive of: References.
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  • Should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • These articles represent the scholarship narrative and should therefore serve as reference points for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
  • 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 2000 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
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  • Authors should clearly state: the economic problem addressed,.
  • Authors should clearly state: why the question matters,.
  • Authors should clearly state: the contribution of the paper.
  • Provide a concise description of the data used specifying data sources, time-period, sample construction.
  • The emphasis should remain on the key insights provided by the data.
  • Authors should briefly discuss: the economic meaning of the findings and how they relate to existing research.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Preparing Your Paper Please provide all the required information including a definitive set of authors, to ensure your paper is not delayed while we request the missing information.
  • 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).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • 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.

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.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Manuscript structure

  • Should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
  • For example, authors should address: What conclusions emerge from the literature?
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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.

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
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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