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Prepare your manuscript for Atmosphere-Ocean.

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Article types

Review
Editorial
Research Article
Data Note
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Letter
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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  • Abstract: A concise, relevant and substantial abstract of some 200 words is required.
  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 8 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Each paper should have a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8 keywords.
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  • Should contain no more than 5 keywords.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Pageformat: All copy (including tables, references and figure captions) must be double-spaced in 12-point font with 2.5cm (1 inch) wide margins.
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  • Citations: Literature citations should be indicated in the text by author and date.
  • The list of references must be arranged alphabetically by author and chronologically for each author, if necessary.
  • Software and Code Availability: o Authors must include a software availability statement, which authors should add to the end of the article, before the references list.
  • o Code and software should be cited in the body of your article, be added to your reference list as you would any other bibliographic citation.
  • References should be omitted.
  • 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 must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text (e.g. figure 1, figure 2).
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  • In multi-part figures, each part should be labeled (e.g. figure 1(a), figure 1(b)) and accompanied by an appropriate caption.
  • You must however preserve your original word processing document and all original figure files:they will be required for typesetting upon final acceptance.
  • Tables must have concise headings and an identifying number.
  • Resolution of the figures inserted in the original pdf manuscript must be sufficient for good understanding by the reviewers.
  • 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.
  • Review: Document format: Your manuscript may be prepared using Text, MSWord, WordPerfect or LaTeX, but the initial or revised manuscript that you submit for review should be transformed into a single pdf document, with figures and tables inserted close to where they are referenced.
  • Review: If your manuscript succeeds through the review process, you will receive a Conditional Acceptance and you will be required to submit your exact final text in word processing format, tables and full resolution figures in separate files, captions for tables and figures on separate pages, and any required permission to reproduce copyright material.
  • The full resolution version must be kept for final typesetting (see https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/submission-of-electronic-artwork/ for the journal requirements).
  • La version avec résolution maximum doit être conservée pour la mise en page (voir https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/submission-of-electronic-artwork/ pour les exigences de la revue).

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

  • Data Note: Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Data Note: Further to the data sharing policy for the journal, Data Note submissions must include a DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT and describe data available via a REPOSITORY.

Cover letter

  •  License: Must be an open license and preferably an OSI-approved license.
  • o Authors must make the source code available on a Version Control System (VCS) such as GitHub and provide details of the repository and the license under which the software can be used.
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  • 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.

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.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • Authors: title, name, affiliation and contact information of each author must be provided.
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  • One author must be identified as the Corresponding Author.
  • Your software tool should be compiled in the following order: o Title page.

Article structure and word limits

  • Text: SALINITIES: should be reported as Absolute Salinities as defined by the TEOS-10 standard endorsed by the IOC in 2009.
  • Authors are required to recommend at least 4 potential reviewers who have not been involved in any way with the work described in the submission.
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  • Should be no more than 3000 words.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • All submissions should be made online at the Atmosphere-Ocean ScholarOne Manuscripts site.
  • Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre.
  • Review: Contributions to Atmosphere-Ocean must report original research or be a review or a comment on a published paper.
  • The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information.
  • 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”.
  • Text: When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
  • You should include a statement in the manuscript as follows:  Software available from: URL for the website where software can be downloaded from.
  • Please use colour to facilitate understanding of your graphics, especially area and line graphs.
  • Letter: If an author expects to be unable to meet these charges in full, a request for reduction must be made in the covering letter at the same time as the initial manuscript is submitted, and the reason must be given See http://cmos.in1touch.org/uploaded/web/AO/Publication_charge_form_2016.pdf for details.
  • The price of reprints will vary depending on the number of pages and the number of copies required.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • New users should first create an account.
  • Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to, or arising out of the use of the Content.
  • Required information and formats.
  • Sexist or racist terms must not be used.
  • Text: Authors must adhere to SI units.
  • Units must not be italicized in the text.
  • Data Note: Data Notes should only describe the data.
  • The article should provide examples of suitable input data sets and include an example of the output that can be expected from the tool and how this output should be interpreted.
  • Manuscripts in the fields of the meteorological and hydrological sciences, oceanographic science or climate science should be directed to the appropriate editor listed at the end of the submission page in the ScholarOne site.
  • Review: Technical editing will start only at that point and you may be contacted for required clarification; typesetting will follow and you will be given a brief opportunity to review the proofs before online publishing.
  • 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.

Language and text style

  • If you are unsure that your language has the required high quality, it is advisable to have your manuscript reviewed by an individual with a good mastery of English (or French), such as a member of the language department of your institution.

Blinded manuscript

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

Manuscript structure

  • Text: Section headings and sub-headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using an alphabetical system for subsections (i.e. 1, a, b, c, 2, a, b, c).
  • In all cases proper nomenclature and a short statement describing the method and/or version number of the TEOS-10 software used in calculation of Absolute Salinity are required.
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  • Text: Footnotes to the text should be avoided.
  • Data Note: Data Notes do not include any interpretation or conclusion of the data (see preparing your paper).
  • 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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • 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).

Authorship and originality

  • There will be no free printed reprints.All authors must pay this fee.

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: Up to 8 keywords
References: Harvard
Title page: separate file
Declarations: 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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