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Prepare your manuscript for Australian Journal of Political Science.

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Article types

Review
Research Article
Review Article
Lectio
Editorial
Systematic Review
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Letter

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 150 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • An unstructured abstract of no more than 150 words.

Keywords

  • Provide 2-3 keywords chosen by the author.
  • To improve search engine optimisation, the article title should include 2-3 keywords from the article which are broad enough to be captured by any scholar searching for articles on a topic.
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  • If the title contains two parts (i.e. title: subtitle), the title should contain the keywords, and the subtitle can be more creative or specific as the author wishes.

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.
  • Review: Review Articles should not be less than 8,000 words or exceed 10,000 words (excluding references).
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  • They should be written in a scholarly yet accessible style and note exceed 10,000 words in length (excluding references).
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • 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. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • 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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  • All images must be supplied as separate files; please see the instructions below under 'Figures'.
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The corresponding author's postal address must be included in order for the complimentary copy of the issue (in which the article has been included) can be received.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • 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

  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • 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 prepare and upload two manuscript versions.
  • One should be a complete text including name(s) of author(s).
  • In the second version, all information identifying the author(s) should be removed.
  • Review: The original manuscript, 'File not for review', should be compiled in the following order: 1.
  • Reform Notes must advance a change or reform directed at or relevant to an Australian political institution, practice, procedure, system, policy or law.
  • must set out a reform initiative that is appropriate to the aims and purposes of AJPS.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • 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.
  • must clearly respond to a challenge or limitation of some aspect of Australian politics including, but not limited to: election process and procedures, institutions, policy (domestic/foreign), law or regulatory reform.
  • may focus on contexts other than Australia (e.g. Europe, North America, Asia, etc.) but must demonstrate relevance to the Australian political context and practice (local, state or federal).
  • must be grounded in practice-based research.
  • Review: Review Articles must provide a comprehensive assessment and critique of the contemporary state of research on a particular topic, theme or field of study appropriate to the political science discipline and its subfields.
  • Review / Review Article / Editorial: Persons interested in writing a Review Article must contact the AJPS Editorial Team (ausjps.eds@gmail.com) in the first instance to discuss the topic of their proposed Review Article.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • This new submission category recognises the applied nature of research conducted by many academics, the importance of research translation, and that these imperatives do not always align with the expectations and purposes of academic 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

  • 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

  • Research Article: Research Articles should not exceed 8,000 words (excluding references), with a further 2,000 word limit for references.
  • Research Notes should not be less than 2,000 words or exceed 4,000 words (excluding references), with a further 1,000 word limit for references.
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  • Please include a word count for your manuscript.

Language and text style

  • Please use Australian spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
  • Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.
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  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.

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).

Manuscript structure

  • 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.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 150 words
Paper: 8,000 words
Keywords: 2-3 keywords
Declarations: 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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