Taylor & Francis
Prepare your manuscript for Childhood Education.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-08-01
Article types
Review
Perspective
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter
Lectio
Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Abstract length
- Include or confirm the abstract length required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
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.
- Authors should consider issues of readability, avoiding overuse of citations and using them only when appropriate.
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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.
- Photographs are encouraged (with complete captions and credit lines; digital files should be 300 dpi).
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.
Cover letter
- Include or confirm the cover letter required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
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.
Article structure and word limits
- 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.
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- Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
- Authors should: Incorporate interesting, inspirational real-world examples.
- Authors should: Base writing on substantial experience with the subject.
- Authors should: Provide analysis to place experience or research in a broader context.
- Authors should: Show respect for and support inclusion of all children, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, or ability; and.
- Authors should: Verify all facts, including dates of events and spellings of proper names.
- Authors should not be seeking to sell a product or service.
- Often, it helps to have a colleague read over your article and, when possible, your article should be professionally edited.
- 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.
- Submit to Anne Bauer at abauer@acei.org.
- This journal requires image descriptions (alternative text, alt text), to be provided for all images conveying information necessary for an understanding of your work.
- We are seeking: Articles showcasing education innovations: These articles describe the practical applications of education innovations, the skillsets needed to implement, likely challenges to implementation, and how they can be measured for impact.
- 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.
Artificial intelligence disclosure
- 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.
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- 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
- Authors should: Use clear, direct language, using the active voice as much as possible.
- Authors should: Clearly explain or avoid idiomatic use of language specific to a national or cultural context.
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- Language: Manuscripts should be in the English language.
- Authors should: Speak to a general audience, avoiding insider jargon or technical writing or specification to the level that only a small percentage of readers would be interested.
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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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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