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Prepare your manuscript for Cities & Health.

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Checked 2026-08-01
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Article types

Review
Editorial
Lectio
Protocol
Commentary
Viewpoint
Book Review
Clinical Trial
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 200 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • You should also include in your abstract the practical contribution your research or article might have on real-world practice and/or policy making.
  • 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.
  • Due to known styles of reading and browsing with digital media, please do not use abbreviations at all in the title, abstract, introduction, headings and subheadings or conclusions.
  • A non-structured abstract of no more than 200 words for all original scholarship and major praxis articles and of no more than 100 words for other article types.

Keywords

  • Include or confirm the keywords 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.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
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  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.

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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  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, GIF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX).
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • The narrative should engage with the images as a source of information rather than only for illustrative purposes: think about what each photo or illustration communicates about your topic or in a new way that text alone could not.
  • Captions for figures: The caption should capture in a few words what you want the viewer understand by looking at the image, especially important for maps, plans and photos.

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

  • Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and other direct identifiers from the blinded manuscript file.
  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.
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  • All articles submitted as ‘original scholarship’ will be double-blind reviewed by default by at least two reviewers.
  • Our short articles will be blind reviewed by at least one reviewer.

Cover letter

  • Using third-party material in your paper 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.

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

  • The guideline for case studies is 3,000 words maximum.
  • The length of the article should be about 500 to 1000 words.
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  • The guideline is for 3,000 words maximum.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Authors of all original scholarship submissions are required to complete a 'City Know-how ' form.
  • With both the emphasis of the writing should be a reflection on the work; your personal experiences and lessons.
  • Reflective Praxis - Major articles: These must be written in the first person, logically organised and clearly set out, with appropriate referencing.
  • The writing should not report on the work itself, however it must cite it.
  • It should refer to the work in setting the scene for the authors’ reflections so that the reader understands the context.
  • This can be narrative, poetic/evocative, or analytic in form (empirical data are not required), or a mixture of these, linked to the theme(s) of the images.
  • They must include critical analysis, reflective comments and describe the limitations to applicability or implementation in other situations.
  • For a case study, we require some form of metrics or evaluation but not the high quality of data assumed for empirical articles.
  • A location plan plus other plans, sketches, maps or photos are required.
  • Where a submission is opinion-led the article should be evidence-informed and appropriately referenced.
  • Review / Book Review: Submit the using the journal on-line portal as a 'book review’.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • This should relate to the City Know-how summary of your article, where this is a requirement for your submission category.
  • 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”.
  • 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.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • AI generated images – we do not want AI images submitted to provide readers with example of local urban form in a city or study area; our readers, who are likely to be unfamiliar with the locality under study, need to see photos of real places.
  • The focus of these articles should be on communicating how others, in your sectors and other areas critical for creating cities that support human health and well-being, can benefit from your experiences.
  • Reflective Praxis - Think-pieces: These must be written in the first person, logically organised and clearly set out, with only light referencing, to outline the work(s) on which the reflections are based.
  • These must be single authored.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please however note the following style points: Title: The title of the article should never be in ALL CAPS, and please Do Not Capitalise Every Single Word.
  • We do not want a paper about the research or project itself, that can be published separately.
  • Please add information about the publication in the following sequence at the start of the article: Title of the book.

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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  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparatio n to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.

Manuscript structure

  • In all cases the reasoning behind the choice of method should be made clear.
  • Review: Do not use any other headings or subheadings in the review.
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  • Their use is also very strongly discouraged in introductions, conclusions and 'City Know-how' files (should your paper have one).
  • The reflections from research, practice and design section of the Journal provides opportunities for: Conjecture: Those of us who are involved or interested in this field can bring forward thoughts about issues we all need to consider, reflect upon and take further.

Statistical reporting

  • We assume that for case studies these will often be third-party statistics, and not necessarily empirically collected by the author(s), the latter should be submitted as ‘original scholarship - empirical’.

Language and text style

  • Abbreviations: Abbreviations should not be used in titles, abstracts or sub-headings within an article.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Use the full terms in these places, even if you have introduced the abbreviation in the standard way with brackets on its first use in the body text.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 200 words
Paper: 1,000 words
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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