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Prepare your manuscript for Design and Culture.

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Article types

Review
Book Review
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 150 words.
  • Should contain an abstract of 150 words.

Keywords

  • Provide 5-8 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 5 and 8 keywords.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Should be between 6000 and 8000 words, inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, endnotes.
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  • Should be between 2000 and 3000 words, inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, endnotes.
  • Please use this reference guide when preparing your paper, which follows the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style Author-Date citation.
  • Should typically be no more than 20 printed pages (typically 7-12 pages of images and 8-13 pages of text, or 3200-5200 words), inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, endnotes.
  • They must appear at the end of the article, below the list of references.
  • Citations should appear in parentheses outside the last punctuation mark.
  • References Each manuscript should include a list of references that is limited to, and inclusive of, all those publications cited in the text.
  • 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.
  • All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the manuscript (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2).
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  • In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • In visual essays where the image dominates, with text reading more like captions, the text should be approximately 1000 words and the combined image and text should be designed to occupy no more than 20 printed pages.
  • To improve the print and online display, please ensure that all figures and graphics are supplied at the appropriate resolutions with a minimum 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at a minimum size of four inches wide.
  • Figures, tables, and captions must not be included in the body of the text.
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Each manuscript should include a section titled “List of Figures.” Please use the Design and Culture Style Guidelines here when preparing your captions.
  • Please provide the highest quality figure format possible.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.

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

  • 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 and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Should be between 1000 and 1200 words unless they are comparative in which case they can be up to 1800 words.
  • The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
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  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (no more than 200 words).
  • 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.
  • When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
  • Authors must adhere to the International System of Units ( SI ).
  • Do not use any footnoting or end-noting programs in your software, as this text becomes irretrievably lost at the typesetting stage.
  • Formatting and Templates Papers should be submitted in Word format.
  • This file should be anonymized and should include the main paper styled according to guidelines.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact the Managing Editor, Caroline Dionne, at cd.designculture@gmail.com.
  • 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.
  • Review / Editorial: All manuscripts must conform to all of the guidelines outlined below, or they will be returned to the author for correction before the paper proceeds to editorial pre-review.
  • Please note that if your paper is rejected at the initial screening stage, we cannot provide detailed comments about the specific reasons regarding the specific reasons for rejection.
  • Stereotypical, sexist or racist terms may not be used, unless they are being used as examples or quotations from primary source data.
  • 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.
  • Review: Keep in mind that this process may be time consuming, so it may take some time for an article to be published following the initiation of the peer-review process.

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: Authors will be notified if their article has been sent for peer-review in no more than four weeks from the date of submission.
  • Preparing Your Paper Types of papers Your manuscript should be anonymized and compiled in the following order: abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure captions (as a list).
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  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; figures and figure captions; a file that contains both the main text and figures; acknowledgments; references; appendices (as appropriate).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Language and text style

  • Please note that long quotations (those over 40 words) should be indented as block quotations without quotation marks.
  • Authors should ensure their writing (grammar, spelling and syntax) is of a high standard and that the submission has been prepared according to the guidelines below.
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  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.
  • Review: Please also note that papers that do not demonstrate a good command of English-language writing are likely to be rejected upon initial review.

Manuscript structure

  • Endnote numbers must be manually added and numbered consecutively throughout the 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.

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: 150 words
Keywords: 5-8 keywords
References: Harvard
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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