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Article types

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

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.
  • Review: All submissions should include the following: In order to protect the anonymity of the author during the blind review process, the first page of the article should include ONLY a title and an abstract (100-150 words) summarizing the content of the paper.

Keywords

  • Provide 5-7 keywords chosen by the author.
  • All submissions should include the following: Articles should include 5-7 keywords for online indexing.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Vancouver style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • The supporting text of up to 2,000 words (including citations) must articulate the aims, background, and context for the work, explain the formal decisions that guided the creation thereof, and articulate the knowledge generated by the project.
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  • As supplementary material can circulate independently of the article, supplementary files should be self-contained, i.e., capable of being understood without reference to the article itself.
  • Authors wishing to retain copyright of their own images in their manuscript should indicate this by adding at the figure caption end “© Author name.” This will ensure that anyone who may subsequently want to reference the work or reuse the image will know who owns the copyright and who to contact for permission to do so.
  • 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.
  • As for figures, please include an indicator in the text to show where each table should go, “. as shown in Table 1.”.
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  • This format of submission must feature dress or costume used as a vehicle for original creative expression with 8-10 high quality photographs or illustrations (300 dpi) for which the author/artist owns copyright.
  • All submissions should include the following: 5-10 low resolution images with captions should be embedded into the document.
  • Place list of captions at the bottom of the article text.
  • The table and text must be editable and not in picture format.
  • Table number and caption should be placed above the table.
  • Provide a separate document giving the title and a brief description of each supplementary file, plus (figures, video, audio, software, datasets, etc.).
  • As a guide, images should be submitted at the following minimum input scanning resolutions whenever possible: Simple line illustrations: 800 dpi.
  • As a guide, images should be submitted at the following minimum input scanning resolutions whenever possible: Fine line illustrations and monochrome images: 1200dpi.
  • Digital manipulation of images must be acknowledged in the figure caption.

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • 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].
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  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.Please note that only the corresponding author is eligible to request funding from their institution, and it is not possible to change the corresponding author to achieve eligibility after submission.
  • All submissions should include the following: Funding details.

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests 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

  • Authors must provide written evidence of permission to reproduce any third-party material in their article and ensure that all relevant credits have been included.
  • Authors must check the terms and conditions of the website and/or the copyright disclaimer; if these items are not visible, the author is responsible for finding out the status of the material and for contacting the rightsholder.
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  • The entire contents are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission.".
  • When requesting permission to reproduce any kind of third-party material from rightsholders, please ask for the following: print and electronic rights for the full term of copyright and any extensions of copyright to facilitate reproduction of the material in the journal’s print and online editions–we cannot publish third-party material using a time-limited license.

Supplementary files

  • Lectio: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Letter: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
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  • Review: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Protocol: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Editorial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Clinical Trial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Research Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Embed or attach the author-supplied supplementary material so Articlo can extract and label it for the package.
  • Any bibliographic sources cited in the supplementary material therefore should be included in full and kept to a minimum.
  • Supplementary material is intended to support arguments advanced in the article; it should not refer to other work nor contain discussion or conclusions that go beyond the content of the article.
  • Supplementary files are not modified by Taylor & Francis (they will be uploaded as is), and proofs will not be provided, so all supplementary material should be checked carefully prior to submission.

Article structure and word limits

  • Submission Guidelines: All manuscripts should be submitted electronically, using a Word document file (not a pdf), double-spaced, 12pt Times New Roman font.
  • High-resolution images (minimum 300 dpi) will be requested prior to publication.
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  • Use month-day-year style for dates. (The exhibition opened on January 9, 2005, in the Capitol.) No comma is placed between month and year (e.g., February 1964).
  • Images should be sized to the appropriate resolution at 130 mm width to ensure quality reproduction at final page size.
  • All corrections should be returned together within three (3) days of receipt.
  • For ranges where the first page number is 110 through to 199, 210 through to 299 etc., use two digits unless more are needed to include all changed parts, e.g., 1087–89, 1496–500, 11564–615, 12991–3001.
  • Where year ranges are required (e.g., for a person’s dates or to indicate that an object was made over the span of several years), use an en dash rather than a hyphen and abbreviate as for page numbers: (1875–1912), (1940–60).
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Authors must follow the formatting guidelines of the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
  • Does the author provide evidence for each claim?
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use a single (not double) space after the period at the end of sentences.
  • Please note that articles in journals should be cited differently from those in a popular magazine or newspaper.
  • Submit low-resolution images only with your initial submission so that the submission can be sent by email.
  • Use “percent” rather than “%” in the text accompanied by numerals, not words.
  • Use ellipses (.) to indicate omissions within a quote.
  • Ellipses should have three dots with one space between each period, as well as a space before and after.
  • Words should not be hyphenated at the end of a line.
  • Use hard returns only at the end of paragraphs, switch auto-hyphenation off, and left justify text.
  • Images should be supplied electronically at a resolution suitable for printing.
  • It is recommended that images should be supplied as TIFF, or PS files, although PDF and JPEG are also acceptable provided the resolution is sufficient.
  • As a guide, images should be submitted at the following minimum input scanning resolutions whenever possible: Full colour images: 300dpi.
  • As a guide, images should be submitted at the following minimum input scanning resolutions whenever possible: Half-tones: 350–400 dpi.
  • 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.
  • All pages should be numbered.
  • All submissions should include the following: A separate cover sheet with the author(s) name, address, email address, phone number, title of the manuscript, and a brief (100-150 words) biographical statement.
  • Use United States or US.
  • Use "ca." for "circa".
  • Use BCE and CE for eras.
  • Do not use AD or BC.
  • As a guide, images should be submitted at the following minimum input scanning resolutions whenever possible: Slides or transparencies, grayscale images, and combination images (photographs and labelling): 600 dpi.
  • This will be accessible from the CATS page for the article and allows the author to enter the PDF page and line number where a correction needs to be made followed by a description of the change that is required.
  • If you are unable to use the CATS webform, compile a list of changes in a Word document—giving the PDF page and line number where each correction needs to be made, then a description of the change that is required—and either upload that to CATS or email it to the production editor.
  • All submissions should include the following: Descriptive subheadings in the body of the text.
  • Letter: Do not place an apostrophe between the numeral "0" and the letter "s" to indicate a decade: 1920s (not 1920's); 1910–1919 is written 1910s.
  • All submissions should include the following: Disclosure statement of any financial or non-financial interest that has arisen from the direct applications of your research.
  • If your article has been accepted for the journal, you will need to send image files at the highest resolution possible.
  • Do not assume that re-using content is acceptable.
  • If multiple files need to be sent, please ensure they are complete and zipped together before uploading.
  • Please ensure all corrections are sent in one communication as inclusion of subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed.
  • Do not send unsolicited reviews.
  • 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.
  • Do not hyphenate compound words when used as a noun, but always hyphenate multiple-word adjectives, e.g., as a noun: "a dress dating to the nineteenth century," vs. as an adjective: "a nineteenth-century dress.".

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.
  • All submissions should include the following: Declaration of generative AI use.

Manuscript structure

  • Endnotes should be kept to as small a number as possible while maintaining complete referencing.
  • Use Microsoft Word’s automatic insertion of endnote system.
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  • 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.
  • All submissions should include the following: Endnotes using numerals and formatted following the Chicago Manual of Style.
  • Page numbers in endnotes should be abbreviated following the CMS as follows (use a dash to separate page numbers, not a hyphen).
  • Proofs will be supplied as a PDF, and the most efficient method to make corrections is by using Adobe Reader (available free to download from http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader ) to indicate required changes on the PDF file.
  • All submissions should include the following: Acknowledgements should be omitted in the initial submission but may be added if the manuscript is accepted for publication as a footnote.
  • Endnotes should be numbered using Arabic numerals in the text following the most convenient punctuation mark rather than mid-sentence and should be placed at the end of the text in the manuscript.

Author contributions

  • Collection to which it belongs, any credit line required by the owner, and accession number.

Language and text style

  • Eliot; do not use periods for abbreviations with all capitals (e.g., CSA, BS, JFK).
  • Do not use ellipses at the beginning of a quotation.
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  • Letter: Place periods after abbreviations ending in a lowercase letter (e.g., Mrs., Dr.) and initials (e.g., E).

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: 5-7 keywords
References: Vancouver
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Funding, Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman, double spacing

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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