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Article types

Review
Book Review
Editorial
Letter
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 100 words.
  • An abstract of no more than 100 words should be provided at the beginning of the article.
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  • Please include a brief abstract of no more than 100 words.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • References should use the Harvard system for published works, i.e. authors’ name, date of publication, and page numbers (if required) in brackets in the text. e.g. ‘Sakwa (1999, pp. 141–42) suggested that …’ and ‘recent studies have shown that … (Hanson 1996; Aleksashenko 1999, p. 79; Volkov 1999, p. 748)’.
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  • References to newspaper articles where author details are unavailable should be made in footnotes as follows: ‘Gorbachev Gears Up for His Make-or-Break Test’, The Times, 25 June 1988.
  • Footnotes should be used for references to archival or repository material as follows: Gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Rossiskoi Federatsii (hereafter GARF), fond 7523, opis 85s, delo 255, line 20.
  • Information on interviews, archival sources, websites, unauthored newspaper articles and non-standard references should be given in footnotes, not in the reference list.
  • Footnotes should be used for references to archival material, interviews/personal correspondence and non-standard reference material.
  • Where print versions of online sources exist the print version should be cited where possible and page number references given.
  • In the main references list please name all authors and editors; do not use et al.
  • References to websites where author details are unavailable should be made in footnotes as follows: The Laeken Declaration on the Future of the European Union,2001, available at: http://european-convention.eu.int/pdf/LKNEN.pdf, accessed 24 June 2007.
  • References to online news articles with no author should be made in footnotes as follows: ‘Osnovnye etapy razvitiya gazety Izvestiya’, RIA Novosti, 13 February 2012, available at: http://ria.ru/spravka/20120313/592628788.html, accessed 8 July 2016.
  • References to online databases should be made in footnotes as follows: ‘Nazarbayev says USA will help Kazakhstan if borders threatened’, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 22 February 1994, available at: https://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe, accessed 14 August 1994.
  • The name of the archive should be given in full in its original language at its first mention and any abbreviations used for subsequent citations should be given in full.
  • If reference is made to more than one publication by an author in the same year this should be indicated by lower case letters in alphabetical order immediately after the year of publication.
  • Full details should then be provided in a section under the heading References at the end of the manuscript, giving authors' last name and initials, date of publication, and for books, title of book, place of publication and publisher; for articles, name of journal, volume and issue numbers.
  • 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.
  • 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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  • Transliteration from the Ukrainian to the Latin alphabet should follow the system officially approved by the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers in 2010 (see this table ).
  • The approximate position of tables and figures should be indicated in the manuscript.
  • Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively by Arabic numerals.
  • All tables and figures must have title legends.
  • Text within tables and figures should be in Times New Roman.
  • Captions should include keys to symbols and should be grouped together.
  • Artwork should also be sent in electronic form with the article.

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.

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

  • Where interviews or personal correspondence is mentioned, authors should provide name of interviewee (or anonymous), location of interview, and full date of interview/correspondence.

Cover letter

  • You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • If you wish to include any images in your article for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by the 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

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • Each manuscript must have a title page that includes the title, authors' names, institutions of origin, addresses and e-mail addresses.
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  • One should be a complete text and should include a title page, while in the second all information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees.

Article structure and word limits

  • Preparing Your Article Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word using Times New Roman 10 point font and double spacing.
  • All numbers greater than 10 should be expressed in numerical form rather than in words.
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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.
  • Article Submissions All submissions should be made online at the Europe-Asia Studies Manuscript Central site.
  • Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre.
  • Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript.
  • Authors should follow the classification system adopted by the archive or repository.
  • Use -ise, -isation, etc (realise, organisation, etc) throughout.
  • An ellipsis [ … ] within continuous text is usually indicated by three points, a fourth should be added if the ellipsis finishes a sentence.
  • The expressions in litt., op. cit., idem. and ibid. should not be used.
  • They should be corrected and returned to the publisher within three days of receipt.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please contact us at: europe-asia@glasgow.ac.uk.
  • 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.
  • Articles should be comprehensible to an interdisciplinary academic readership and, if based on quantitative research, should express their arguments in words rather than relying only on equations.
  • New users should first create an account.
  • Please use symbols for %, $, € and £.
  • 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.

Manuscript structure

  • Footnotes should be numbered sequentially as superscript Arabic numerals in the appropriate positions in the text.
  • Footnotes to the text should be confined to the minimum number necessary.
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  • Footnote numbers should be placed after punctuation.
  • Footnotes should be used sparingly.
  • 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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Please include a word count for your article.
  • Tables and figures must be prepared on separate pages and not included as part of the main text.

Language and text style

  • Please note that long quotations (over 50 words) should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Titles of journals should be given in full, in italics.
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  • All non-English words should be in italic script, and along with all non-English names, they should be spelled with accents and diacritical marks included.
  • Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.
  • Abbreviations and acronyms should be given in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in brackets.

Authorship and originality

  • Where websites or online sources are cited, authors should provide as many details as possible, including URL, information on authorship, year of publication, title of document/report and date accessed.

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: 100 words
References: Harvard
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: 10 pt, 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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