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Prepare your manuscript for Fetal and Pediatric Pathology.

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Article types

Review
Clinical Trial
Research Article
Review Article
Systematic Review
Brief Report
Letter to the Editor
Editorial
Perspective
Data Note
Book Review
Protocol
Lectio
Case Report
Methods Article

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.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • Should contain a structured abstract of 150 words.
  • Should contain a structured abstract of no more than 150 words.
  • Should contain a structured abstract of 0 words.
  • Trial registration numbers should be included in the abstract, with full details in the methods section.
  • Your abstract should focus on what your research is about, what methods have been used, and what you found out.
  • The instructions for authors for each journal will give specific guidelines on what’s required here, including whether it should be a structured abstract or graphical abstract, and any word limits.
  • Please provide the abstract subdivided into the following sections: Background/Objective(s)/Introduction; Patients/Materials and Methods; Results; Conclusion(s).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Patients/Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Ethical approval; Declaration of Interest statement; Author Contributions statement; Data Availability Statement; 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: Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Declaration of Interest statement; Author Contributions statement; Data Availability Statement; References; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • Systematic Review: Should follow the PRISMA guideline for systematic reviews and include the following elements in the following order: title page; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Declaration of Interest statement; Author Contributions statement; Data Availability Statement; References; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list) and a PRISMA checklist.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Declaration of Interest statement; Author Contributions statement; Data Availability Statement; 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; Introduction; Patients/Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Declaration of Interest statement; Author Contributions statement; Data Availability Statement; References; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Keywords

  • Provide 3-10 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 3 and 10 keywords.
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  • Should contain between 3 and 6 keywords.

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.
  • Accompanying the figure should be a text of no longer than a half page, a legend, and up to 5 references.
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  • The letter should be no more than 500 words including up to 5 references (one of which should be the journal article ).
  • Should be no more than 3,000 words inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes.
  • 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. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Group tables at the end of 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).
  • Tables and figures Show clearly in your article text where the tables and figures should appear, for example, by writing [Table 1 near here].
  • Figure files should be at least 300 dpi.
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • It’s very important that you have been given permission to use any tables or figures you are reproducing from another source before you submit.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Check the instructions for authors to see how you should supply tables and figures, whether at the end of the text or in separate files, and follow any guidance given on the submission system.
  • These images may be different kinds- an exceptional illustration of a common disease process, a common disease with an unusual presentation, and unusual histological features that may or may not have an adequate explanation.

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

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Data Availability Statement: This is required for all articles.
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  • Data Note: Further to the data sharing policy for the journal, Data Note submissions must include a data availability statement and describe data available via a repository.

Ethics statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • In settings where ethics approval for non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys) is not required, authors must include a statement to explain this.
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  • Authors should familiarize themselves with our policy on participant/patient privacy and informed consent.
  • Review: For research involving human subjects and animals (including cadavers, organs, tissues, cells, embryos), Ethics committee review and approval or the local institutional review board (IRB) review and approval (with number and title) must be obtained prior to the research being conducted and must be documented in the first section in Materials and Methods.
  • Protocol: In experimental studies involving human subjects, a statement should be included which indicates that the informed consent of the subjects and acceptance of the study protocol by a local ethics committee has been obtained.
  • Review: For research involving human subjects and animals (including organs, tissues, cells, embryos), Ethic committee review and approval or the local institutional review board (IRB) review and approval (with number and title) must be obtained prior the research was conducted and must be documented in the first section in Materials and Methods.
  • Protocol: In experimental studies of human subjects, a statement should be included which indicates that the informed consent of the subjects and acceptance of the study protocol by a local ethics committee has been obtained.
  • The topics should include (please specify below categories in the cover letter): Be relevant to the clinical and anatomic pediatric pathologists in their care and/or diagnoses of fetal and pediatric patients.
  • Review: All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, must include a written statement in the Methods section, confirming ethical approval has been obtained from the appropriate local ethics committee or Institutional Review Board and that where relevant, informed consent has been obtained.
  • Editorial: Consent All authors are required to follow the ICMJE requirements and Taylor & Francis Editorial Policies on privacy and informed consent from patients and study participants.
  • Authors must include a statement to confirm that any patient, service user, or participant (or that person’s parent or legal guardian) in any type of qualitative or quantitative research, has given informed consent to participate in the research.
  • Case Report: a clinical case report detailing their medical history, identifiable images or media content, etc), authors must include a statement to confirm that they have obtained written informed consent to publish the details from the affected individual (or their parents/guardians if the participant in not an adult or unable to give informed consent; or next of kin if the participant is deceased).
  • Case Report: For submissions where patients or participants can be potentially identified (e.g.

Cover letter

  • Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.
  • The topics should include (please specify below categories in the cover letter): New or unusual observations.
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  • The topics should include (please specify below categories in the cover letter): A second author should be a responsible faculty member.
  • Inclusion of additional authors is discouraged and must be justified in the cover letter.
  • Using Third-Party Material You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Review: The topics should include (please specify below categories in the cover letter): Be of limited scope, and include a limited review of the diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis.
  • The topics should include (please specify below categories in the cover letter): Clinical history and presentations, laboratory findings, imaging studies, anatomic findings, pathology teach and tell, and subsequent outcomes are appropriate components.
  • The topics should include (please specify below categories in the cover letter): The first author should be the trainee and this trainee should be responsible both for composing the manuscript, and for further communication.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Author contributions

  • Add or confirm the author-written Author contributions statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • You may be required to provide CRediT roles (contributor details) for yourself and your co-authors.

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

  • Letters must be submitted within 3 months of the article’s publication date.
  • Should be at between 2500 and 4000 words in length.
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  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • Criteria: Brief research reports present original research and/or preliminary findings of great novelty and/or significance and the body of the manuscript should not be longer than 3,000 words (two printed pages).
  • Should be no more than 3000 words.
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • 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.
  • All studies submitted to the journal should be registered prospectively.
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical trials should be registered prospectively, and registration number must be provided.
  • Submissions of research involving animal subjects must include details on housing, husbandry and steps taken to reduce suffering.
  • In submissions describing the sacrifice of experimental animals, details must be provided on humane endpoints.
  • Authors must also state who granted consent to publish.
  • Any limitations of the datasets should be discussed.
  • Submissions of research involving laboratory-based animals must include details on housing, husbandry and steps taken to reduce suffering.
  • A statement should be included which indicates that consent to publish has been obtained from the subjects.
  • The letter should not include any original research.
  • These should include adequate and appropriate validation to be considered.
  • Any datasets associated with the paper must publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible.
  • If there are concerns about identifying factors in datasets, these should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.
  • Please note, this is not required for submission but is encouraged.
  • For all NIH/Welcome-funded papers, the grant number(s) must be included in the declaration of interest statement.
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical trials should be registered prospectively – i.e. before participant recruitment.
  • Editorial: Authors of retrospectively registered trials must be prepared to provide further information to the journal editorial office if requested.
  • Clinical Trial: The clinical trial registry should be publicly accessible (at no charge), open to all prospective registrants, and managed by a not-for-profit organization.
  • All research studies on humans (individuals, samples, or data) must have been performed in accordance with the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
  • Please include all relevant safety precautions; and cite any accepted standard or code of practice.
  • 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”.
  • Before you submit your article, make sure you’ve checked the instructions for authors for your chosen journal, so you are aware of everything required.
  • Most journals create image descriptions during the production process, but a minority may require authors to provide image descriptions.
  • Review: Running heads and received dates These aren’t required when submitting a manuscript for review.
  • 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.
  • These share the common attribute that in and of themselves may not add additional knowledge to the literature but are interesting enough that they should be shared with other pathologists.
  • These images should be submitted as color images (for on-line viewing), but must be such that the features represented be visible in black and white (for the printed journal).
  • Data Note: Data Notes should only describe the data.
  • Please do not submit your paper as a PDF.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical Trials Registry In order to be published in a Taylor & Francis journal, all clinical trials must have been registered in a public repository, ideally at the beginning of the research process (prior to participant recruitment).
  • The process of obtaining consent to publish should include sharing the article with the individual (or whoever is consenting on their behalf), so that they are fully aware of the content of the article before it is published.
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: European accents (Greek, Hebrew, or Cyrillic letters, or phonetic symbols): choose Times New Roman font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: Asian languages (such as Sanskrit, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese): choose Arial Unicode font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: As noted in the instructions above.
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • If you are at the early stage of your research, you may also need to read how to start writing a journal manuscript.
  • 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.

Authorship and originality

  • Preparing Your Paper All authors submitting to medicine, biomedicine, health sciences, allied and public health journals should conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Manuscript structure

  • This information should be documented in the Material and Methods section.
  • Any euthanasia or anesthesia methods must be described in detail, including information about the agents used.
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  • A statement to confirm Consent to Publish must be included within the Material and Methods section.
  • Methods should provide sufficient details of the materials and methods used so that the work can be repeated by others.
  • As per many reporting guidelines, this section should also include a brief discussion of allowances made (if any) for controlling bias or unwanted sources of variability.
  • The Results should be presented in a logical sequence.
  • The Discussion should commence with a presentation of the major findings of the study and conclude with the implications and/or applications of the findings.
  • The Results synthesis should be quantified and presented with confidence intervals and measures of consistency.
  • Data Note: Data Notes do not include any interpretation or conclusion of the data (see preparing your paper).
  • Review: Should answer a defined research question using explicit, systematic methods to review primary literature and identify, appraise and synthesize all empirical evidence according to pre-specified eligibility criteria.
  • Review / Protocol: The Methods should provide details of the review protocol if one exists as well as details of eligibility criteria for included studies, information sources, search strategies, data collection, synthesis of results and additional analyses (if appropriate).
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • 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.
  • Clinical Trial: However, for clinical trials that have not been registered prospectively, Taylor & Francis journals requires retrospective registration to ensure the transparent and complete dissemination of all clinical trial results which ultimately impact human health.

Statistical reporting

  • The statistical method(s) and/or package used should also be stated.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Systematic Review: Reporting standards: For systematic reviews, the journal requires authors to follow the PRISMA guideline and provide a PRISMA checklist.
  • The CARE checklist should be provided as an additional file.
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  • For animal studies, approval must have been obtained from the local or institutional animal use and care committee.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
  • Case Report: Reporting standards: For case reports, the journal requires authors to follow the CARE guidelines.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; introduction, main text; conclusion; acknowledgements, declaration of interest statement; author contributions statement, data availability statement, 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; main text introduction, materials and methods, Data description, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; author contributions statement and ethics; data availability statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; 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 introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; author contributions statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Language and text style

  • Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.
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  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fourth-level headings should be in bold italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fifth-level headings should be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/“Manuscript - anonymous” file.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 150 words
Paper: 500 words
Keywords: 3-10 keywords
Cover letter: requested
Declarations: Data availability, Ethics, Author contributions, Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman

Source transparency

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