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Prepare your manuscript for Folklore.

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Article types

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

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Include or confirm the abstract length required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Original research papers (maximum 12,000 words including endnotes and bibliography).
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  • Informal items of topical interest (maximum 5,000 words including endnotes and bibliography).
  • Provide a bibliography (under the heading References Cited ) at the end of your paper.
  • Give in-text citations in the order: author surname, date, page number(s) (do not use p. or pp.).
  • 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.
  • Place citations at the end of the sentence, in date order, enclosed in round brackets, inside the closing punctuation, e.g. (Howkins 1986, 69).

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)).
  • Please provide the highest quality figure format possible.
  • Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the manuscript, and numbered correspondingly.
  • You must ensure appropriate acknowledgement is given to the permission granted to you for reuse by the copyright holder in each figure or table caption.
  • Figures must be saved separate to text.
  • 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.
  • Keep tables, figures and text as separate files.
  • Please do not embed figures in the manuscript file.

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.

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

  • If you wish to include any material in your manuscript in which you do not hold copyright, you must obtain written permission from the copyright owner, prior to submission.

Article structure and word limits

  • The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
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  • Use these instructions if you are preparing a manuscript to submit to Folklore.
  • 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.
  • Research Article: It does not include new fieldwork data, which must be incorporated into a regular research article.
  • Your name should not appear in headers or footers, as the paper will be evaluated anonymously.
  • Articles submitted should be in Gentium Plus font.
  • 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.
  • During make-up of the journal your text is flowed on to the page, so do not justify margins, use 'soft' hyphens at the end of lines or any other device that interrupts the flow.
  • Use the normal word wrap function.
  • Use single quotes, in Folklore style.
  • Do not bookmark your files.
  • Do not embed any markers in the text.
  • 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.
  • In accordance with the Taylor & Francis AI Policy, any use of Generative AI tools (e.g. Chat GPT) or any large language models (LLMs) at any point in the preparation of the manuscript must be clearly disclosed in the submitted manuscript, including the full name of the tool used (with version number), how it was used, and the reason for use.
  • 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.

Title page and author information

  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript; and a brief biography (e.g. institution, research interests, other publications).

Manuscript structure

  • Provide headings and sub-headings to denote the main stages of your argument.
  • Use endnotes, not footnotes.
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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.
  • Keep endnotes short and few, and key them in the text with a superscript Arabic numeral with no brackets, following closing punctuation.

Language and text style

  • Use British spelling and British punctuation (consult the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors and the New Hart's Rules ).
  • Do not use sexist or racist language, and avoid political or religious polemic.
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  • All quotation marks should be single with the following full stop outside the closing mark.

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

Paper: 12,000 words
References: Harvard
Declarations: Acknowledgements, 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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