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Prepare your manuscript for Geographical Review.

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Clinical Trial
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Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 210 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should be no longer than 8,000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, references, figure captions, endnotes.
  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 210 words.
  • Do not provide information in your main paper, abstract, figures, etc. that identifies who you are.
  • 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.

Keywords

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

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.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
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  • 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.
  • Review: Please remember that the text area on a Geographical Review page is 5 inches by 7.7 inches and that the text and numerals in tables must remain legible.
  • Maximum size: 5 x 7.7 inches (including caption).
  • Tables and figures Show clearly in your article text where the tables and figures should appear, for example, by writing [Table 1 near here].
  • Review: Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication must supply illustrations that are of professional quality and of a size suited to the dimensions of a Geographical Review page: no larger than 5 inches by approximately 7.7 inches, including the caption.
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Illustrations—photographs, drawings, maps, graphs, and diagrams—and tables should depict important themes in the text.
  • A callout for each illustration and each table must be placed in the text.
  • Captions for illustrations should not be placed in or on the figures but should instead be double spaced on a separate sheet.
  • Include in the caption a brief description of the illustration and, if it is an adaptation or reproduction, its source.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Each table must be on a separate page, with tabs between entries in a row.
  • Do not use table-formatting software or include tables formatted as spreadsheets.
  • Submit each figure as a separate TIFF or JPEG file.
  • Submit as text files (not preformatted as table).
  • 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.
  • Submit as text, not in figure files.
  • Print Rates shall be set at $400 per figure for the first four figures; $75 per figure for five or more figures.
  • 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.
  • Do not forget to leave room for captions beneath full-page illustrations.
  • Label each illustration with the name of the author(s) and the number but please do not mount or write directly on photographs.
  • Editorial: Black and white figures accompanying editorial text shall be reproduced without additional charge to the Society or authors.
  • The cost of color figures in the print Journal shall be charged to the authors at the then current rates of the Publisher.

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

  • Letter: Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.
  • Letter: You will need to submit a separate cover letter as part of the submission process.
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  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • It should also be no shorter than 5,000 words.
  • Please include page numbers if documenting a text (Smith 1989, 13—14).
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  • Maps should contain no more than five colors or gray shades with no less than 20 percent difference between each shade.
  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • Maps, graphs, and diagrams must be submitted as a 300-ppi TIFF or JPEG files created in or converted to Adobe Photoshop or some other Photoshop-compatible program (not GIS or Adobe Illustrator, for example).
  • Minimum length: 5,000 words.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Except when solicited, most stand-alone literature reviews are not acceptable and should be submitted to other outlets.
  • If you are asked to provide a revision, do not identify yourself in author comments.
  • Key words should be different from the words used in the title.
  • Letter: This letter must state that your paper is not submitted to any other journal until there is a decision rendered by the editor.
  • All photographs must have sharp focus and good contrast.
  • Use an easily legible sans serif font such as Gill Sans, Lucida Sans, or Trebuchet MS.
  • 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.
  • Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Do not cite yourself.
  • Web page URL (use only publicly accessible Web sites; do not force a break in the URL at the end of a line; and if the Web site no longer exists, insert “Formerly at” before the URL): PRC [People’s Republic of China].
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • 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.
  • 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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Maximum length: 8,000 words.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, acknowledgments; references; 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.” Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
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  • Please use traditional state abbreviations, not postal codes.
  • 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.
  • Letter: 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.
  • Letter: 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.

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).

Manuscript structure

  • 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.
  • Letter: 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.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 210 words
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman

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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