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Readiness requirements

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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.
  • Grid references For Great Britain, full six figure national grid references, eg, NGR SK 314152 should be given where appropriate, particularly in descriptions of surviving sites and buildings.
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  • End note references for printed books should state: Name of author, title of book (in italics), edition (if not first), City of publication: publisher, date of publication (all in brackets), and, where appropriate, page number referred to, eg: Charles Hadfield, British Canals: an Illustrated History, 4th ed. (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969).
  • References to articles in journals and periodicals should state: name of author, title of article (in single quotation marks), title of journal (in italics) volume and/or part number, year of publication (in brackets): inclusive page range of article or the page referred to, eg: Alan Rogers, 'Rural Industries and Social Structure: the Framework Knitting Industry of South Nottinghamshire 1670-1840', Textile History 12, (1981): 23.
  • Letter: References to manuscripts should state: location (with abbreviation after first mention), archive and document details, identification letter or number, page or dating references, volume or folio, eg: Public Record Office (PRO), Papers of Miles Nightingale, C.109/1, 17.
  • The new reference should refer back to the first citation of the work, giving the author(s)' surname(s) and the title of the work, with the new page number, eg: Stratton and Trinder, Industrial England, 77.
  • A single end note number should be used, even if the sentence requires more than one reference, with the references in the end notes separated by semicolons.
  • References should be numbered consecutively in the text.
  • If the article has a digital object identifier (DOI), this should be included after the page number or range.
  • If there are a number of references from the same repository, a separate list of abbreviations of repository names should precede the list of references.
  • Repeat citations of the same publication should each be given a new end note number in sequence.
  • It must never be used if the preceding note contains more than one citation.
  • 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.
  • Dimensions and measurements should appear in figures, e.g. the canal was 9.5km in length.
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  • Please submit illustrations, tables etc. separately from the text.

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.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Article structure and word limits

  • Images Photographs should ideally be 300dpi resolution and line drawings 600dpi.
  • Dates Dates should be expressed in day-month-year order, e.g. 7 August 1834.
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  • The names of centuries should not be spelt out, e.g. the 19th century, 19th-century kiln, mid-19th-century kiln.
  • Periods of years should be expressed as follows: 1801-6, 1856-64, 1881-7.
  • Decades should be identified in numbers not words, e.g. 1840s not eighteen forties.
  • Use numerals for 11 upwards and in all tabulated information.
  • 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.
  • Copy should preferably be submitted in Word or a Word-compatible format.
  • Please let us know if you do not wish to include this.
  • Where appropriate, all images should be submitted in colour.
  • The on-line version of the journal is produced in full colour, but the use of colour in the print version may occasionally be limited at the editors’ discretion.
  • If you have images which need to be reproduced in colour, this should be discussed with the editors at an early stage.
  • If specialist words are essential, they should be explained in the text or in the case of a large number in a separate glossary.
  • Please use "World War I/II" instead of "First/Second World War".
  • Where given names are abbreviated a full point should be used, eg: Nicholas = N.
  • Bold can be used for emphasis but should be employed sparingly.
  • End note numbers must be placed at the ends of sentences, after the full stop.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Language and text style

  • Quotations more than 40 words should be indented one tab and left without quotation marks.
  • Abbreviations of units: do not use full points or pluralise with a terminal 's', eg: 5mm not 5mm. or 5mms.
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  • Letter: SI units should be used as standard, except for historical dimensions such as railway gauges, which can be quoted in imperial units with the metric equivalent in brackets Abbreviations In general, omit full points in common abbreviations, eg: A40, NNE, am, OS, eg, ie, and contractions where the abbreviation ends with the last letter of the word, e.g. vols, nos, fols, Dr.
  • Quotations Quotations and direct speech should be shown with single quotation marks.
  • Use double quotation marks only for a quote within a quote.
  • Where words are part-abbreviated they take a full point, eg: vol., fol., ref., et al.; Latin abbreviations should be in italic.
  • The abbreviation op. cit. should not be used.
  • Do not use abbreviations like 'th' and 'st'.

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.
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Source transparency

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