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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Cyber Policy.

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Article types

Review
Research Article
Book Review
Letter to the Editor
Editorial
Lectio
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review

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 200 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Book Review: Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Unstructured abstract (except Book Reviews and Letters to the Editor) – max 200 words.
  • Abbreviations should not be used in the title or abstract, unless they are commonly accepted, e.g., WSIS, AI, NATO.
  • 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 do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.Taylor & Francis Editing Services provides a graphical abstract creation service for a fee.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 3 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Keywords – minimum of 3, maximum of 6.

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.
  • Please use British English spelling throughout, except in quotations and references.
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  • Please use this reference guide when preparing your paper.
  • The list of references must be in alphabetical order of surname/organisation and references by the same source should be listed chronologically.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: References (except Letters to the Editor).
  • Comment Articles need to be clearly structured, provide references from the literature (academic, respected news sources, reputable commercial research sources), and appropriately balance description and analysis.
  • 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.
  • Book Review: All Book Reviews must include full details of the book in the following order: title of book; author; translator (if applicable); place of publication; publisher; date; number of pages; price (format); ISBN; e-book availability.

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].
  • Tables: should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Appendices, tables, figures and lists of tables/figures.
  • 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 produced in Word.
  • 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.

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

  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Cover letter (optional) – including additional information not provided elsewhere in the submission.
  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
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  • 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.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.

Title page and author information

  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Title page – including full author names and affiliations and email address of the corresponding author.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • 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

  • Please use 12-point Times New Roman or other clean font and use double-line spacing to aid readability.
  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Biographical statement(s) – maximum 100 words per author.
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  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • Review / Book Review: A good book review should do three things: (1) summarise the content of the book and the author’s argument; (2) comment on the quality and credibility of the book’s argument; (3) situate the book in existing literature and debates on the topic.
  • 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.
  • below, you should submit your work through the Submission Portal.
  • Comment Articles can focus on good practices or case studies but must not simply be anecdotal, advocacy or manifestos.
  • They should provide more depth and rigour than, say, a newspaper op-ed. Comment Articles may also include practical recommendations for policy makers.
  • Preparing your submission All papers must be submitted as Word documents (.docx) and fully editable.
  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Back matter.
  • Queries 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.
  • Authors should ensure that their text is readable, robust and relevant, with all claims supported by evidence and all elements of the text aligned to the central research enquiry.
  • Equations All equations must be editable.
  • 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 have not used the submission site before, you will need to create an account.
  • We do not accept technical reports or report-style submissions.
  • 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

  • Research Article: Research Article – maximum word count: 10,000 including tables, references, figure captions and endnotes Research Articles are aimed primarily at academic and policy audiences and should engage with current debates in the field and clearly state their contributions to the scholarly and/or policy literature.
  • Review: Comment Article – maximum word count: 5000 including tables, references, figure captions and endnotes We welcome submissions from practitioners and policymakers and do not expect the same level of structure, literature review or academic referencing as Research Articles.
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  • Review / Book Review: Book Review – maximum word count: 1000 including references Journal of Cyber Policy publishes Book Reviews on recent titles of relevance to cybersecurity, politics and technology.
  • Letters to the Editor – maximum word count: 500 including references (if necessary) We welcome Letters to the Editor, addressing either issues arising in work published in the Journal, or contemporary issues of interest to our academic and policy audiences.
  • Figures should be saved and submitted separately from the main text.
  • Checklist: What to Include All submissions should include: Main text.
  • Prior to submission, authors should check all their citations and references, ensuring that all references are cited in the main text and all citations match the listed references.

Manuscript structure

  • Research Article: We do not expect authors to conform rigidly to these headings, but these components should be present in some form – in logical order – in all Research Articles.
  • 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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  • 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.

Language and text style

  • Use single 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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  • Abbreviations All abbreviations should be defined at first use.
  • 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.

Authorship and originality

  • which all authors should use when developing their manuscripts.

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: 200 words
Keywords: Up to 3 keywords
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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