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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Palestine Studies.

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Checked 2026-08-02
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Article types

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

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 100 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 100 words.
  • The manuscript must include an abstract of approximately 100 words as well as 5–10 keywords.
  • The abstract should succinctly summarize the specific topic the paper addresses, the article’s thesis and argument, its unique contribution to Palestine studies, and the implications of its findings.

Keywords

  • Provide 5-10 keywords chosen by the author.

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.
  • Citations to one’s own published work should be made in the third person, not in the first person, to obscure identification.
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  • Do not include in-text citations or bibliographies.
  • All manuscripts must use endnotes, rather than footnotes or in-text citations, and short citations instead of ibid. or op cit.
  • Manuscripts should not include a bibliography.
  • 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.
  • In order to maintain the integrity of the review process, the manuscript must exclude any author-identifying information, such as title page information listing authors’ names and affiliations, acknowledgements of others for advice or data or of support for the research, statements regarding the paper’s presentation at a conference, acknowledgments, or citations to the author’s unpublished work.
  • 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.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size).
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  • Figures should be saved separately from the text, in editable files, and should conform to the specifications in the available Author Requirements Document.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the 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.

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

  • Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and other direct identifiers from the blinded manuscript file.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • 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.
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  • 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

  • Article submissions to JPS should be 8,000–10,000 words.
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
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  • Articles submitted to JPS should be based on original research and careful analysis of primary sources.
  • 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.
  • Therefore, as noted above, they should not contain indications of your identity in the text or notes.
  • Manuscripts at or near the maximum length will be subjected to special editorial review to determine whether their length is justified.
  • Arabic or Hebrew text appearing in an article must be transliterated.
  • Page margins should be a minimum of one inch.
  • 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.
  • Perspective: Papers with a specific disciplinary perspective should make the content and argument accessible to those outside the discipline and recognize the cross-disciplinary nature of Palestine studies.
  • Use “fedayee” and not “fida’i” for example.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Papers that do not meet the guidelines described below may be returned.
  • Review: Articles which do not conform to JPS style will be returned to the author for reformatting before they are assessed for review.
  • If you haven’t submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in ScholarOne.
  • The Journal publishes original interdisciplinary articles that span the humanities and social sciences, including, but not limited to, history, political science, international relations, law, economic development, geography, sociology and anthropology/ethnography, as well as gender and queer studies, literature, and the arts.
  • 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 used 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 100 words and longer should be block indented without quotation marks, per CMS 18.
  • Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
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  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation.”.
  • Arabic words that appear in the Merriam-Webster dictionaries should be spelled in their English form.

Manuscript structure

  • All text, including endnotes, must be doubled-spaced and in 12-point Times New Roman font with a ragged right edge.
  • 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.

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: 100 words
Paper: 10,000 words
Keywords: 5-10 keywords
Declarations: Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence
Format: 1" margins

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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