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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness.

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Article types

Review
Brief Report
Perspective
Book Review
Systematic Review
Lectio
Editorial
Commentary
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Letter

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 structured abstract.
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  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • Should contain a structured abstract of 200 words.
  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • Should be no more than 2500 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references.
  • Your structured abstract should contain the following four headings: introduction, method, result, and conclusion.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 3 and 5 keywords.

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.
  • For manuscripts submitted in LaTeX format a.bib reference file must be included.
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  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of: Tables.
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  • Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • 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.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material 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.

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

  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
  • Should be no more than 2000 words.
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  • 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.
  • Perspective: Perspective pieces should be written in the first-person.
  • Individuals interested in reviewing a particular book should contact the Editor prior to submission.
  • Book Review: Book Reviews do not need to follow a particular format, but should clearly state the title and author of the book being reviewed.
  • A description of the contents of the book should be provided along with commentary and critique about the book.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • 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.
  • These papers do not need to report new empirical data, but should provide well-thought out arguments, logic models or theoretical frameworks, and provide supporting evidence or data when appropriate.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Brief Report: Brief Reports are for empirical work that can be provided in a condensed format or report important or novel preliminary findings that do not warrant an Original Research Paper.
  • 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

  • Direct submissions for this article type should be sent to Jack Tsai.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Manuscript structure

  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
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  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • Should be no more than 2500 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
  • Should be no more than 2500 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
  • Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • The last paragraph of the Introduction should present the aims of the study, and hypotheses when appropriate.
  • The Methods should describe the study in detail so that it can be replicated.
  • The Discussion should discuss implications for policy, research, and practice and acknowledge study limitations.
  • Papers should begin with a labeled Introduction section, which lays out the purpose and rationale.
  • All Review Papers should have sections similar to Original Research Papers with sections for Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.
  • The Methods section should describe search methods, selection criteria, and data collection.
  • Brief Report: Brief Reports should follow the same format with Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections.
  • 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.
  • The papers must contain at least the following labelled sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.

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
Paper: 5,000 words
Keywords: 3-5 keywords
Declarations: 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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