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Prepare your manuscript for Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies.

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Article types

Review
Perspective
Research Article
Commentary
Book Review
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Letter
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 200 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
  • All submissions must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references.

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 in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Should be no more than 5,000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes (should be done without using the endnote Word function, but by placing the superscript of relevant Arabic number in the text, and by manually creating an Endnote section to be placed at the end of the manuscript, just before the References section).
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  • Should be no more than 8,000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes (should be done without using the endnote Word function, but by placing the superscript of relevant Arabic number in the text, and by manually creating an Endnote section to be placed at the end of the manuscript, just before the References section).
  • Should be no more than 6,000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes (should be done without using the endnote Word function, but by placing the superscript of relevant Arabic number in the text, and by manually creating an Endnote section to be placed at the end of the manuscript, just before the References section).
  • Should be no more than 2,500 words, inclusive of: Endnotes (should be done without using the endnote Word function, but by placing the superscript of relevant Arabic number in the text, and by manually creating an Endnote section to be placed at the end of the manuscript, just before the References section).
  • Endnotes should be done manually, without using the Word endnotes function, by inserting the corresponding Arabic number as a superscript at the right place in the text, and by creating a section called Notes and acknowledgements at the end of the manuscript, just before the References section.
  • Should be no more than 5,000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 8,000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 6,000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 2,500 words, inclusive of: References.
  • References must follow the Taylor & Francis author-date Chicago manual of style, which can be found here.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Tables must use legible font (no smaller than.9).
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • Figures and tables must be placed in a separate documents.
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Authors must keep in mind that only absolutely necessary tables and figures should be included and shown to readers.
  • 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.
  • Tables and figures may not be bigger than one A8 page; half a page is preferable.

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.

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

  • 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

  • The review essay must use no more than 1,500 words per book reviewed.
  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
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  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • 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.
  • Its maximum length will depend on the number of books reviewed.
  • Authors should make sure their manuscripts follow the formatting guidelines as explained here.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • For all NIH/Welcome-funded papers, the grant number(s) must be included in the declaration of interest statement.
  • Required Format for Submissions.
  • Authors must submit their paper in Word.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • Review: Review essays may not be on more than three books.
  • We do not usually publish review essays about more than three books.
  • We do not publish reviews of a single book.
  • 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.

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 in such case 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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  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparatio n to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Should be no more than (see word limit above): Endnotes (should be done without using the endnote Word function, but by placing the superscript of relevant Arabic number in the text, and by manually creating an Endnote section to be placed at the end of the manuscript, just before the References section).
  • Maximum length: 10,000 words, all inclusive.
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  • Maximum length: 5,000 words.
  • Maximum length: 8,000 words.
  • Maximum length: 6,000 words.
  • Maximum length: 2,500 words.
  • Should be no more than (see word limit above): References.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title; author’s name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, biographical information; abstract; 6 keywords; main text introduction, materials, methods, and theoretical framework, research results, discussion, conclusion; notes and acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; table(s) and figures with respective caption(s) (on a separate Word document).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title; author’s name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, biographical information; abstract; 6 keywords; main text introduction, materials, methods and theoretical framework, research results, discussion, conclusion; notes and acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; table(s) and figure(s) with respective caption(s) (on a separate Word document).
  • 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; table(s) and figures with respective caption(s) (on separate Word document).

Manuscript structure

  • More room for speculation; evidence backing up some new ideas can be limited, though some papers may present substantial research results.
  • Research Notes Short papers focused on the limited presentation of research results, extensions of prior research, brief studies, critical commentary, or pointed theoretical or methodological discussion.

Author contributions

  • You may be required to provide CRediT roles (contributor details) for yourself and your co-authors.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 200 words
Paper: 6,000 words
References: Harvard
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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