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Prepare your manuscript for Mitochondrial DNA Part B.

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Checked 2026-08-02
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Article types

Review
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Editorial
Review Article
Commentary
Methods Article
Letter
Lectio
Case Report
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 250 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 250 words.
  • The abstract structure should be as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.
  • Trial registration numbers should be included in the abstract, with full details in the methods section.
  • 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.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • The PCR primers must be provided for studies using PCR amplification and Sanger methods. ☐ Have you included 3-5 keywords describing your paper?
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  • Should contain between 3 and 6 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.
  • Authors must include a software availability statement, which authors should add to the end of the article, before the references list.
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  • Code and software should be cited in the body of your article, be added to your reference list as you would any other bibliographic citation.
  • This should include the hyperlink, DOI, or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • 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.
  • If the picture was taken from a previously published article, please include a reference to the original source, and state whether permission was obtained to include them in your article from the copyright holder (if applicable). ☐ Genome Feature Map. ☐ Phylogenetics Tree, the database accession numbers, and their citations should be provided in the figure legend. ☐ Read coverage plot for studies using high throughput DNA sequencing technologies or PCR gel plot for studies using PCR amplification.
  • Please provide an author contributions statement at the end of your article, before the references, that outlines which author(s) were involved in the conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of the data; the drafting of the paper, revising it critically for intellectual content; and the final approval of the version to be published; and that all authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

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 colour, at the correct size).
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  • ALL features visible in the figure must be explained ☐ Is the scientific name of the species correct? ☐ Is the name of the species in full and the authority included the first time the species is mentioned (e.g. __Dicentrarchus labrax__ Linaeus 1758)? ☐ Is the information on the specimen deposit included?
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • The legend must be detailed enough for the figure to be understandable without referring to 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.
  • Information Classification: General Information Classification: General [The deposition of the specimen and DNA is required.] ☐ Is the name of the herbarium/museum or other institution included? [Please give details on where the specimen or its DNA is stored, including its accession/voucher number].

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • 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].
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  • Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows: - For single agency grants use: “This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].”.

Competing interests

  • This is to acknowledge any financial interest or benefit that has arisen from the direct applications of your research. [Further guidance on what is a conflict of interest and how to disclose it](http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/what-is-a-conflict-ofinterest/). ☐ Declaration of interest included. [Each Mitogenome Announcement requires a Declaration of Interest (https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/what-is-a-conflict-ofinterest/).] ☐ Author Contributions statement included?

Data availability statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • If data cannot be made open, authors should state why in the data availability statement.
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  • Depending on the journal’s data sharing policy, authors may be required to provide a data availability statement, even where there is no data associated with the article.
  • In this instance, the data availability statement should read: “No data are associated with this article.”.
  • Authors are required to provide a data availability statement (DAS), detailing where data associated with a paper can be found and how it can be accessed.
  • Authors are required to cite any data sets referenced in the article and provide a Data Availability Statement.
  • Protocol: Further to the data sharing policy for the journal, authors of laboratory protocols are required to provide a data availability statement (DAS), detailing where data associated with the paper can be found and how it can be accessed.
  • Specimens must be stored in a tissue collection with a museum or herbarium. ☐ Is the voucher number included? ☐ Are the email contacts of the people in charge of the collection included? [suggested text: "A specimen was deposited at -institution name- (URL, contact person and email) under the voucher number XXXXXX"] ☐ Are GenBank/ENA/DDBJ and BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample accession numbers of the genome included in the “Data availability statement”?

Ethics statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Ethics and Consent: All research must be conducted within an appropriate ethical framework.
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  • Details of approval by the authors’ institution or an ethics committee must be provided in the Methods section of the Study Protocol.
  • In settings where ethics approval for non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys) is not required, authors must include a statement to explain this.
  • Authors should familiarise themselves with our policy on participant/patient privacy and informed consent.
  • All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, must include a written statement in the Methods section, confirming ethical approval has been obtained from the appropriate local ethics committee or Institutional Review Board and that where relevant, informed consent has been obtained.
  • Consent All authors are required to follow the ICMJE requirements and Taylor & Francis Editorial Policies on privacy and informed consent from patients and study participants.
  • Authors must include a statement to confirm that any patient, service user, or participant (or that person’s parent or legal guardian) in any type of qualitative or quantitative research, has given informed consent to participate in the research.
  • Case Report: a clinical case report detailing their medical history, identifiable images or media content, etc), authors must include a statement to confirm that they have obtained written informed consent to publish the details from the affected individual (or their parents/guardians if the participant in not an adult or unable to give informed consent; or next of kin if the participant is deceased).
  • Please use author initials for contributions to ensure conciseness e.g. “AB and CD conceived the project, CD and EF conducted experiments, AB, CD and EF wrote the manuscript” ☐ All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, must include a written statement confirming that all the relevant permissions, licenses and/or ethical approval have been obtained.
  • Case Report: For submissions where patients or participants can be potentially identified (e.g.

Cover letter

  • License: Must be an open license and preferably an OSI-Approved License.
  • 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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  • Authors must make the source code available on a Version Control System (VCS) such as GitHub and provide details of the repository and the license under which the software can be used.
  • 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

  • Add or confirm the author-written Author contributions statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • You may be required to provide CRediT roles (contributor details) for yourself and your co-authors.

Supplementary files

  • Lectio: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Letter: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
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  • Protocol: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Editorial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Commentary: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Case Report: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Clinical Trial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Review Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Methods Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Systematic Review: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Embed or attach the author-supplied supplementary material so Articlo can extract and label it for the package.
  • Review: The title of the document should be "List of Publications" and it should be submitted as a "Supplementary Material- not for review".
  • This should be included in the supplementary materials. ☐ Maps showing the structure of complex genes, such as cis-splicing and trans-splicing genes, if applicable.

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

  • Should be at between 2500 and 4000 words in length.
  • 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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  • Should be no more than 2500 words.
  • Should be up to 4000 words in length.
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • Do not submit a manuscript with pending or temporary GenBank accession numbers or your manuscript will be rejected. ☐ Is the specimen collection site properly identified with geographic coordinates (e.g. latitude 38.8951 and longitude -77.0364). [The locality where the specimen was collected is required].
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • Please note that discounts must be applied at the Charges stage of the submission process when the APC quote is confirmed and may not be considered after submission.
  • These should include adequate and appropriate validation to be considered.
  • Any datasets associated with the paper must publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible.
  • If there are concerns about identifying factors in datasets, these should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.
  • Please note, this is not required for submission but is encouraged.
  • Should cover either a summary of the literature to answer a specific question, provide an overview of new findings in the area relevant to the scope of the journal.
  • Review: Reviews should capture the broad developments and implications of recent work, provide an in-depth overview of the literature, and outline the future directions.
  • Review / Review Article: Review articles should be written by experts in the corresponding research field.
  • The opening paragraph should clearly set out the subject of the review and provide a clear rationale for why the review is necessary.
  • Include details of required equipment, materials, and reagents that researchers running the protocol would need to use.
  • Include critical parameters and settings for instruments/systems, including any custom setup.
  • Include software versions and settings where applicable.
  • Provide diagrams or photographs of complex setups.
  • Provide troubleshooting guidance for common issues.
  • Include information about the outcome of the protocol.
  • Include representative images, graphs, or data.
  • Gene symbols should be italicized, while protein name symbols should be written in Roman letters.
  • Please use GenBank accession codes and be sure to include them in the final version of the manuscript.
  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms that require nomenclature should be submitted to the NCBI SNP database.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • Data must be deposited in a recognized data repository prior to or at the time of submission.
  • For all NIH/Wellcome-funded papers, the grant number(s) must be included in the declaration of interest statement.
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical trials should be registered prospectively – i.e. before participant recruitment.
  • Authors of retrospectively registered trials must be prepared to provide further information to the journal editorial office if requested.
  • Clinical Trial: The clinical trial registry should be publicly accessible (at no charge), open to all prospective registrants, and managed by a not-for-profit organization.
  • All research studies on humans (individuals, samples, or data) must have been performed in accordance with the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
  • Please include all relevant safety precautions; and cite any accepted standard or code of practice.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • 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.
  • The coverage-depth map is required for all studies using high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies.
  • The article should provide examples of suitable input data sets and include an example of the output that can be expected from the tool and how this output should be interpreted.
  • Use RRIDs where appropriate.
  • Include evidence that the protocol works, either in a supporting peer-reviewed publication where the protocol was used, or validation data from an experiment which used the protocol.
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical trials: If the study protocol relates to a clinical trial then the Trial Registration details must be provided: name of registry, registry number, registration date and URL of the trial in the registry database.
  • Any novel nucleotide sequences that are mentioned in submission require depositing with the DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ), European Nucleotide Database (ENA) Nucleotide Sequence Database, or GenBank (National Center for Biotechnology Information).
  • Please include ID numbers in the Manuscript.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical Trials Registry In order to be published in a Taylor & Francis journal, all clinical trials must have been registered in a public repository, ideally at the beginning of the research process (prior to participant recruitment).
  • The process of obtaining consent to publish should include sharing the article with the individual (or whoever is consenting on their behalf), so that they are fully aware of the content of the article before it is published.
  • Please note that data should only be shared if it is ethically correct to do so, where this does not violate the protection of human subjects, or other valid ethical, privacy, or security concerns.
  • Although there are no strict formatting requirements, all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript, below is a check list for your convenience.
  • Data must be deposited in a [recognized data repository](http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-repositories/) prior to submission.
  • The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNXXXXX, SXXXXXX, and SXXXXX respectively.” ☐ Are GenBank/ENA/DDBJ and BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample accession numbers activated, i.e. public?. [These must be activated and live at submission stage].
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • Review: This document details information which needs to be included in order for your submission to be considered for review.
  • If the data cannot be made open, we recommend it is still preserved in a FAIR-compliant repository with appropriate access and controls in place.
  • 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.

Authorship and originality

  • Preparing Your Paper All authors submitting to medicine, biomedicine, health sciences, allied and public health journals should conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Article type and manuscript length

  • Data Availability: In general, this article type should not include new research and data.
  • 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).
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  • 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; author contributions statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • The keywords should not duplicate the words already used in the title. ☐ Have I included the following mandatory figures, a maximum of three figures are allowed in the main text: ☐ Species Reference Image, please provide the image source in the respective footnote/legends and clarify whether the photo of the species was taken by the authors.

Manuscript structure

  • As a result, the article should be presented using simple prose.
  • Protocol: Laboratory Protocols should be submitted for publication after the research activity has been completed, and the results achieved.
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  • Authors are required to make the data and materials supporting the results or analyses presented in their paper freely available.
  • Provide estimated time requirements for each major section (Include preparation time, hands-on time, and waiting periods), and note steps that can be paused or are time-sensitive.
  • Authors must submit their full mitogenome sequence data to GenBank and be assigned a publicly available accession number before submitting to the journal to make their new results available as quickly as possible.
  • 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.
  • Clinical Trial: However, for clinical trials that have not been registered prospectively, Taylor & Francis journals requires retrospective registration to ensure the transparent and complete dissemination of all clinical trial results which ultimately impact human health.

Language and text style

  • Excessive jargon and technical detail should be avoided.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Review: Meta-analyses and systemic reviews must have the PRISMA form included alongside your manuscript and any other materials that you submit.
  • Protocol: Study Protocols should follow the relevant reporting guideline for the study.
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  • For animal studies, approval must have been obtained from the local or institutional animal use and care committee.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 4,000 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
Declarations: Data availability, Funding, Ethics, Author contributions, Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

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