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Prepare your manuscript for Modern & Contemporary France.

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Article types

Review
Clinical Trial
Book Review
Review Article
Editorial
Protocol
Lectio
Case Report
Letter
Systematic Review

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.
  • The style used is “Sentence case: no capital after colon.” • The article should be accompanied by a 200ww abstract in English and a 200ww abstract in French.
  • Does not require an abstract, nor does it need to be anonymised.
  • Trial registration numbers should be included in the abstract, with full details in the methods section.
  • 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.
  • The French abstract should be written according to French punctuation norms, including spaces between a clause and a punctuation mark and should use guillemets rather than quotation marks where necessary.
  • They should also be provided at the beginning of the article immediately following the title, under the headings ABSTRACT and RÉSUMÉ respectively.

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 Chicago style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • General principles of style and presentation • Articles should normally be between 6000 and 8000 words in length, including any notes but excluding references.
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  • For example: ‘Bloggs (2022) has published interesting material.’ If the reference applies to a section of the article already in parentheses, square brackets should be used for the reference.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • References: should generally follow the Chicago style guide.
  • If the author name has already appeared in the text there is no need to replicate it in the reference, simply to provide the date of publication.
  • Complete bibliographical information for in-text references should be provided in the list of references at the end of the article.
  • When collating the list of references, the sub-heading for this list (References) should be in bold type.
  • The list of references should be in alphabetical order by last name of author.
  • In the list of references the titles of articles and chapters in books, journals, newspapers etc. should appear within double quotation marks “like this”.
  • The list of references should be presented as follows: For books With one author Bloggs, J.
  • 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.
  • Quotations in French should not be translated into English and wherever a French-language original exists this, rather than the translation, should be cited or referenced except if reference must be made specifically to the translation, for example if its accuracy is under discussion.

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].
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • 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 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

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • In settings where ethics approval for non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys) is not required, authors must include a statement to explain this.
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  • 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).
  • Case Report: For submissions where patients or participants can be potentially identified (e.g.

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.

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

  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • Articles should be submitted in Times New Roman font, size 11, and double spaced.
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  • Should be no more than 8000 words.
  • Should usually be no more than 600 words.
  • 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.
  • Should provide a brief summary of the contents and context of the work, but primarily focus on the text’s contribution to the field, and its primary audiences.
  • Should be analytical, but not seek to injure.
  • For all NIH/Welcome-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”.
  • 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.
  • 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 use of notes should be kept to a minimum.
  • All articles should begin with a title, in bold type.
  • The style used for titles is “Sentence case: no capital after colon.” Therefore, please capitalise only those nouns which must be capitalised in all instances.
  • These should be submitted when requested by the submissions platform, ScholarOne (see instructions for uploading an article below).
  • No punctuation is required between the author last name and the year of publication.
  • When giving page numbers these should appear following the date of publication and after a comma, e.g. (Bloggs 2022, 7) or (Bloggs 2022, ix).
  • Include information about original performance or source.
  • To submit the manuscript, go to ScholarOne: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cmcf You will need to create an account if you do not already have one.
  • Any questions should be addressed to francemodernjournal@gmail.com.
  • Les développements de notes doivent être limités au minimum.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The last name of the author and the year of any publication should appear at the appropriate point in the main body of the article, in parentheses at the end of a sentence but before any punctuation.
  • In French titles, normally only the very first word (including where this is a definite or indefinite article) and any proper nouns should be capitalised; all other words should be in lower case.
  • Access dates are not required unless no date of publication or revision can be found Where date of publication is given access dates are not required, but should be retained when supplied by the author, e.g.: Dorling, Danny.
  • Include indication of source type.
  • Where this name includes a particle, e.g. de, then the item should be included according to the following name, thus Simone de Beauvoir should be referenced under Beauvoir, not de Beauvoir.
  • If there is a particular reason that your review needs to be longer, please email the reviews editor at francemodernjournal@gmail.com.
  • If you haven't submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in ScholarOne.
  • If you are at the early stage of your research, you may also need to read how to start writing a journal manuscript.
  • In addition to a number of specially-commissioned Special Issues, guest-edited by experts in the field, we normally publish at least two non-thematic issues each year.
  • We do not normally acknowledge receipt of the article or signal that it has been sent out for peer-review.
  • However, if you wish to check progress please do not hesitate to email the journal at the address below.
  • 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

  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title; main text; author name and institution.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Language and text style

  • Please note, abstracts of no more than 200 words in BOTH English and French are required for all manuscripts submitted.
  • British English spelling should be followed throughout, thus ‘harbour’ and ‘colour’ rather than ‘harbor’ and ‘color’, and ‘familiarise’ and ‘empathise’ rather than ‘familiarize’ or ‘empathize’; ‘colonise’ and ‘decolonise’ rather than ‘colonize’ and ‘decolonize’, etc. • Any shorter quotations (less than 3 lines long) should be given in single quotation marks ‘thus’.
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  • Longer quotations (3 lines or longer) should be indented from the margin without quotation marks; quotations within these quotations should be enclosed within single quotation marks.
  • Please use British (-ise) spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
  • Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.
  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • 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.
  • Quotations within quotations should appear in double quotation marks ‘like “this”’.
  • Punctuation should follow the quotation marks, unless they are part of the original quotation.
  • Quotations from languages other than English and French should be translated into English or into French, depending on the original language of the article.
  • Where a quotation has been truncated by the author of the article then an ellipsis enclosed within square brackets should be used thus: […].
  • Italics should be used sparingly and reserved principally (i) for words from other languages (including French) used within an English sentence which are not quotations.
  • Titles of works in English should normally capitalise every noun.
  • French titles should not be translated into English.
  • This also applies to French-language article publications (guillemets should not be used for this purpose).
  • 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.
  • Any author who does not have native-speaker-level English and who chooses to write their article in English should consider seeking professional copy-editing support prior to submission.
  • When writing articles in English, guillemets should never be used, even within quotations (replace with English quotation marks); similarly, the French convention which inserts a space before colons and semicolons should not be followed within quotations or article titles.
  • Please note that the names of organisations, institutions, television channels etc. should never be given in italics even when they are from another language, thus: It was difficult for working-age men to avoid conscription into the Service du travail obligatoire during the Occupation.

Manuscript structure

  • Notes should be given as endnotes (not footnotes) and numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals.
  • Any sub-headings within the article should appear in bold type.
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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.
  • 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.
  • Sub-headings should not be numbered.
  • Endnotes may be used exceptionally when the author wishes to provide further information but should not be used to develop the argument or make points of tangential relevance.
  • 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.
  • Footnotes may not be used.

Study reporting guidelines

  • 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: 200 words
Paper: 8,000 words
References: Chicago
Declarations: Ethics, Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman, double spacing

Source transparency

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