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Prepare your manuscript for New Political Economy.

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Article types

Review
Editorial
Research Article
Review Article
Commentary
Original Article
Letter
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 200 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
  • 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.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • 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.
  • Should be no more than 10,000 words, inclusive of: References.
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  • Appropriate references and citations must be included.
  • 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.
  • To ensure transparency and uphold scholarly integrity, any use of AI tools in the preparation of submitted work must be clearly disclosed and described to readers, in accordance with the Taylor & Francis AI Policy and best practices relating to citation and acknowledgements.
  • Over-numbering of notes should be avoided: if, for example, one source is cited for several references within a paragraph, number this only once at the end of the paragraph.
  • 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. 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.
  • Should be no more than 10,000 words, inclusive of: Tables.
  • Should be no more than 10,000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
  • inclusive numbers should include the fewest possible figures: 32-3, 132-65, 200-5, except in ‘teen’ numbers, where the 1 is repeated, 1914-18.
  • 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].
  • AI-generated images must be clearly identified within the relevant image captions.
  • numbers from one to nine should be written out in full; figures should be used for numbers above ten.
  • 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

  • Any competing interests or potential biases arising from the use of AI tools should also be disclosed transparently and may be discussed within the article where relevant.

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.

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

  • dates should be written 21 December 1971 and decades should be the 1970s without an apostrophe.
  • 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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  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Submissions that exceed the maximum limit, fall below the minimum requirement, or contain inaccurate word counts may be desk rejected prior to peer review.
  • A full description of the process used must be provided.
  • Relevant datasets, source materials, and analytical processes must be appropriately cited throughout the manuscript.
  • Descriptions of AI-related processes should include, at a minimum: the version of the tool or algorithm used,.
  • Descriptions of AI-related processes should include, at a minimum: where the tool can be accessed,.
  • Descriptions of AI-related processes should include, at a minimum: any relevant proprietary information,.
  • Descriptions of AI-related processes should include, at a minimum: any researcher modifications made to the tool,.
  • Descriptions of AI-related processes should include, at a minimum: and the date(s) on which the tool was used.
  • 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.
  • They should not be at the bottom of the relevant page.
  • The use of notes should be kept to a minimum.
  • The main points to remember are: -ise spellings should be used wherever ‘s’ and ‘z’ are alternatives.
  • Centuries should be written as nineteenth century.
  • commas should be omitted before the final ‘and’ or ‘or’ in lists unless the concepts in the list are complicated and the comma aids clarity.
  • Editorial: parentheses (or round brackets) should be used for simple interpolations, with square brackets used for editorial notes or interpolations in quotations.
  • quotations of more than five or six lines should be indented in the text (but still double-spaced).
  • 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 process used must be fully described.
  • Commas should not appear in relative clauses which are defining clauses but should appear in relative clauses which are commenting clauses – thus ‘politicians who learn the rules of the game will succeed’ contains a defining clause whereas ‘politicians, who learn the rules of the game, will succeed’ contains a commenting clause.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • 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.
  • If you are at the early stage of your research, you may also need to read how to start writing a journal manuscript.
  • 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.
  • Contractions ending with the same letter as the original word do not take a terminal full stop (edn, Mr, Dr) but if they do not take the same letter then a full stop is included (ed., ch.).

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

  • Manuscripts must not have been previously published, in whole or in part, and must not be under consideration by another journal at the time of submission.
  • Manuscripts must not substantially overlap with the authors’ previously published work or with work currently under review elsewhere.
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  • 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.
  • As such, generative AI systems — including tools such as ChatGPT and similar technologies — must not be listed as authors on submitted manuscripts.
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  • Authors must disclose any use of AI tools, including when used to: Generate images within the manuscript.
  • Authors must disclose any use of AI tools, including when used to: Generate or edit text within the manuscript.
  • Authors must disclose any use of AI tools, including when used to: Analyse data or extract insights.
  • Authors must disclose any use of AI tools, including when used to: Incorporate third-party material.
  • AI tools must not be used to present ideas, text, data, or other materials created by third parties without appropriate acknowledgement or permission.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
  • 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.
  • Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools.
  • 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.
  • AI tools do not meet the accountability requirements for authorship.

Language and text style

  • Please note that all submissions must be written in English.
  • Please use British (-ise) spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
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  • Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.
  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • single quotation marks should be used, with double for quotes within quotes; revert to single for quotes within quotes within quotes.
  • Use no quotation marks around displayed extracts.
  • spelling and usage should be standardised to English rather than American forms, unless there is some risk of misunderstanding.
  • Any words interpolated by the author in a quotation should be enclosed in square brackets [ ] to show that they are not part of the quoted matter.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Manuscript structure

  • Endnotes: Notes should be marked clearly in the text at the point of punctuation by superscript numbers, and listed consecutively at the end of the article.
  • Should be no more than 10,000 words, inclusive of: Footnotes.
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  • Should be no more than 10,000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • Disclosure must appear in the manuscript’s Acknowledgements section.
  • Authors must provide a clear explanation of the methods and tools used.
  • 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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • 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).

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
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
Declarations: Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman

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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