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Prepare your manuscript for Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education.

Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.

Checked 2026-08-02
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Article types

Review
Perspective
Case Report
Commentary
Book Review
Lectio
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
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 250 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain a structured abstract of 200 words.
  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
  • The abstract must include: A brief introduction that outlines the problem or research question being addressed, including the context and significance of the article.
  • The abstract must include: A clear statement of the main aim or purpose of the article.
  • The abstract must include: A summary of the insights and findings surfaced in the article.
  • The abstract must include: A clear articulation of the main conclusions and the implications for the practice of management and leadership in higher education.
  • Your abstract keywords should be terms that are central to the research topic.
  • Case Report: The abstract must include: A summary of the methods or approach used to generate content for the article; such as the research design, case report context, or data collection methods.
  • 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 up to 4 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain no more than 4 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 4000-5000 words excluding references, and no more than 7000 in total.
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  • Case Report: Case Report manuscripts should be no longer than 4500 words including references.
  • For manuscripts submitted in LaTeX format a.bib reference file must be included.
  • 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.
  • 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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  • 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.

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

  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
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  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Submissions must have explicit implications for practice, particularly implications for a UK readership.
  • 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.
  • Submissions must demonstrate engagement with the academic literature base and have explicit implications for practice.
  • Case Report: Manuscripts submitted for consideration as case reports should be clearly identifiable.
  • Provide evidence or rationale to support the assessment of its impact.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • 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.
  • Case Report: Practitioner case reports (typically an institutional project of reflective commentary) Case reports should serve as an actionable resource, providing readers with practical insights and strategies they can adapt and apply within their own institutional context.
  • By showcasing how others in the higher education sector have addressed challenges, these reports should function as thought-starters, encouraging readers to critically evaluate and innovate solutions for their own institutional problems.
  • They should: Clearly define the challenge: Include a precise explanation of the problem or opportunity being addressed, demonstrating its relevance through concise linkage to relevant and current literature or prevailing sector issues.
  • They should: Present the intervention:, Provide an in depth account of the actions taken, strategies implemented, or initiatives enacted to tackle the identified challenge, needed to ensure the readers can fully grasp what was done/ enacted to address the challenge or opportunity.
  • They should: Present transferable lessons and practical implications: Articulate the key takeaways from the case, focusing on the insights that are adaptable and applicable to other higher education institutions internationally.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • 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

  • Case Report: The abstract should be a concise summary (no more than 250 words) of the key elements of your research paper/case report allowing readers to quickly determine the scope, purpose, methodology, results, and conclusions of your article.
  • 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).
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  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references.

Manuscript structure

  • They should: Discuss the outcomes: Analyse the results of the intervention, explaining why it was considered successful, partially successful, or unsucessful.
  • 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.

Blinded manuscript

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

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: 250 words
Paper: 4,500 words
Keywords: Up to 4 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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