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Prepare your manuscript for Regional Studies, Regional Science.

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Checked 2026-08-02
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Article types

Review
Data Note
Research Article
Methods Article
Protocol
Lectio
Editorial
Clinical Trial
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 300 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 300 words.
  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • Should be no more than 3000 words, inclusive of: Abstract.
  • 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 6-8 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 6 and 8 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 8000 words, inclusive of: References.
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  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • Should be no more than 3000 words, inclusive of: References.
  • As a guide, an article should have no more than 15-20 references, although the article needs to ensure that the introduction and conclusion situate the contribution clearly in the most relevant literature.
  • 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.
  • Use of references should not be excessive.
  • 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.
  • Should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
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  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
  • Should be no more than 3000 words, inclusive of: Figure or table captions.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • The graphic itself should contain enough information (e.g. a title, legend, labels) so that it can be easily understood separate from the text.
  • 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

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Data Note: [for journals on Basic or SURR data sharing policy] Further to the data sharing policy for the journal, Data Note submissions must include a data availability statement and describe data available via a repository.

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.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • The text should therefore be seen as useful supplementary explanation rather than an opportunity to explain the graphic in detail.

Title page and author information

  • Submitting authors are required to include an ORCiD ID.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • Each submission should include a title page with the following information: title; name; job title; institutional affiliation; country; and preferred contact e-mail.
  • 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

  • Authors should also submit a brief description (in around 25 words) of the article.
  • Articles should be a maximum of 5,000 words, including all text; this is a strict limit – exceeding this incurs a higher Article Publishing Charge (APC).
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  • A literature review can be included in the article, but should be no more than 600 words, and lead to a clear insight pertinent to the topic under investigation.
  • The graphic should be accompanied by a maximum of 500 words of text.
  • Graphics should be designed for either in landscape or portrait to best fill the available space of a single A4 page.
  • Should be no more than 500 words.
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • 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.
  • Corrections at this stage should be restricted to typographic and printers’ errors only.
  • An article can have a maximum of two authors, both of whom must be early career members.
  • Article titles should be no more than ten words.
  • The graphic should have some kind of regional dimension that would be of interest to our readers.
  • This text should include details of how the graphic was made (i.e. technical details), the data sources used, and the main message you seek to communicate.
  • Graphics should be submitted in as high a resolution as possible.
  • 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.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • 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.
  • Authors should be aware that the single biggest failing in papers from early career researchers is that they are too ambitious, and fail to convincingly deliver on that ambition.
  • Subheadings should also be brief.
  • Data Note: Data Notes should only describe the data.
  • Regional Futures submissions should offer thought-provoking contributions that aim to shape the direction of future research and engage with broader conceptual and theoretical reflections beyond the remit of an empirical research paper.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • If you haven't submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in ScholarOne.
  • 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

  • The graphic should not have been previously published elsewhere in identical format – e.g. on a blog or in a previous academic paper.
  • 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

  • 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).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, data description, discussion; acknowledgements; declaration of interest statement; data availability 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; acknowledgements; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction; literature review/theoretical framing; analysis/discussion; conclusion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Manuscript structure

  • Should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • Should be no more than 6000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
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  • Should be no more than 5000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • Should be no more than 3000 words, inclusive of: Endnotes.
  • Where possible, footnotes should be avoided, and the relevant text worked into the body of the article.
  • Data Note: Data Notes do not include any interpretation or conclusion of the data (see preparing your paper).
  • 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.
  • As a guide, we recommend no more than 5 sections with their own subheading in each article.

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: 300 words
Paper: 5,000 words
Keywords: 6-8 keywords
Declarations: Artificial intelligence, Data availability, Acknowledgements

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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