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Prepare your manuscript for South African Journal of Philosophy.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-08-02
Article types
Review
Editorial
Review Article
Book Review
Systematic Review
Letter
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 250 words.
- An abstract of maximum 250 words must reflect the contents of the text faithfully and concisely, and be suitable for separate publication and indexing.
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- An abstract should not contain any references.
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.
- Cross references to other parts of the paper should refer to the section or to the relative location (such as “three paragraphs above”) and not to section/page numbers.
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- A list of references should be placed at the end of the article.
- In-text references References to publications should be included in the text, not in footnotes.
- 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.
- Photographs and other figures should be submitted as separate files saved (in order of preference) in PSD, JPEG or PDF format.
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].
- Upon receipt of a page charge invoice, authors who do not receive subsidies from their institutions or do not have access to publication funding will be eligible to apply for a waiver to the publisher by emailing Journals@nisc.co.za.
Competing interests
- Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Blinded manuscript
- Include or confirm the blinded manuscript required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Cover letter
- Include or confirm the cover letter required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Article structure and word limits
- They should be given by the name of the author, the year of publication, and the page number if quoting directly, e.g.: “. as Sapir has noted (1921, 39).” Book Armstrong, D.
- These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
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- 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.
- Manuscripts must be submitted in a MS Word-compatible format.
- Quotations longer than a single sentence should be indented.
- 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.
- Manuscript Format Final submissions must contain the following, in sequence: • Title of the contribution: Titles must not be longer than 15 words, and must contain sufficient information for use in title lists or for coding purposes to store or retrieve information.
- Titles should be in sentence case.
- MS Office files (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) are also acceptable but do not embed these in your manuscript – send the original files.
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
- Include or confirm the preprints and prior publication required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
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.
Language and text style
- Style Guidelines Manuscripts should be written in clear English (UK spelling).
- Italics should be used for emphasis, not bold or underlining.
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- Short quotations in the text should appear in double quotation marks.
- First-level subheadings should be bold, second-level bold italic and third-level italic.
- Quotations in any language other than English should be supported by a translation into English in a footnote. (The converse is not required, but authors may choose to provide original language versions of texts they discuss in the English translation.) • Subheadings should not be numbered and should be in sentence case.
Manuscript structure
- Notes should appear as footnotes and not endnotes.
- 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.
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).
What your package checks
Abstract: 250 words
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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