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Prepare your manuscript for Strategic Analysis.

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Article types

Review
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 100 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • A non-structured abstract of no more than 100 words.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • A maximum of 6 keywords.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Chicago style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • References The manuscripts should follow T&F Standard Chicago Author-Date reference style.
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  • 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 saved separately from the text.
  • 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.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Blinded manuscript

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

Cover letter

  • Using third-party material in your paper 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

  • A typical Article for this journal should be more than 5000 and no more than 6000 words.
  • A typical shorter piece for this journal should be more than 2000 and no more than 2500 words.
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  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • 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.
  • Use short, crisp sentences; they add to readability.
  • Acronyms should carry the full form at the first mention with the acronym in bracket; and thereafter, the abbreviated version.
  • Use lower case while referring to establishments like the government, the army, and so on.
  • Use upper case if these are accompanied by the name of the country (e.g: the Indian Government or the Chinese Army).
  • Use unspaced em dash whenever sash used as parenthesis.
  • Look out for terms hyphenated which should have a closed en dash (e.g. Iranâ€"Iraq).
  • 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”.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • 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.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • (e.g. no more than 50 words).
  • 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.

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

  • Names of books, journals, newspapers and foreign terms in the body of the text should appear in italics, eg: Asian Security in the 21st Century; Strategic Analysis; The Hindu; de facto.
  • Please use single quotation marks, except where 'a quotation is "within" a quotation'.
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  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Use British Oxford spelling (colour, organisation, etc.).
  • Acronyms Acronyms should carry the full form at first mention with the acronym in parentheses, thereafter the abbreviated version In general use a full point for lower case abbreviations (et al., ed., eds., Mr.) but no full point for upper case abbreviations (US, UN, DC).

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).

Manuscript structure

  • 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.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 100 words
Paper: 6,000 words
Keywords: Up to 6 keywords
References: Chicago
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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