Taylor & Francis
Prepare your manuscript for Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-08-02
Article types
Review
Editorial
Clinical Trial
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.
- 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 5-8 keywords chosen by the author.
- Please also provide 5–8 keywords for indexing (only proper nouns should be capitalised).
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.
- Articles should be no more than 8500 words in length, including references and footnotes.
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- Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should not contain any footnotes or citations.
- All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
- Citations If you are unsure of how to cite a specific source, you can read the important information about why and how you should cite sources in your article.
- 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 of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
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- Captions must include copyright holder details and state that permission to reproduce has been obtained.
- If you did not create the figure or table yourself, you are required to obtained written permission to use it and provide Taylor & Francis the written permission upon request.
- Tables must be editable.
- This includes (but is not limited to) any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, screenshots, musical notation, and any supplemental material.
Funding statement
- Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- 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
- Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- Please also visit our Editorial Policies to ensure any mandatory declarations required, related to the research ethics of your work, have been included in your article.
Blinded manuscript
- Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and other direct identifiers from the blinded manuscript file.
Cover letter
- Using 3 rd party material As part of your Author Publishing Agreement with Taylor & Francis, you are required to obtain the necessary written permission to include copyright material in your article that is owned and held in copyright by a third party.
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
- Author details Please ensure all listed authors meet the Taylor & Francis authorship criteria.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
- These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
- Please provide all the requested information to ensure your paper is not delayed while we request the missing information.
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- Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
- 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.
- Submit This journal uses Routledge's Submission Portal to manage the submission process.
- 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.
- You also need to: Label the file as ‘Without author details’.
- You also need to: If you are depositing data in a repository, make sure that it preserves anonymity.
- 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
- 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.
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- 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
- Must be cited in the main text and in chronological order.
- Captions must include the matching number from the main text citation.
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- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: All author names.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: All author affiliations.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: All author email addresses.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: All author ORCIDs and social media handles.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: All author biographical notes.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: Headers and footers that would reveal author identities.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: Self-citation in the main text and references.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: Acknowledgements.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: Funding.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: References to authors in figure and tables captions.
- Clinical Trial: Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: Clinical trial numbers and registration dates.
- Check the requirements for your article type above and if an anonymous version is required to protect your identity during peer review, create a copy of your main file and then remove the following information: File identifiers that would reveal author identities.
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.
What your package checks
Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 8,500 words
Keywords: 5-8 keywords
Declarations: Funding, Ethics, 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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