Taylor & Francis
Prepare your manuscript for Survival.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-08-02
Article types
Review
Editorial
Letter
Original Article
Lectio
Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Abstract length
- Include or confirm the abstract length required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
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.
- Web sources should include complete URLs and DOIs if available.
Figure and table rules
- Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
- To submit an article, authors are advised to follow these guidelines: Any tables or artwork should be supplied in separate files, ideally not embedded in the document or linked to text around it.
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
- To submit an article, authors are advised to follow these guidelines: A summary of up to 150 words should be included with the article.
- Letter: Letters should be concise, no longer than 750 words and relate directly to the argument or points made in the original article.
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- These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
- The summary should state the main argument clearly and concisely, not simply say what the article is about.
- To submit an article, authors are advised to follow these guidelines: A short author’s biography of one or two lines should also be included.
- Submissions should be made by email, in Microsoft Word format, to survival@iiss.org.
- To submit an article, authors are advised to follow these guidelines: This journal requires image descriptions (alternative text, alt text), to be provided for all images conveying information necessary for an understanding of your work.
- These should be complete and include first and last names of authors, titles of articles (even from newspapers), place of publication, publisher, exact publication dates, volume and issue number (if from a journal) and page numbers.
- 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.
Artificial intelligence disclosure
- Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- To submit an article, authors are advised to follow these guidelines: Articles must be their authors’ original work and not have been generated or edited by any form of artificial intelligence.
Article type and manuscript length
- A word count should be included with a draft.
Manuscript structure
- To submit an article, authors are advised to follow these guidelines: All text, including endnotes, should be double-spaced with wide margins.
What your package checks
Paper: 750 words
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: double spacing
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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