This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.

Ethnicity and Health considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Ethnicity and Health, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Ethnicity and Health incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Ethnicity and Health must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

• Any consistent spelling style may be used. Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation'.
• The journal welcomes the submission of papers of up to 7,000 words maximum, as well as shorter papers of about 3,000 words. The references (usually no more than 30) are to be included in the word count. Title, abstract, figures and tables are excluded from the word count.
• All papers must be summarized in an abstract, structured under the headings Objective(s), Design, Result(s) and Conclusion in 300 words or fewer. If they so wish, authors are welcome to prepare an abstract in a second language, where appropriate, alongside the abstract in English. Please supply keywords, no more than 15 words, for both languages used.
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• All papers should include a final section, entitled Key messages, numbering no more than 100 words, which specifies up to 4 key messages of the paper. These should be formatted as indicated in the style-guide below.
• External funding for research being reported should be clearly acknowledged.
• Section headings should be concise and formatted as indicated in the style-guide below
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. The affiliations of all named co-authors should be the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the article is accepted.
• Biographical notes on contributors are not required for this journal.
• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.

• Journal utilises Standard Style 1; a quick guide can be found here  
• Journal reference style is Harvard, a quick guide can be found here
• Word templates  are available for this journal. If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk

If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk  (please mention the journal title in your email).

• It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
• Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
• All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
• Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
• The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
• Illustrations (including photographs, graphs and diagrams) should be referred to as Figures and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Figure 3). Each should numbered in Arabic numerals. The captions should include keys to symbols and should make interpretation possible without reference to the text. Figures should ideally be professionally drawn and designed with the format of the journal (248×175 mm) in mind and should be capable of reduction.
• Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals, and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Table 1). Each table should have a short, self-explanatory title. Vertical rules should not be used to separate columns. Units should not appear in the body of the table. Any explanatory notes should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.

As an author, you are required to secure permission to reproduce any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, and screenshots, and any supplementary material you propose to submit. This applies to direct reproduction as well as “derivative reproduction” (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source). The reproduction of short extracts of text, excluding poetry and song lyrics, for the purposes of criticism may be possible without formal permission on the basis that the quotation is reproduced accurately and full attribution is given.

For further information and FAQs, please see http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/permission.aspCopies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the editors.

Copyright permission letter template

Submissions

Ethnicity & Health welcomes original contributions from all parts of the world on the understanding that their contents have not previously been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

All submissions should be made online at Ethnicity and Health 's  ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text; the other should have all information identifying the author removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. Upload the anonymised version as a "Main Document" and the complete text as a "File not for Review".

Any external funding should be clearly indicated in the submission. Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council and National Institute of Health mandates surrounding free access to funded research will be honoured by the journal. In the event of a query please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk

Ethnicity & Health also considers reviews as well as original research articles, and the Editorial team expect reviews to follow standard reviews protocols (PRISM, Cochrane criteria, etc).

Letter of submission. Authors are requested to send a description of how their paper fulfils the journal's aims  as a separate letter to the editors of no more than 500 words.

All submissions must be in the style of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 5th ed., N Eng J Med 1997; 356: 309-15). Papers should be double spaced, with margins of at least 2.5 cm (1 inch). All pages must be numbered. The first page should include the title of the paper, first name, middle initial(s) and last name of the author(s), for each author a short institutional address, and an abbreviated title (for running headlines within the article). At the bottom of the page give the full name and address (including e-mail address) of the author to whom all correspondence (including proofs) should be sent. The second page should repeat the title and contain an abstract of not more than 300 words. The third page should repeat the title as a heading to the main body of the text. The text should normally be divided into sections with the headings: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Long articles may need subheadings within some sections to clarify their contents.

Authors are requested to nominate up to three independent reviewers. Please submit suggested reviewers with your manuscript, together with their e-mail addresses.

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