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.

Please read these Guidelines carefully. Failure to follow them may result in consideration of your paper being delayed.

Submitting a Paper to Culture, Health & Sexuality

All submissions should be made online at Culture Health and Sexuality'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, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as "File not for review".

Culture, Health & Sexuality considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Culture, Health & Sexuality, and 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adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Culture, Health & Sexuality incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Culture, Health & Sexuality must report original research and will be subjected to peer review.

There are a limited number of colour pages within the annual page allowance. Authors should restrict their use of colour to situations where it is necessary on scientific, and not merely cosmetic, grounds. In addition, authors may pay to publish colour illustrations, but please consult the publisher regarding cost before submission.

Writing your paper

• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist, heterosexist, and racist terms should not be used.
• A typical article will not exceed 7,500 words in total (including all references and notes). Papers that greatly exceed this will not be eligible for entry into the peer review process.
• Each paper should include three to five keywords on its title page.
• Papers are accepted only in English.
• Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout including the reference section, with wide (3 cm) margins.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers on the cover page of manuscripts.
• Abstracts of 150 - 200 words are required for all papers submitted and should precede the text of a paper.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual sheets); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark authors must use the symbol ® or TM or alternatively a footnote can be inserted using the wording below:
  
  This article includes a word that is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark. Its inclusion does not imply it has acquired for legal purposes a non-proprietary or general significance, nor is any other judgement implied concerning its legal status.

It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Exceptions are made for certain Governments' employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.

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