Business History is a refereed journal. At least three referees are consulted.

All manuscripts should be submitted online through the journal's Manuscript Central website. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. The “create an account” button can be found at the top right corner of that page. 

• Copyright declaration and contact details (obtainable from the Editors or the Taylor & Francis website
• Cover sheet giving name(s) and affiliation(s) of authors, a bibliographical note (one sentence per author), and exact length of the article. (This must be kept separate from the text, as Business History uses blind refereeing.)
• Submissions must be on one side only of A4/Letter paper and double-spaced throughout with ample margins. Endnotes and references must also be double-spaced.
• Abstract (around 100 words), which should describe the main arguments and conclusions of the article. Precedes main text of article.
• Up to twelve keywords or key phrases to be used for web searching. Placed after the abstract.
• Acknowledgements (if desired) after the main text and before notes and references. It is not necessary to acknowledge the contributions of anonymous referees.

To facilitate the typesetting process, notes should be grouped at the end of the file. Tables should also be uploaded as separate files. Any diagrams or maps should be in .TIF or .JPG formats in individual files. These should be prepared in black and white. Tints should be avoided; use patterns instead.

Tables should be kept to a minimum, and should be consecutively numbered in a different sequence to the figures. Use Arabic numbers, followed by the heading.