• Papers are accepted only in English. British English spelling and punctuation is preferred.
• A typical article should be between 20,000 – 40,000 words. Papers that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendices (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• Abstracts of up to 250 words are required for all papers submitted - see Notes on Style.
• Each paper should have 3-6 keywords. Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author and should include his/her full name, affiliation, postal address, telephone and fax number and email address on the cover page of the manuscript. All other authors should provide full names, affiliations and email addresses.
• 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.

2. Style guidelines

• Description of the Journal's article style
• Description of the Journal's reference styles. Please note that first names should not be used in references. Please note also that for papers with large numbers of authors, “et al” should be used after the twelfth author name.
• LaTeX template (Please save the LaTeX template to your hard drive and open it for use by clicking on the icon in Windows Explorer)

3. Figures

• 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.
• Where possible without loss of quality, 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.

4. Colour

There is a limited budget for colour Figures in the printed version of the journal, but authors are encouraged to submit colour Figures for online publication. Such Figures will normally be reproduced in greyscale in the printed version, so authors should ensure that the greyscale version is intelligible. Where it is scientifically necessary to use colour in the printed version, authors should inform the Editor when submitting the final version. If extensive use of printed colour is needed, authors may be asked for a financial contribution to the additional colour reproduction costs.


5. Reproduction of copyright material

Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive extract (more than fifty words) from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as ‘derivative reproduction', where the contributor has created a new figure or table that derives substantially from a copyrighted source. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copyright transfer forms will be requested from the Taylor & Francis production team; the authors are required to sign and return these to confirm they have obtained the necessary permissions.

• Copyright permission letter template

6. Supplementary online material

Authors are welcome to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.

• Information about supplementary online material

Manuscript submission

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically. Electronic submissions should be sent as email attachments, preferably single-spaced PDF files incorporating Figures. If email submission is not possible, please send an electronic version on disk. After acceptance, the final version will be required as either LaTeX or Microsoft Word.

All papers are refereed, and the Editor welcomes suggestions for suitably qualified referees.

Copyright and authors' rights

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 www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Exceptions are made for authors of Crown or US Government 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.

• Further details and FAQs on Taylor & Francis's policy on copyright and authors' rights
  

Reprints

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