The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to Sexual and Relationship Therapy. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.

Sexual and Relationship Therapy considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 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to this condition will be charged with all costs which Sexual and Relationship Therapy incurs and their papers will not be published.

• Papers are accepted only in English. American or British English spelling and punctuation is acceptable provided usage is consistent throughout.
• A typical article will not exceed 6,000 words. Short communications and case reports, will be limited to two journal pages (approximately 1200 words including tables and references). Papers that greatly exceed these limits 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; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• The first page should include the title and contain an Abstract of not more than 200 words. The second page should repeat the title as the heading to the start of the main text of the paper. All pages should be numbered.
• Each paper should have up to six keywords.
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
• Please supply a short biographical note for each author (50 words).
• 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 style, Quick guide

• 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. Captions should include keys to symbols.
• The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.

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. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the Editor(s).

• Copyright permission letter template