Instructions for authors
About the Journal
Accountability in Research is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Accountability in Research accepts the following types of article:
Articles
Letter to the Editor
Commentary
Review
Human Subjects
All research that involves research with human subjects should comply with relevant laws/regulations or institutional guidelines. Authors that submit manuscripts involving research with human subjects should include a statement that the research has been approved by an institutional review board or other research ethics committee, or that the research has been determined to be exempt from human subjects research review.
Animal Subjects
All research that involves research with animals subjects should comply with relevant laws/regulations or institutional guidelines. Authors that subject manuscripts involving research with animal subjects should include a statement that the research has been approved by an institutional animal care and use committee or other research ethics committee, or that the research has been determined to be exempt from animal research review.
Ethics Code of Conduct Policy
Accountability in Research follows the Committee on Publication Ethics’ Code of Conduct for addressing allegations of misconduct related to articles submitted to or published in the journal. Accountability in Research defines misconduct as fabrication or falsification of data or plagiarism.
Open Access
You have the option to publish open access in this journal via our Open Select publishing program. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership and impact of your research. Articles published Open Select with Taylor & Francis typically receive 32% more citations* and over 6 times as many downloads** compared to those that are not published Open Select.
Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access. Visit our Author Services website to find out more about open access policies and how you can comply with these.
You will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to make your article open access and this cost can often be covered by your institution or funder. Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
Please visit our Author Services website or contact openaccess@tandf.co.uk if you would like more information about our Open Select Program.
*Citations received up to Jan 31st 2020 for articles published in 2015-2019 in journals listed in Web of Science®.
**Usage in 2017-2019 for articles published in 2015-2019.
Peer Review and Ethics
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Preparing Your Paper
Articles
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
Should contain between 2 and 5 keywords.
Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Letter to the Editor
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text.
Should be no more than 500 words.
Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
A response to an important issue addressed in an article or a Commentary published recently in Accountability in Research. A Letter to the Editor should have no (or a minimum) references
Commentary
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
Should be no more than 1500 words.
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
Should contain between 2 and 5 keywords.
Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
This format addresses a compelling public issue of concern in research or an article published in the journal. A Commentary will be subject to the regular peer review process.
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