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.

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Identities invites the submission of articles on issues of racial, ethnic, national, transnational and postcolonial identities from both established and younger scholars. We welcome articles providing new theoretically informed empirical research and critical analysis.

Articles that are submitted must be original and should not be simultaneously under consideration – either in whole or in part – for publication elsewhere. No more than one article by the same author/co-author will be published within a two year period. Authors are advised that submissions are referred to specialist readers and that some revision may subsequently be required before the article is accepted for publication. Submissions are refereed anonymously. To facilitate that process authors should ensure that articles contain no self-identifying references.

Authors will be required to conform fully with the approved style of the journal – details follow below. Particular attention should be paid to the formatting of references, double spacing throughout, and use of end notes. They should note the statement of editorial policy of the journal above. Critical comments on articles previously published in the journal are welcome. However, it is not the policy of the journal to publish translations of articles which have already appeared in a foreign language that should be accessible to most of an educated and interested readership.

The required length of articles is between 5,000 and 8,000 words or word equivalents, including all material. Authors are required to include an abstract of their article of up to 150 words maximum and six keywords, suitable for indexing and online search purposes.

All submissions should be made online at Identities' ScholarOne Manuscripts website: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/IDS. Clear instructions are provided throughout the submission process.

Typescripts Articles should be double-spaced throughout, including Notes and list of References. All pages, including Notes, References and tables, should be numbered. A standard typeface (such as Ariel or Times New Roman) is preferred.

Style

• Description of the Journal's article style, Quick guide
• Description of the Journal's reference styles
• Guide to using mathematical symbols and equations
• Word templates are available for this journal. If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk

Tables These must be properly titled and numbered consecutively in the order in which they are to appear in the text. Each table should be prepared on a separate page or separate pages at the end of the typed or printed article and its approximate position in the text should be indicated (e.g., 'Table 1 about here'). Authors should consult recent issues of the journal for examples of the format and style of tables that must be followed; particular care should be taken to follow the journal's practices concerning lower- and upper-case usage, italicization and the location of '%'-signs. The titles of tables should be in italics, as should the titles of figures. Bold or Roman capitals should NOT be used.

Diagrams Diagrams, including graphs and maps, should be camera-ready and as clear and simple as possible and be kept to the necessary minimum. They must all be referred to as 'Figure' and must have their own title; they too should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are to appear and their approximate position should also be indicated in the text. It is preferable that maps be purpose-drawn to include only those features referred to in the text; if not, the source of a map must be cited. Necessary copyright permission for the reproduction of any already published diagram must have been obtained by the author or authors and the editors and publishers will want documentary evidence to that effect.

Electronic Processing

We welcome figures sent electronically, but care and attention to these guidelines are essential as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.

• Figures must be saved individually and separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Avoid the use of colour and tints for purely aesthetic reasons.
• Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible and have a resolution of at least 300dpi.
• 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 the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
• 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).

Please note that it is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please do not hesitate to contact our Production Department if you have any queries.

Notes These should be kept to the necessary minimum, titled 'Notes', and should be used only where inclusion of the material in the text would disturb the flow of the article. They should be numbered sequentially throughout the article and be typed or printed double-spaced separately immediately after the text, beginning on a new page.

Proofs Electronic page-proofs of accepted articles will be sent to the author nominated for correspondence by the publishers. Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher as soon as possible after receipt and by or before the date indicated by the publishers when they send out authors' proofs. The attention of authors is drawn particularly to the fact that no substantive changes are permissible at proof stage; rigid adherence to this principle will be maintained and authors are accordingly urged to ensure that their submitted articles are error-free.

Copyright. 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 may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors retain a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies documents. These policies are referred to at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/copyright-author-rights.pdf for full details. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Libel Attention is drawn to the fact that the acceptance of an article, report or review is conditional upon its author or authors having ensured that it contains nothing which is unlawful. Agreement by authors to the publication of their material necessarily implies acceptance of this condition.

Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.tandfonline.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

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