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

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fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Water International incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Water International must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

Manuscript preparation

1. General guidelines

• Papers are accepted only in English. British English spelling and punctuation is preferred.
• A typical article will not exceed 14 printed pages total, including references, tables and figures. As a rule of thumb, a text of 5500-6500 words with a modicum of extra matter is ideal. Papers that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length and may incur a surcharge at the Editor-in-Chief's discretion. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript. Only necessary tables, figures and equations should be supplied, and in moderation.
• Submissions for technical notes should not exceed 9 printed journal pages and ideally should have a text of 2,500-3,000 words. For other types of submissions, please inquire of the Editor-in-Chief.
• 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).
• Abstracts of up to 100 words are required for all papers submitted.
• Each paper should have 4-6 keywords
• Section headings should be concise and should be clear whether they are a first or second level heading.
• 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.
• Neither photographs nor biographical notes on contributors are required for this journal.
• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
• Search engine optimization (SEO) is a means of making your article more visible to anyone who might be looking for it. Please consult our guidance here

2. Style guidelines

• Format guidelines, Quick guide
• Reference style, Quick reference guide

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 (please mention the journal title in your email).

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 and 600 dpi for grayscale.
• 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, GIF or JPG.
• 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

The Journal has no free colour pages within its annual page allowance. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree a financial contribution to colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied.

5. Reproduction of copyright material

As an author, you are required to secure permission to reproduce any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, and screenshots, and any supplementary material you propose to submit. This applies to direct reproduction as well as “derivative reproduction” (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source). The reproduction of short extracts of text, excluding poetry and song lyrics, for the purposes of criticism may be possible without formal permission on the basis that the quotation is reproduced accurately and full attribution is given.

For further information and FAQs, please see http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/permission.asp

Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the editors. Copyright permission letter template

Manuscript submission

Authors should submit manuscripts electronically to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. James Nickum, at iwrapubs@gmail.com. Submissions should be sent as email attachments using a standard word processing program, preferably MS Word. Other formats, such as pdf files, are not acceptable.

Copyright and authors' rights

Corresponding authors will be given free online access to their article through our website and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints can be purchased through Rightslink®. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.

Visit our Author Services website for further resources and guides to the complete publication process and beyond.