Author Guidelines

Peer Review

All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. Fashion and Textile Review operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers do not know the names or affiliations of the authors and the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous.

Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is original, sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication.

The editorial team will consider the paper based on reports by the reviewers and refer the paper to the editorial board for final approval and publication. However, if the paper is not up to the standard of the journal, it will be rejected.

Paper Outlook

Number of Pages – 12 pages or less
Paper Size – A4
Spacing – Single spacing
Font Size – 12
Font Type – Times New Roman

Headings

Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

  • Use italics for emphasis.
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
  • Do not use field functions.
  • Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
  • Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
  • Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
  • Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).

Title and Authorship Information

The following information should be included:

  • Paper title
  • Full name(s) of author(s)
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Corresponding email address

Abstract

The manuscript should contain an abstract. The abstract should be self-contained and citation-free and should not exceed 250 words.

Keywords

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes

Introduction

This section should be succinct, with or without subheadings. It should include a coherent overview and review of related literature.

Materials and Methods

This section should give adequate information on the research methodology or general procedure of the study. In the case of a design practice or a project, this section should contain sufficient detail so that all procedures can be followed and possibly replicated. It can be divided into subsections if several methods are described.

Results and Discussion

This section may each be divided by subheadings or may be combined.

Conclusions

This should clearly explain the main conclusions of the work by highlighting its importance and relevance.

Acknowledgements

All acknowledgements (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.

References

The journal prefers a version of the use of author-date (APA) style references and must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including citations in tables and legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, Reference Manager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Include the digital object identifier (DOI) for all references where available.

Citations and references in the Supplementary Materials are permitted provided that they also appear in the reference list here.

In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ] and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10), or [6] (pp. 101–105).

  1. Dewulf, S. and Baillie, C. (1999), CASE: How to Foster Creativity, London: Department for Education and Employment.
  2. Downing, D. and Watson, R. (2004), School art: What’s in it? Exploring Visual Arts in Secondary Schools, Slough. National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
  3. Education Scotland (2013), Creativity across learning 3-18, Edinburgh, Education Scotland, [Online]. Available at https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/cre39-impact-report.pdf [Accessed 26 April 2017].

**Exhibition Reviews, Technical Notes and Monographs

For essays, monographs and other papers, writers must use the following format:

Abstract
Introduction
Concepts and Philosophy
Visual Analysis
Conclusion

Papers in this category must be preceded by not more than 200-word abstract.

*Visual illustrations are encouraged in keeping with the Fashion and Textiles Review’s ethos and practice.

Pictures

Pictures must be in jpeg or tiff format and should have a resolution between 200 to 300 pixels.

Charts/Diagrams

Charts and illustrations must be precise, clear and of good resolution. The must also be placed in the right position within the text.

Submitting a Manuscript

Submission

Kindly download this template to guide you prepare your paper:

FTR Article Template

Terms of Submission

Papers must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not currently under consideration by another publisher or journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the paper’s publication has been approved by all the other co-authors.

It is also the authors’ responsibility to ensure that the papers emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgement from the editorial office officially establishes the date of receipt.

Furthermore, correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to [email protected]

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