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Critical Public Health welcomes original contributions from all parts of the world appropriate to the aims and scope of the journal, on the understanding that their contents have not previously been published nor submitted elsewhere for publication. All submissions will be sent anonymously to independent referees.

Manuscripts: May be in the form of: (i) long articles (not exceeding 4000 words)on theoretical issues or reporting primary research; (ii) short reports on the challenges of engaging critically with public health practice for the Policy and Practice section (not exceeding 3,000 words). Contributions may be in innovative and non-traditional research paper formats. (iii) short commentary pieces that set out the terms of debate on a document/policy/issue for the Commentary section (not exceeding 3,000 words). Contributions may be deliberately provocative and short responses will be published alongside the Commentary section.

Contributions must clearly indicate the section of the journal for which they are submitted.

Authors should acknowledge any funding sources for studies forming the basis for papers submitted.

All submissions should be made online at Critical Public Health's ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Papers will then be dealt with by the Editors, Dr Robin Bunton, Critical Public Health, Centre for Social and Policy Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK, or Jane Wills, Institute for Primary Care and Public Health, London South Bank University, Borough Road, London SE1 OAA.

Papers should be typed double spaced throughout (including the references). All pages must be numbered. When completing the online submission, please be sure to include first name, middle initial(s) and last name of the author(s), and for each author a short institutional address. You will also be asked to give the full name and address (including fax number and Email address if possible) of the author to whom all correspondence (including proofs) should be sent. The submitted manuscript itself should then include no identifying information, to allow for blinded review. The first page of the submitted manuscript should include just the title and an abstract of not more than 250 words. Footnotes should be avoided as far as possible.

Tables: Should be submitted on separate sheets, numbered in Arabic numerals, and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Table 1).

Units of measurement: All measurements must be cited in SI units.

Proofs: Will be sent by email to the author nominated for correspondence.

Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence 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 the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Book Reviews: The journal has a number of recently published books available for review. If you would like to register your interest and view the list of books currently available please contact the Book Reviews Editor, Ellen Mulholland at E.Mulholland@tees.ac.uk