Manuscripts should contain no more than 2500 words, excluding references. No more than three total figures or tables should be included. Pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the page after the title page.

Does word count include references?

Word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes, lists, etc). The list of references, appendices and footnotes2 are NOT included in the word count unless it is clearly stated in the coursework instructions that the module is an exception to this rule.

How do you count words in a manuscript?

Calculating Manuscript Word Counts

average per line; multiply the words/line by the number of lines on a full page of text to determine the words/page. Multiply the words/page by the total number of manuscript pages regardless of whether they contain text, figures, tables, displayed equations, or a combination thereof.