Submission Guidelines

TOURISM TODAY

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS / SUMBISSION GUIDELINES

Manuscript Submission Procedure:

  • Submit your paper, book reports and conference reports via e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief: Cwebster3@bsu.edu. Feedback regarding the submission will be returned to the author(s) within two months of the receipt of the manuscript.
  • Submission of a manuscript to Tourism Today represents a certification on the part of the author(s) that it is an original work and has not been published elsewhere; manuscripts that are eventually published may not be reproduced for one year following publication in Tourism Today.
  • Submission of a manuscript will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work not being considered for publication elsewhere at the same time. Contributors can correct first proofs, if time permits it.
  • Manuscripts should be written as understandably and concisely as possible with clarity and meaningfulness.
  • Tourism Today publishes regular articles, research notes, case studies, conference reviews and book reviews in tourism. Manuscripts are accepted for publication only on basis of their scientific value and merits. No manuscript can be accepted or rejected because of the nationality, religion, race, gender, occupancy, age or other characteristics of the author(s).
  • Every manuscript is subject to a double-blind review process, except for book reviews and conference reviews.
  • Manuscripts should be submitted according the submission guidelines and must comply with the Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement of the journal.

 

Manuscript Length

Full papers should be between 6,000-9,000 words, excluding references. Research notes or case studies should be between 1,500-2,000 words long, excluding references. Commentaries should be about 1,200 words long. Book and conference reviews should be about 1,000 words long.  Full papers and research notes must have up to six key words to indicate to readers the topic of the paper.

 

Manuscript style and preparation

·         All submissions (full papers, research notes, case studies, commentaries, and book or conference reviews) must have a title of no more than 14 words.

·         Manuscripts should be double-line spaced, and have at least a one-inch margin on all four sides. Pages should be numbered consecutively.

·         The use of footnotes within the text is discouraged – use endnotes instead. Endnotes should be kept to a minimum, be used to provide additional comments and discussion and should be numbered consecutively in the text and typed on a separate sheet of paper at the end of the article.

·         Quotations must be taken accurately from the original source.  Alterations to the quotations must be noted.  Quotation marks (“ ”) are to be used to denote direct quotes.  Inverted commas (‘ ‘) should denote a quote within a quotation.

·         Include the name(s) of any sponsor(s) of the research contained in the manuscript.

·         Tables, figures and illustrations are to be included in the text and to be numbered consecutively (in Arabic numbers) with the titles.

·         Tables, figures and illustrations should be kept to a minimum.

·         The text should be organized under appropriate section headings, which, ideally, should not be more than 500 words apart. Section headings should be marked as follows: primary headings should be typed in bold capitals and underlined; secondary headings should be typed with italic capital letters. Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity.

·         Author(s) are responsible for preparing manuscripts which are clearly written in acceptable, scholarly English, and which contain no errors of spelling, grammar, or punctuation. Neither the Editor nor the Publisher is responsible for correcting errors of spelling or grammar.

·         Images should be supplied as files that can be opened and edited in Adobe Shotoshop (bitmapped images) or Illustrator (vector images).  Transparencies (up to 4×5”) and photo prints (up to A3 size) are also acceptable.

 

Manuscript Presentation

For submission, manuscripts of full papers, research notes and case studies should be arranged in the following order of presentation:

Ø  First page: title, subtitle (if required), author’s name and surname, affiliation, full postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Respective names, affiliations and addresses of co-authors should be clearly indicated. Also, include an abstract of not more than 150 words, acknowledgements (if any), and up to 6 keywords that identify article content.

Ø  Second page: title, an abstract of not more than 150 words and up to 6 keywords that identify article content. Do not include the author(s) details and affiliation(s) in this page.

Ø  Subsequent pages: main body of text (including tables, figures and illustrations); list of references; appendixes; and footnotes (numbered consecutively).

 

Reference Style

In the text, references should be cited with parentheses using the “author, date” style – for example (Ford, 2001; Jackson 1998, 2002). Page numbers for specific points or direct quotations must be given. The Reference list, placed at the end of the manuscript, must be typed in alphabetical order of authors. The specific format is:

Ø  For journals: Tribe, J. (2002) The philosophic practitioner. Annals of Tourism Research, 29(2), 338-357.

Ø  For books and monographs: Teare, R. and Ingram, H. (1993) Strategic Management: A Resource-Based Approach for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries. London, Cassell.

Ø  For chapters in edited books: Webster, C. and Ivanov, S. (2012) The Political Economy of Future Tourism. In J. Leigh, C. Webster, S. Ivanov (Eds.) Future Tourism Political, Social and Economic Challenges, London: Routledge.

Ø  For reports: Edelstein, L. G. & Benini, C. (1994) Meetings and Conventions. Meetings market report (August), 60-82.

Ø  For Internet sources: Wirtz, J., Kimes, S., Ho, J.,  Patterson, P. (2002) Revenue management: resolving potential customer conflicts. Working Paper Series. School of Hotel Administration.  Cornell University. URL: http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/chr/pdf/showpdf/chr/research/working/revenuemanage.pdf (Accessed on 16.12.2005) 

 

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