Submission and Style Guidelines
Papers for the Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice should be submitted electronically via email to the editors:
gbusby@plymouth.ac.ukGuidelines
Papers
Papers which appear in Journal of Tourism Consumption are subject to the usual academic processes of anonymous peer reviewing. Papers written by members of the Editorial Board will be refereed by independent referees. Authors will be encouraged to make use of the opportunities afforded by an on line journal in terms of presentation of results, or illustrations of method or techniques. For example, links to other materials and sites, the inclusion of video, sound and still images. Please note we can only accept images, video and sound for which the authors either own copyright or have obtained written permission for their use. Permissions must be acknowledged at the end of the paper.Papers, which should not normally exceed 7,000 words, should be written in English and submitted electronically by e-mail. Tables, figures, illustrations and references are excluded from the word count. Please note that we do not accept paper submissions
Articles should have been proof read and corrected for errors and will be regarded as accurate; authors are responsible for factual content.
Two additional documents should be included containing (1) the title, author or authors name/names and a brief biographical note and (2) an abstract not exceeding 300 words and up to ten keywords. Material contained in hyperlinks within an electronic document should also be supplied as separate documents.
Opinion-Pieces
Each issue will also seek to include shorter non peer refereed ‘think pieces’ of between 1000 to 2000 words. These may be reviews of existing work or they may be short essays aimed at stimulating debate. Think-pieces will be subject to editorial scrutiny and as such the right, if deemed inappropriate, to not to accept them will be reserved.Research notes
The purpose of this section is to allow researchers to present initial findings and reflections or problems concerning fieldwork and research in general. Like the ‘Opinion Pieces’ these should be between 1000 to 2000 words. While not refereed, these will be subject to editorial review as such the right, if deemed inappropriate, to not to accept them will be reserved.
Conference Reports
We welcome short reports of between 1000 and 2000 words on any conference that readers have found to be of particular interest, and are not confined to tourism themed conferences. We hope this will act to stimulate cross disciplinary debate and discussion. These will be subject to editorial review as such the right, if deemed inappropriate, to not to accept them will be reserved.
Style guidelines.
Headings should be typed in sentence case and begin from the left margin. Paragraphs should not be indented and a clear line should separate two paragraphs.
Dates thus: 25 May, 2005. Single quotation marks (except for quotes within quotes) for text, double for recorded speech. Bold, italic and underscore should be formatted as such in the word processed document.
Figures, maps, photographs, should be submitted as email attachment in any standard format, preferably as high quality JPEGs. If this is not possible, authors should provide high quality originals in order to allow good electronic reproduction Video and sound recordings will be accepted in standard formats.
Gender specific nouns and pronouns should not be used to refer to people of both sexes. Standard guidelines on sexist, racist and disablist language should be observed.If necessary notes should be placed as endnotes and numbered consecutively through the text using standard, not roman, numerals. Authors are requested to keep these to a minimum.
Referencing should use the Harvard system:Levenstein, H. (1998) Seductive Journey: American tourists in France from Jefferson to the Jazz age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Li, Y. (2000) Geographical Consciousness and TourismExperience. In Annals of Tourism Research, 27, 4, 863 – 883.
Linnekin, J. (1997) Consuming Cultures: Tourism and the commoditization of cultural identity in the island Pacific. In Picard, M. and Wood, R. E. (eds) Tourism, Ethnicity and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Löfgren, O. (1999) On Holiday: A history of vacationing. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Only material referenced in the text should be cited in the bibliography.
Where there are two authors, both names should be referenced in the text, thus Smith and Jones (2007). Where there are three or more authors, only the name of the first should appear in the text followed by 'et al.', thus Wilson et al. (2006). The full list of all author names should appear in the bibliography.Any URL links should be active
Contributors should indicate sources of funding, where applicable, and any restrictions on publication placed on them by sponsors.Only visual and aural data over which the author(s) have copyright may be used unless permission has been obtained and acknowledged. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain such permissions
Simultaneous submissions to other print or electronic journals are not permitted.