MANUSCRIPT REVIEW COMMENTS - Tourism Geographies

Good Practice in Refereeing - from Geo-Publishing.org - a useful source on how to be a good manuascript reviewer


Dear Reviewers: Tourism Geographies currently acceptes all manuscript reviews through the Manuscript Central website only: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rtxg


Our old review form, below, may be used as a guideline fo the types of issues that you should consider in reviewing papers submitted to Tourism Geographies.


It is the policy of Tourism Geographies to provide an efficient and expeditious review of all submitted papers.  With this in mind, referees are requested to return their evaluations within one month of receipt of the manuscript.  If this is not possible, then referees are requested to inform the manuscript's coordinating editor or the journal's editor-in-chief as soon as possible.  Helpful comments for the author(s) are appreciated.

Contact the Editor for additional questions: Alan A. Lew <alan.lew at nau.edu>


Part A - Assessment Scale

Please rate and comment (in Parts B & C) this paper on:
Acceptable
Some
Revision
Required
Unacceptable 
1. Importance of Issues Raised:       
2. Adequacy of Literature Review:      
3. Rigour of Methodology Employed:      
4. Rigour of Analysis (appropriate interpretation):      
5. Clarity of Writing, Explanations, and Concepts:       
6. Suitability of Illustrations and Table (too many, too few, clarity):       
7. Adequacy of Abstract (accurate summary of entire paper) and Keywords (up to 6):       
8. Adequacy of Introduction (purpose and rationale):       
9. Adequacy of Conclusions:       
10. Accuracy of the Title:       
11.Contribution to the Study of Tourism:      
 
Do you recommend the paper for:

____  Acceptance as is
____  Acceptance subject to revisions
____  Rejection, but recommend major revisions and resubmission to the review process*
____  Rejection

*you agree to review a revised and resubmitted paper


Part B - Evaluation Comments to be forwarded to the Author(s) - In particular, please address issues that you rated as Requiring Some Revision or Unacceptable, above. (these comments may be submitted on a separate sheet)

Part C - Confidential Comments for the Editor (optional)


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