Notes for Contributors

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS - Tourism Geographies

Geo-publishing.org is a resource site for anyone interested in publishing or disseminating geographical material. It is designed to illustrate how the publishing process works and to answer any questions you might have about writing and publishing your work. It also provides a number of links to useful websites, journals and publishers.

Topics of particular use for potential Tourism Geographies contributors include:

Good practice in writing for journals
Questions editors are often asked
Dealing with copyedits and proofs
Publishing articles: seven examples from initial draft to final article

Sample Copy of Tourism Geographies - Please use this as a reference in writing and formatting your paper.

For Book Review Contributors Only: Literature Review License To Publish (copyright) Form (in MSWord format)

Manuscripts may be sent directly to any one of the following Associate Editors. Email submissions are preferred. Please contact the editor if you are unable to submit by email.

Alan A. Lew, Editor-in-chief and Associate Editor for the Americas, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University, NAU Box 15106, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5106, USA Tel: 1-928-523-6567 (W), 1-928-523-2650 (Secretary), Fax: 1-928-523-2275; Email: Alan.Lew [a/t] nau.edu

C. Michael Hall, Associate Editor for Asia-Pacific, Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand, Tel: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8612 or Secty.: +64 3 364 2606, Dept. Fax +64 3 364 202; Email: michael.hall [a/t] canterbury.ac.nz

Shaul Krakover, Associate Editor for Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel Tel: 972-8-647-2003 (W), 972-8-647-2001 (Secretary), Fax 972-8-647-2821; Email: shaul [a/t] bgu.ac.il

Allan M. Williams, Associate Editor for Europe, Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, 31 Jewry Street, London, UK EC3N 2EY, Tel: 020 7320 3042; Email: allan.williams [a/t] londonmet.ac.uk

LENGTH - Tourism Geographies accepts articles of up to 9,000 words in length, including the text body, references and tables.

FONT - All fonts to be standard Times New Roman on A4 or Letter size paper

COPYRIGHT - In accordance with the copyright law, the manuscript must not duplicate substantial portions of previously published material. Permission to quote from or reproduce copyright material must be obtained by the authors before submission and any acknowledgments should be included in the typescript, preferably in the form of an Acknowledgments section at the end of the paper. Where photographs or figures are reproduced, acknowledgment of source and copyright should be given in the caption.

If figures have been scanned or copied from a source that is not the author's own property then that author must (a) gain permission to use those figures and (b) cite the source from which the figures have been taken in the text.

Authors are encouraged to only include figures that are essential to the thesis of the paper. Please limit to number of tables and figures to total no more than six.

Images and advertisements can be reproduced without copyright clearance for criticism purposes so as long as all the images included are discussed within the paper you will not need copyright clearance. The source, however, must be clearly identified.

COVER LETTER - Please state in the cover letter that the manuscript is the authors' own work and has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Also indicate whether any necessary copyright provisions have been secured, as per above. These statements are required. By submitting the manuscript, the authors agree that the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the manuscript have been given to the publishers of Tourism Geographies.

SUBMISSIONS - To facilitate the review process, please submit a digital form of the text and tables portion of the paper, if possible. Include a copy of the files in their original format. Also save your documents in a format that is readable by various versions of MS Word (IBM or Mac; .DOC or .RTF fomat). The files may be submitted either on disk or by e-mail to an Associate Editor. If accepted for publication, the final revised version of the entire paper (text, tables and graphics) must be submitted in digital format (no paper hardcopy is necessary). On your disk or in your e-mail include: Your Name, Title of your Article, Date of Submission, and the Names and Versions of the original wordprocessor and other programs used.

PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS and FIGURES - Photographs, Charts and Figures must be Gray-scale .JPG or .GIF format, 300 DPI, and scaled to fit the dimensions of the journal (approximately 4.5in/11.5cm Wide x 6.9in/17.5cm Tall). Authors may request color photos and figures, but will be charged US$500 for each color figure.

HARD COPIES - Email submissions are encouraged. If you cannot submit a digital copy for some reason, please first contact the editor (above) to disucss this. If you are submitting a hard copy, please submit 3 copies. Hard copies must be printed or typed on one side of the paper only, in a standard 12 point font using 1.5 or double spacing with ample margins (at least 1 inch or 2.5 cm) on all sides. This format must be used throughout, including for notes and references cited. A4 or American letter-size papers are preferred, as is a unjustified right side. Please number the pages. Papers may be submitted in either UK or US English provided usage is consistent. Final publication will be in UK English. It will be assumed that the authors will keep an exact copy of the manuscript submitted.

REVIEW, PROOFS & OFFPRINT - All papers that conform to the guidelines stipulated here and are deemed of acceptable quality by the receiving Associate Editor will undergo a blind review process overseen by the receiving Associate Editor. Every effort will be made to expedite the review process in a timely and efficient manner. For accepted papers, proofs will be sent to authors, if there is sufficient time to do so. They should be corrected within 48 hours using red pen or pencil to indicate typographical errors and black to indicate author revisions. Major alterations and revisions cannot be accepted. Upon publication, twenty-five (25) offprints and a copy of the journal will be supplied free of charge to the author (or contact author for multiple authored manuscripts). Rejected manuscripts will not normally be returned to the author(s).

PART ONE – TITLE PAGE - The first page should include the title of the manuscript and the names and affiliations of all contributors, along with their full address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail, where available. For multiple authors, please indicate which author is the primary contact person. Below the addresses please list (1) the total number of words in the manuscript, including text body and references, and (2) the date that paper was originally submitted.

Following this should be a short biographical statement (two to three sentences) for each author, containing information on their current employer, including where appropriate, rank, department, and names of the institutions or organizations with which they are affiliated.

Article type

Example: COMMENTARY / POSTCARD FROM THE PODIUM / REVIEW ARTICLE

Title

Example: Assessing the Ecological Footprint of a Large Metropolitan Water Supplier: Lessons for Water Management and Planning Towards Sustainability

Initial caps of main words, even after colon and ‘em’ rule. Range left, bold. (Do not cap words such as: it, as, of, a, but, they, then, that, for, if etc.)

PART TWO - SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - The second page should include the title and summary of the entire manuscript, but exclude the authors' names to assist the blind review process. The summary (or abstract) should be between 50 and 200 words in length. It should summarize the manuscript in a concise statement of intention, results and conclusions. Authors should also include up to six (6) keywords at the end of the abstract. Authors may optionally include a version of the summary in French, German and Spanish on separate pages, in addition to the required English abstract. All summaries will be posted on the Tourism Geographies website.

Abstract

Example:

Abstract This paper offers theoretical reflections on how adult researchers access, process and represent the ‘worlds’ of children and childhood. Recognising previous claims and warnings…

Abstract should be justified on page, under author affiliations and/or dates, word abstract appears in large and small caps, double space after, then abstract begins. Must be italic, foreign words/phrases and emphasis should be in roman, abstract should not contain references or footnotes.

Keywords

Example:
Key Words: Environment, geography, landfill, recycling

Under abstract, ranged left, title ‘Key word’ two separate words, large and small caps, colon to distinguish, initial cap only, comma to separate words, no full point, words in order of importance, not alphabetically.

TEXT FORMAT

Headings

Example:

A Heading: Transitions into the Labour Market
Bold, Initial caps of main words, range left, space above and below

B Heading: Leaving education
Italic, initial caps of main words, range left, 2.5 line space above, .5 line space below.

C Heading: Consuming identities. In the 1960s psychologists and sociologists looked…
Italic, full point after heading, range left, initial cap only, text indented after heading runs on same line.

D Heading: Life on the margins. Allatt (1997, p. 90) argues that all young …
Heading indented from left hand margin, italics, initial cap only, full point, text indented then run on same line

Tables

Table must be centralised on the page, placed either at the top or bottom of page, top and bottom rules are heavy, internal rules should be light. Caption should be centralised above the table, identifier must be in bold using Arabic numbering and a full point after the digit, any flag must be superscript and appear one after the other underneath the table in a smaller font than the body text.

Figures

Gray-scale (no color), .JPG or .GIF format, 300 DPI, scaled to fit the dimensions of the journal (approximately 4.5in/11.5cm Wide x 6.9in/17.5cm Tall).

Example:

Figure 1. Drop out rates

Figure must be placed centrally on the page, either at the top of bottom of page, identifier must be in bold, followed by a full point, initial cap only, the legend must be centralised under the figure, no full point unless there is a ‘source’/’note’, which must run on as below.

Figure 1. Drop out rates. Source:…. .

Source/Note must be initial cap and italicised followed by a colon. The note itself is to be in Roman, followed by a full point.

Displayed quote

Example:

Nature is beautiful here, good fishing waters, and fishing
in the sea. Good environment and very good skiing areas.
Fine salmon rivers. Many employment opportunities. Many
facilities, and a short distance to towns and cities

Quote must be indented from both margins, and be justified, line space above and below. Smaller type that body text.

Equations

Example: U_R = x + y = I { A ≤ B}

Should always be central on page, italic, space above and below.

Footnotes – We do not allow footnotes for this style.

Acknowledgment

Example:
Acknowledgment
The author wishes to thank Professor Smith at the University of Massachusetts for his helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

Should be placed before references, using an A heading, acknowledgment must be written in third person, not ‘I’. Smaller type than body text.

End notes – We do not allow footnotes for this style

Reference system

Please avoid excessive references to your own previous publications.

Examples:

Article in Journal: (Rimes& Haynes, 2003)
Rimes, K. J. & Haynes, C. (2003) Long-term change in Indian health, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 6(2), pp. 25–45.

Chapter in book: (Och, 2001)
Och, D. (2001) Children’s geographies, in: J. Bloggs & D. Smith (Eds) Children’s Awareness in Everyday Life, pp. 258–274 (London: Sage)

Book:
Carter, G. (2003) Social & Cultural Geography (Chicago, IL: Houghton Mifflin).

Paper: (Haynes, 2003)
Haynes, C. (2003) The difficulties of style standardization. Paper presented at Style Standardization Conference, London, 18–21 April.

Thesis/dissertation: (Rimes, 1999)
Rimes, K. J. (1999) Is the utopian world always dystopian?, BA Hons Dissertation, Department of Social Science, University College Northampton.

(town must be included if not in University name, i.e. Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)

Published proceedings/seminar:
Singh, O.P. (1993) Drainage problems and design criteria for land drainage systems, in: Proceedings National Workshop on Sustainable Irrigation in Saline Environment, February 17–19, CSSRI (Karnal, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute).

Website:
Same citation as for other publication above, except add the website URL and Accessed Date to the end, as in this example: Available at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals (accessed 24 April 2003).

Use website organization in place of the author where the author is not available. Use the Accessed Year in place of the publication year where the publication year is not available.

Example: (Och, 2001)
Och, D. (2001) Children’s geographies, in: J. Bloggs & D. Smith (Eds) Children’s Awareness in Everyday Life, pp. 258–274 (London: Sage). Available at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals (accessed 24 April 2003).

Example: (WWF, 2003)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (2003) The forests of New Guinea. Available at http://www.worldwildlife.org/newguinea (accessed 24 April 2003).

Book Review Titles

Example:
Governing for the Environment: Global Problems, Ethics and Democracy
Kate Rimes & Gail Carter (Eds)
Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2000, ISBN 0 333 79372 2

Range left, initial caps of main words, title in bold, publisher and location italic, all reviews must be run on.

Reviewer’s details:

Kate Rimes
Department of Social Sciences
University College Northampton, UK
k.rimes@ss.nh.eu

Reviewer’s details to be ranged right, include department, and university, town if not mentioned in university title and country.

Notes on Contributors

Example:
Elisabeth Allès has a doctorate in social and historical anthropology. She is a researcher at the…

Author name in bold, note run on from name, note written in third person.

Tourism Geograph - ADDITIONAL NOTES ON STYLE

These style considerations need not be adhered to in the initial submission of a paper to Tourism Geographies. However, they will need to be adjusted in your manuscript prior to publication, so you may want to consider them from the outset.

Abbreviations: Avoid abbreviations in the text. Only the following abbreviations may be used in the references: pp. (pages), p. (page), ed. (editor), vol. (volume), vols. (volumes), no. (number), nos. (numbers), ch. (chapter). All of these abbreviations include a full point (period). When three or more authors of referenced material are cited in the text, the abbreviation et al. should be used, for example (Smith, et al. 1199). Full points should not be used for Dr, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Ltd (Limited), edn (edition), vols (volumes), nos (numbers), chs (chapters) and eds (editors) -- these contractions all end in the last letter of the full word. Also, full points should not be used for acronyms, such as NATO or UN, or well-known abbreviations, such as USA, US, MP (minister of parliament), BBC, and WWW. Also, do not use full stops after metric units (e.g., cm, m, km, kg). The abbreviations e.g. (meaning 'for example', or 'such as') and i.e. (meaning 'that is', or 'in other words') may only be used within parentheses ( ) in the text. Avoid using the word ‘et cetera' and the abbreviation ‘etc.' at all times. Do not use contractions at any time (e.g., use 'it is' not ' it's ', and use 'is not' instead of ' isn't '). Avoid separating two words with a slash ( / ). For example, do not use 'and/or' -- in most cases a simple 'and' will do.

Spacing: Use a single (not a double) space after a full point (period), and after commas, colons and semicolons. Do not put a space in front of a question mark or in front of any other closing quotation mark. Always put a space before a left parenthesis ( .

Capitalization: Please keep capitalization to a minimum. Where possible, use lower case for government, church, city, state, party and volume. Directions, such as north and south, are only capitalized if used as part of a recognized place name, such as Western Australia and South Africa. Use lower case for general terms, such as eastern France and southwest of Berlin.

Italics: Indicate italics by underlining, rather than using an italic font. Use Italics (underline) for the titles of books, journals, newspapers, plays, films, long poems, paintings, and ships. Extensive use of italics for emphasis should be avoided.

Quotations: Use single quotation marks for quoted material within the text; double quotation marks should only be used for quotes within quotes. Do not use leader dots at the beginning or end of a quotation unless the sense absolutely demands it. Within a quotation use three leader dots for a mid-sentence break, four if the break is followed by a new sentence. Quotations of over forty words should be extracted and indented and no quotation marks used.

Numerals: In general spell out numbers under 10; but always use numerals for measurements (e.g., 5 km) and ages (e.g., 6 years old), except when these start a sentence. Always spell out numbers that start a sentence. Insert a comma for both thousands and tens of thousands, with no space following (e.g., 1,000 and 20,000). Always use the minimum number of figures for ranged numbers and dates, e.g. 22-4, 105-6, 1966-7, 112-3, 1914-8. Use the percentage sign only in figures, tables and within parentheses; spell 'percent' as one word in the text using a numeral for the number. For example, "...34 percent were green with the remainder (66%) orange."

Dates: The plural of a year does not use an apostrophe. For example, 1990s is correct, not 1990's. Set out dates as follows: 8 July 1990 (no comma), 'on 8 July', and 'on the 8th'. Use 'nineteenth century (not 19th century) and insert a hyphen when used adjectively (e.g., nineteenth-century art).

En Rules: An 'en rule' is an extended dash and is used to indicate linked items. En rules are not found on normal keyboards, though some word processors will create them whenever you use a double dash. Either way, use a double dash (--) to indicate an en rule. Examples of this include: number spans (e.g., 1923 -- 1935), political alliances (e.g., Labour -- Liberal alliance), and some jointly authored studies (e.g., Temple -- Hardcastle project).

USE YOUR SPELL CHECKER - if you are using a word processor; set to UK English -- note some exceptions below.

USE YOUR GRAMMAR CHECKER - if your word processor has one (and most do these days).

PREFERRED SPELLINGS:

acknowledgment (not acknowledgement)

for most verbs, use -ize in preference to -ise (e.g., organize, realize, specialize, recognize, globalize)

- some exceptions to this rule include: advertise, analyse, and enfranchise

cooperate/cooperation and coordinate/coordination (no hyphens)

counterbalance

counter-productive

ecotour, ecotourism, ecotourist

- but hyphenate all other ‘eco-’ prefixes

fuelled

fulfil

focusing and focused (instead of focussing or focussed)

Fordist (upper case F)

‘in so far as' is four words

‘inasmuch as' is two words

‘none the less' is three words

‘nation state’ is two words

‘nevertheless' and ‘longstanding’ are one word

judgment (not judgement)

lifestyle

life cycle

northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest (no hypens)

non- (hyphenate all ‘non-’ prefixes)

overdependence, overdevelopment

overpopulation, oversimplified, overuse

post-Fordist, post-modernist, post-war

programme

proactive

reorganisation

re-evaluate, re-enactment

rainforest

sub-field, sub-discipline, sub-stream

- but do not hyphenate any other ‘sub’ pre-fixes

socio-cultural, socio-economic, socio-political

skepticism

travelled, traveller

underdevelopment

well-being

worldwide