NOTES for AUTHORS 
How to Submit Academic Papers to Tourism Geographies

Paper Types & Appropriate Topics

INTRODUCTION
The following guidelines are in addition to those for Tourism Geographies as they appear on the T&F Instructions for Authors website for Tourism Geographies, and T&F Quick Layout Guide. Please also consult those websites for additional author notes if your questions are not answered below.

APPROPRIATE TOPICS 

Tourism Geographies publishes blind reviewed original research articles, theoretical review articles, commentaries (Research Frontiers), and book reviews.  

Tourism Geographies is a social science journal and we primarily publishing papers that address theoretical and methodological issues grounded in social science theory, and which contribute to broader theoretical or methodological issues in tourism and geographical research and understanding. 
Due to the large number of papers submitted to Tourism Geographies, the editors are not able to pre-review papers that are not submitted to the ScholarOne article submission website.  ​​
Authors may find Successful Academic Writing (from the IAST) useful in preparing their work for submission to international journals. Also see: How to Avoid a Desk Rejection, by Alan A. Lew.
TYPES & LENGTHS OF PAPERS 

Tourism Geographies publishes four types of papers. ​When you submit a paper, please check the appropriate box in ScholarOne so it can be reviewed appropriately. 
  • Research Papers are traditional research papers in which authors seek to answer a theoretical or methodological problem statement that is grounded is social science theory and based on a conceptual framework. The answer to the problem is often grounded in case study field work or other data collection, but the focus is primarily on how the case study answers the theoretical problem statement. The results should offer a well-defined contribution to advancing social science theory. 
  • Research Frontier Papers are opinion and review papers in which authors present discussions that contribute to debates in the application of social science and geographical theory and ideas to tourism. The discussion may be based in some research findings, but the focus is more on the theory and ideas, with the research findings playing a minor or secondary role. Papers that review the past and current state of the literature on a tourism concept, technique or phenomenon are also included in this category. The reference may be selective or comprehensive depending on the paper's aims. 
  • Tourism Places Papers are high quality case study papers that are critical in nature and provide an in-depth understanding of tourism phenomena in a particular place or region, or of a particular type of tourism. The quality of analysis and insight are the primary criterion for peer review, rather than contributions to theory.  A critical social science perspective is required and authors should be well versed in critical tourism studies. (Also see the Tourism Places information page).
  • Commentary Papers are often shorter papers where content is dependent on the opinion and interpretation of the author(s). Journalistic type papers that present a distinct viewpoint on a case study might also fall into this category. The paper should also contribute to scholarly knowledge and contemporary debates for an international audience.
  • Book Reviews are commissioned and pre-approved by the journal's Book Review Editor. Click here for additional information on the appropriate length and format of book reviews. 
The current maximum paper length is 10,000 words, including the Abstract (up to 300 words), Keywords, Main Text, Tables and References. This applies to all paper types, except Commentaries and Book Reviews which are usually much shorter.

Paper Format

FORMAT - For all papers submitted to Tourism Geographies
  1. Submit in MS Word format (.doc or .docx). Do not submit .pdf files.
  2. All fonts must be standard (12 point) Times New Roman on A4 or Letter size paper.
  3. Please "Left Justify" your paragraphs -- do not use full justification. Left justification is easier for reviewers to read.
  4. The preferred line spacing is 1.15 or 1.5 for the entire paper (including the abstract and tables). Single line spacing is acceptable for the references, but only if you have a space between each reference to facilitate reading by reviewers. (The Routledge/Taylor and Francis website for the journal recommends double line spacing, which is also acceptable.)
  5. Use standard 1 inch (or 2.5 cm) margins on all sides.​
  6. The recommended maximum length for a all article types submitted to Tourism Geographies is 8,000 words, including the abstract, keywords, text body, tables and references. At the present time, however, we are accepting papers up to 10,000 words in length. Please do not exceed this number. 

TITLE - The maximum number of words allowed in a Title is twelve (12), including the subtitle, if any.
  • Only the the first word and formal names are capitalized. All other words are lower case. 
  • Most people will find your paper based on its key words, and less on its title. See below for more information on keywords.
  • The title should focus on your paper's Conceptual Framework more than the case study. The case study site should be mentioned in the abstract and listed in the keywords, however.
Click Here for a detailed overview on How To Title Your TG Journal Paper.

ABSTRACT
Your abstract should be between 200 and 300 words in length. It should be a short version of your entire paper, including a concise statement of objectives, major findings,  conclusions and global significance. Please see these guidelines on how to write your abstract for Tourism Geographies.
  • The Title, Abstract and Keywords must be included in the Main Document that will be sent for anonymous review. Do not include your name, affiliation, biographical note(s) and acknowledgment in the Main Document. (See Title Page, below.)
  • Non-English Language Abstract - You may optionally include one non-English language versions of the Title, Abstract and Keywords in a separate file, in addition to the required English abstract. These may be in the languages of your choosing and we will make an effort to include them in the print version of your publication. We may not, however, be able to accommodate some language scripts and fonts. Additional non-English language abstracts (beyond two) may be included as supplemental material for the online version of the article only.

KEYWORDS - You may include up to 10 Keywords at the end of the abstract. Please carefully select your Keywords to make your article easy to find for online academic search engines. For place-based articles, the keywords must include the major location (places and countries) that is discussed in the paper.

TITLE PAGE - which includes: ACKNOWLEDGMENT & AUTHOR BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 

For All Articles (excluding literature/book reviews), please include a separate Title Page document that includes (1) the paper title, (2) all author names, affiliations and full contact information, with author names in the preferred order for final publication,  (3) any acknowledgments that are required for your paper, and (4) author biographical notes. This file will not be sent to reviewers.
  • The author bio notes are a two to three sentence professional note about each of the authors. If you have four or more authors, then please limit your biographical note to one to two sentences each. The bio note should not include your contact information (address, etc), which will be listed in a different section of the paper. The bio notes should be written in third person, and a separate note should be written for each contributing author. 

REFERENCING - Tourism Geographies uses APA-7 style referencing (as of 2020). Download a the APA-7 T&F Guidelines to see how to format your references.
  • REFERENCING Non-Western Scripts - If you are citing a reference that is in a non-western script (such as Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Hindi), please translate it into English and indicate the original language in parentheses at the end of the reference. For example:  He, J. (2000) Tourism in China. Tourism Tribune, 10, 5, 1-10 (in Chinese).

HEADINGS
PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, FIGURES & TABLES Routledge/Taylor & Francis is a commercial publisher, so anything used in TG articles must have copyright approval for commercial use. Copyright laws have become more strict and limiting in recent years, so you are strongly advised to only use figures and tables that you have created entirely yourself. 
All photographs, charts and figures will be referred to as "Figures" in the journal, and numbered as Figure 1, Figure 2, and so on. Tables are not figures. Table must be included in an MS Word .doc or .docx file, either at the end of the Main Document or in a separate file with the same font as in the Main Document.
  1. Figures may be in color, but they must be readable in black and white, as well. It is best to include both color and black and white images for each color figure. Color figures will be reproduced in color in the online edition of the journal free of charge. Charges apply for color in print publications. Please see the Taylor and Francis website for additional information.
  2. If you only include color images, then we assume that you are willing to pay the additional cost of printing in color.

Author are to provide the highest quality image formats possible for their figures. The mimimum resolution must be: 1200 dpi for line art; 600 dpi for grayscale; 300 dpi for colour
  1. Images must be saved separate to your text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file, as it reduces the image resolution. Files should be saved JPG or TIF format. Files must contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC). 
  2. All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)). 
  3. Figure captions must be in the Main Document (the complete text of the paper) and numbered correspondingly to match the image file names, which must be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2.
  4. For full information on acceptable artwork formats, please see this Taylor & Francis web page.  

Captions for all Tables and Figures -  must be fully self contained and understandable to the reader without their having to refer to the text. Acronyms, Initialism and Abbreviations must be defined in footnotes, and the table or figure Title needs to clearly explain what the figure shows.
  1. Both Figure and Tables 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 under the figure.
  2. The Table or Figure's Source must be initial cap and italicized followed by a colon. The note itself is to be in Roman, followed by a full point. For example: Source: Smith, 2000.
  3. Tables and Figures tend to take a lot of space and should be used only when necessary to facilitate the reader's understanding of the paper. Please do not include any tables or figures that are not necessary.

Other Notes

SUPPLEMENTAL ONLINE MATERIAL
  1. If you paper is accepted, you may include a wide range of digital material as supplemental files on the journal's website. These will not be included in the hard copy version of the paper. However, anyone who access your paper on the InformaWorld website will also have access to the supplemental material. This material may include:
  2. Additional photographic images, tables and figures, either in a MS Word file or MS Powerpoint file.
  3. Original databases or other raw data.
  4. Powerpoint presentations related to the paper.
  5. Audio and video files that relate to the paper.
  6. Other supplemental material as appropriate.
  7. For additional information, please see this publisher webpage.
PROCEEDINGS ARTICLES
Articles that have been previously published in full (more than just an abstract) in a conference proceeding may be submitted to Tourism Geographies under the following conditions:
  1. The title of the journal version of the paper must be different from the proceedings version, and the journal version of the paper must contain a substantial amount of new material, including research insights and perspectives, developed through discussions with colleagues after presenting the paper at the conference. 
  2. The journal version of the paper must cite fully the proceedings version and briefly explain how the journal version has been extended with the new material. The journal editor must also be informed of this information in a cover letter when submitting the article.
  3. If the conference proceedings is copyrighted, then copyright permission must be obtained from the copyright holder. If the proceedings is not copyrighted, then the authors are the copyright holder and no additional permission is require. 
EDITING & TRANSLATING SERVICES 
​Authors are fully responsible for submitting an article that is properly formatted and has minimal grammatical issues. If you need assistance with this, the publisher of Tourism Geographies, offers Taylor & Francis Editing Services for a fee. The services include English language editing, Translation of papers into English, Manuscript formatting for specific journals, and Figure preparation.
REFERENCING TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES ARTICLES 
You are not required to reference previously published articles from Tourism Geographies, and whether or not you reference TG articles will have absolutely no bearing on editoral decisions to accept or decline your paper for publication. However, when you do you are contributing to the community of scholars that share an interest in geographic approaches to tourism studies. A full list of previously published article titles, with link to their abstracts, can be found here:  Quick Link to All Tourism Geographies Abstracts.


​Please contact the TG Editor-in-Chief, Alan A. Lew (alan.lew@nau.edu), if you need full access any Tourism Geographies paper so you can properly cite it in a publication that you are working on.


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The Review Process   &   Your Accepted Paper

ANONYMOUS REVIEWS
  1. All papers are initially reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief. Each paper is then assigned to one of the Editors who does a further review before sending the paper out for anonymous reviewer comments.
  2. All papers that conform to the guidelines stipulated here and are deemed of acceptable quality by the Editors will undergo a blind review process. Every effort will be made to expedite the review process in a timely and efficient manner. Please contact your supervising Editor if you have any questions about the review of your paper.

NOTES FOR ACCEPTED PAPERS 
  1. PROOFS, iFIRST & OFFPRINTS
  2. PROOFS: For accepted papers, a link to the proofs will be sent to authors. The authors should be corrected within 48 hours. Major alterations and revisions cannot be accepted.
  3. iFIRST: An online version of your paper will appear before it comes out in hard copy. The online version is the publication of record and is fully citable. It will be viewable to scholarly search engines and no changes may be made to the paper once it appears online.
  4. OFFPRINTS: Upon publication of the hard copy version of your article, 49 offprints and a copy of the journal will be supplied free of charge to the the contact author for the article (not for other authors on multiple authored manuscripts). 
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PROMOTING & SHARING YOUR ARTICLES
Authors are encouraged to distribute and promote your Routledge journal publications in the following ways:
  1. Share with colleagues (for research purposes)
  2. Use for lecture or classroom purposes
  3. Include in a thesis or dissertation
  4. Present at a conference
  5. Use in a personal compilation
  6. Expand to book length form
  7. Put the article on a reading list
  8. Mention the article on your email signature
  9. Announce the article on Twitter or Facebook
  10. Update your publication history on LinkedIn.com, ResearchGate.net and Academia.edu
  11. Create a Video Abstract to share
  12. Post your paper on JournalMap.org

  13. Add the pre-publication version of your paper to any website for sharing and downloading (including a university repository, ResearchGate.net and Academia.edu)

  14. Add the final published version of your paper to your personal or department website for downloading.  After 12 months you can also add the final version to a university repository, ResearchGate.org and Academica.edu ​​