Manuscript Submission:
The Journal of Travel Research publishes articles examining travel and tourism behavior, management, and development. Its purpose is to serve as a medium through which those with research interests can exchange ideas and keep abreast of the latest theoretical, methodological and best practices research.
All manuscripts published in the Journal of Travel Research are double-blind, peer reviewed by accomplished scholars in the topical area. The standard for publication in the Journal of Travel Research is that a paper must make a substantive theoretical and/or methodological contribution to the tourism research literature. Additionally, a paper must specify its contribution to professional practice and pragmatic tourism management concerns.
Relevant manuscripts are welcome and should be submitted via the online Journal of Travel Research Manuscript Central process. Manuscripts are submitted as two files. The first file is the cover page with the manuscript title, author names, affiliations, and both postal and e-mail addresses. The second file, the body of the article, includes the title, abstract, text body, references, tables and figures.
The process of manuscript submission requires that authors log into the Manuscript Central website and follow the outlined steps for manuscript submission.
The Manuscript Central website URL is http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jotr
Questions concerning manuscript submission and processing should be addressed to the Editor at Rick.Perdue@VT.edu.
Manuscript Preparation
To be considered for publication in the Journal of Travel Research, manuscripts must meet the following standards:
· Everything is double spaced.
· Everything is left justified, with a ragged right-hand margin (no full justification)
· Format is one inch margins on all sides. Minimum print size is 12 point, except in tables and figures where 10 pt may be used.
· Manuscripts are submitted as two files: (a) the cover page file and (b) the manuscript file.
· The cover page file should include the manuscript title, ALL authors’ name, position, affiliation, address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and any acknowledgements.
· The manuscript file should contain the title, abstract, 4 to 5 keywords, text, appendices, notes, references, each table, and each figure.
· Authors’ names are only in the cover page file. There should be nothing in the manuscript file that identifies the authors either by name or institution.
· Tables and figures are not embedded in the manuscript – each table and figure should be provided as a separate page at the end of the manuscript. Tags should be inserted in the manuscript indicating approximately where tables and figures should be located.
· Within the manuscript file, Title, Abstract and keywords should be on one page. After that, each section begins with a new page.
· Abstract is 150 words or less
· As a general rule, manuscripts should be 10,000 words or less. However, in special circumstances, longer manuscripts may be considered. If you wish to submit a longer manuscript, please e-mail the editor in advance to explain the circumstances.
· American English spellings are used in all sections except references
· Endnotes are grouped on a separate page, there are no footnotes
· All in-text citations are included in the reference list; all references have in-text citations
· Reference list follows Journal’s style, Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed). See the following examples:
Journal article: Snepenger, David and Laura Milner (1990). “Demographic and Situational Correlates of Business Travel.” Journal of Travel Research, 28(Spring): 27-32.
Book Chapter: Miller, Kenneth E. (1975). “A Situational Multiattribute Model.” In Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 2. edited by Mary Jane Schlinger. Chicago: Association for Consumer Research. Pp 455-63
Book: Gee, Chuck Y., Dexter J. L. Choy, and James C. Makens. (1984). The Travel Industry. Westport, CT: AVI.
· Figures are camera ready; they appear exactly as they should in the journal. The Journal of Travel Research is published in black and white. Figures should be black and white with gray and pattern shading if necessary.
· Tables do not have cells or lines dividing the different elements. Preferably, each element is separated by a tab.
