All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editor and only those papers that meet the academic and editorial standards of the journal, and fit within the aims and scope of the journal, will be sent for outside review. Decisions on manuscripts will be taken as rapidly as possible. Authors should expect to have reviewers' comments within approximately (eg) 6 weeks. The Editor will seek advice from two or more expert referees about the academic content and presentation of submitted articles.
NEW AUTHORS
The Journal of Vacation Marketing actively encourages new authors, particularly practitioners, to submit a paper to the Journal. Additional ‘Guidelines for Practitioners’ are available directly from Perry Hobson, the Editor-in-Chief at the address below. In particular, he welcomes preliminary contact from both new and emerging practitioner and academic authors to discuss in initial ideas for a paper submission. Utilising the resources of the Editors and the Editorial Board, the Journal aims actively to encourage and help new authors by providing additional feedback and comments:
J.S. Perry Hobson PhD, Editor-in-Chief,
School of Tourism & Hospitality Management,
Southern Cross University,
PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480,
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6620 3259
Fax: +61 2 6622 2208
E-mail: phobson@scu.edu.au
Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic format to: jvm@sagepub.co.uk
Academic papers should be between 4000-7000 words.
1. Each paper should come with the following information on a separate sheet:
(a) title of paper, date and word count;
(b) author’s full name, affiliation, institutional and email address, telephone and fax numbers;
(c) an abstract of up to 150 words;
(d) up to 5 key words;
(e) a biographical note of 25 to 50 words.
2. The typescript should be carefully checked for errors before it is submitted for publication. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations, for supplying complete and correct references, and for obtaining permission where needed to cite another author’s material.
3. Tables: These should be typed (double line-spaced) on separate sheets and their position within the text clearly indicated. All tables should have short descriptive captions with footnotes and their source(s) typed below the tables.
4. Illustrations: All line diagrams and photographs are termed ‘Figures’ and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e. not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet and in b/w only. Please provide a disk version as EPS files (all fonts embedded) or TIFF files, 800 dpi. Photographs should preferably be submitted as TIFF files, 300 dpi. For scanning they should be clear, glossy, unmounted b/w prints with a good range of contrast. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet.
5. References: They should be cited in the text (author, year) with an alphabetical reference section following the text. Please use the following style:
Book
Surname, X. and Surname,Y. (year) Title with Initial Caps: Subtitle with Initial Caps. Place: Publisher.
Article in book
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Chapter', in X. Surname and Y. Surname (eds) Title of Book, pp. xxx-xxx. Place: Publisher.
Journal article
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.): xx-xxx [page range].
Paper
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Paper', paper presented at Name of Conference, City, Month of presentation.
Website
Surname, X. (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.), URL (consulted Month,Year): http:/xxxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xxxx/xxxx
All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors and only those papers that meet the academic and editorial standards of the journal, and fit within the aims and scope of the journal, will be sent for outside review.
6. Peer Review and Process: Decisions on manuscripts will be taken as rapidly as possible. Authors should expect to have reviewers' comments within approximately (eg) 6 weeks. Editors will seek advice from two or more expert referees about the academic content and presentation of submitted articles.
7. Spelling: UK or US spellings may be used with ‘-ize’ spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).We also endorse the guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association and the British Sociological Association for non-sexist and non-racist language.
8. Other style points: Italics should be indicated by underlining; single quotation marks should be used, with double inside single, where necesssary; dates should be in the form 24 November 1997; delete points from abbreviations, hence UK, USA etc.; when referring to pagination and dates use the smallest number of numerals possible (e.g. 10-19, 42-5, 116-35, 1961-4).
9. Offprints: Authors are sent proofs for checking and correction, and will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and controlled access to a pdf of their article after publication.
10. Copyright: Before publication authors are requested to assign copyright to SAGE Publications, subject to retaining their right to reuse the material in other publications written or edited by themselves and due to be published at least one year after initial publication in this journal.
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