Current Issues in Tourism: Instructions for Authors

The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to Current Issues in Tourism. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.

Current Issues in Tourism considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Current Issues in Tourism, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Current Issues in Tourism incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Current Issues in Tourism must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

Contacts for author queries

Taylor & Francis (for accepted and published papers only): authorqueries@tandf.co.uk

Manuscript preparation

1. General guidelines

• Please use British spelling (e.g. colour, organise) and punctuation. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
• A typical article will not exceed 7,000 words. Papers that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• Abstracts of 200 words are required for all papers submitted.
• Each paper should have 5 or 6 keywords.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.

2. Style guidelines

• Description of the Journal's article style
• Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
• If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please
  contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).

• Word templates

  Word templates are available for this journal.
  Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.

  Select the template that is most suitable for your operating system.

  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003_instructions.pdf
  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003.dot

  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007_instructions.pdf
  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007.dotx

• http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004_instructions.pdf
  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004.dot

  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008_instructions.pdf
  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008.dot

  If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk

  
  
• Guide to using mathematical symbols and equations

3. Figures

• It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
• Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript).
• 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)).
• Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
• The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.

4. Colour

The Journal has no free colour pages within its annual page allowance. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree a financial contribution to colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied.

5. Reproduction of copyright material

Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive extract (more than fifty words) from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as ‘derivative reproduction', where the contributor has created a new figure or table that derives substantially from a copyrighted source. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the Editor(s).

• Copyright permission letter template

6. Supplementary online material

Authors are welcome to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.

• Information about supplementary online material

Manuscripts may be submitted in any standard format, including Word, PostScript and PDF. These files will be automatically converted into a PDF file for the review process. LaTeX files should be converted to PDF prior to submission because Manuscript Central is not able to convert LaTeX files into PDFs directly. This journal does not accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents. Please use Word's "Save As" option to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.

If you are submitting a book review for publication in the journal, please email the manuscript to the Book Reviews Editor, John Jenkins, at the following address John.Jenkins@scu.edu.au. All other guidelines regarding submission apply.

Copyright and authors' rights

It is a condition of publication that authors vest or license copyright in their articles, including abstracts, in Taylor & Francis Ltd. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the material elsewhere after publication providing that prior permission is obtained from Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Exceptions are made for authors of Crown or US Government employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties.  We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.

• Further details and FAQs on Taylor & Francis's policy on copyright and authors' rights

Reprints

Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.

iOpenAccess

Authors whose manuscripts have been accepted for publication have the option to pay a one-off fee to make their article free to read online via the Current Issues in Tourism website. Choosing this option also allows authors to post their article in an institutional or subject repository immediately upon publication.

• Further details on iOpenAccess