Submissions

Author Guidelines

Information and Guidelines:

Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts that fall within the aims and scope of the journal and make a clear contribution to knowledge, society and/or professional practice.

All submissions undergo an initial editorial screening to assess their alignment with the journal’s scope, compliance with submission guidelines, adherence to ethical standards, overall scholarly quality, and potential contribution. Manuscripts may be desk-rejected at this stage for reasons including, but not limited to, lack of fit with the journal’s scope, insufficient originality or scholarly contribution, ethical concerns, methodological weaknesses, poor presentation, or failure to meet the journal’s minimum publication standards.

Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are assessed by two or more editors, who decide whether the submission should proceed to external peer review. Submissions sent for peer review may undergo one or more rounds of revision before a final editorial decision is made. A manuscript may be accepted for publication if, after peer review and revision, the Editor-in-Chief considers that it makes a meaningful contribution to knowledge, society and/or professional practice, and that it has reached its strongest possible form by adequately addressing reviewers’ and editors’ feedback.

Before submission, authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript is original, has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by another journal. Authors must obtain permission to reproduce any third-party material included in the manuscript, including images, figures, tables, documents, datasets, or other copyrighted content. All listed authors must have made a substantial contribution to the work, approve the final version of the manuscript, and consent to its submission.

To enhance the likelihood of a successful submission, authors are encouraged to consider the following questions before submitting their manuscript:

Have you carefully read and followed the journal’s submission and publication guidelines?

Have you consulted recently published articles in the journal to become familiar with its scope, standards and structure?

Does your manuscript clearly identify and justify, with appropriate and relevant sources, a meaningful research gap and explain its originality and contribution to the existing literature?

Does the manuscript present a rigorous and transparent theoretical, methodological and analytical approach?

If your manuscript is accepted, are you willing to help promote your work through academic and professional networks to increase its visibility and impact?

The journal operates entirely on a voluntary basis. Editors, reviewers, and editorial board members contribute their time and expertise without financial compensation. The journal charges no submission, publication, or access fees.

Authors are responsible for preparing and formatting their manuscripts in accordance with the journal template provided for accepted papers. Manuscripts should therefore be submitted in a publication-ready format following acceptance. If substantial additional editorial work is required, particularly in relation to references, formatting, or compliance with journal style, the journal may charge an hourly editing service fee. Wherever possible, authors are encouraged to ensure that their final manuscripts fully comply with the journal’s requirements before submission of the accepted version.

Authors are responsible for the content of the published version of their manuscript and for ensuring full compliance with recognised standards of scholarly and publication ethics, including the principles and guidelines established by COPE (https://publicationethics.org/).

Data availability:

Authors should include a Data Availability Statement indicating whether the data supporting the findings of the study are publicly available, available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, or subject to restrictions due to confidentiality, ethical, legal, or contractual requirements. Whenever possible, authors are encouraged to deposit research data in a recognised repository and provide the corresponding DOI or permanent link.

Authors of all published articles must retain the data underlying the study and the documentation necessary to verify the reported findings for a minimum of 10 years following publication. If an article is selected for a research-integrity audit during this period, the authors must provide the journal with access to the relevant dataset and supporting documentation, subject to applicable ethical, legal and confidentiality requirements. Failure to provide the requested data without a valid and documented justification may result in an investigation and, where the reliability or integrity of the published findings cannot be established, may lead to an expression of concern or retraction of the article.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to confirm that their manuscript complies with all the items listed below. By submitting a manuscript to Tourism & Management Studies, authors confirm that they have read, understood and accepted the journal’s guidelines.

Compliance with the journal’s guidelines

1. Originality

The authors declare that the submitted manuscript is original and free from plagiarism, including self-plagiarism.

The authors declare that the manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

2. Language requirements

All papers are published in English. British English is preferred, although other English variants are accepted, provided they are used consistently throughout the manuscript.

The title, abstract and keywords are also published in a second language, either Portuguese or Spanish. When needed, and if the authors do not master these languages, the journal may provide a free translation of the title, abstract and keywords into Portuguese.

3. Manuscript length

Tourism & Management Studies mainly publishes full research papers and only rarely accepts short communications.

Full papers should normally contain between 6,000 and 9,000 words, including references, and should make a significant contribution to the relevant field. The Editorial Board may, however, accept longer papers when they are considered to be of particular interest to the journal.

Short communications should contain between 4,000 and 6,000 words and are expected to make a substantial contribution comparable to that of a research paper. Since the journal rarely accepts short communications, authors are advised to contact the Editor before submission.

4. Manuscript structure

Each manuscript must include an abstract of 150–180 words and no more than six keywords in English and in either Portuguese or Spanish. When needed, the journal may provide a free translation of these items into Portuguese.

The abstract should state the purpose of the research, the main results and the major conclusions in a concise and factual manner. It should represent the essence of the research and be able to stand alone. References are not permitted in the abstract. Abbreviations should be avoided; however, when they are essential, they must be defined in full at first mention and used more than once in the abstract.

Each manuscript should have a clear and appropriate structure, preferably including the following sections: Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Conclusions. The Conclusions section should include subsections on Theoretical Implications, Practical Implications, Limitations, and Suggestions for Future Research. The manuscript should end with the References list.

5. Authorship

Authorship implies a substantial intellectual contribution to the work, as well as responsibility and accountability for the published article.

All listed authors must have contributed substantially to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation or writing of the manuscript. Individuals who do not meet these criteria should not be listed as co-authors.

All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission.

After submission, it is not possible to change the authorship of the manuscript. Therefore, all authors must carefully check and confirm the final list of authors, their order, and their affiliations before submitting the manuscript. Any requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission cannot be accepted.

6. Use of generative artificial intelligence

Any use of generative artificial intelligence in manuscript preparation must be fully disclosed and is subject to editorial review.

Ethically responsible use of generative AI is permitted, particularly for language-related support, such as translation, grammar correction, paraphrasing, summarising, drafting preliminary text, or improving readability, provided that authors retain full epistemic responsibility for the work.

Other uses may be considered on a case-by-case basis if they are transparently disclosed, subject to expert human oversight, and do not compromise the originality, accuracy or integrity of the manuscript.

Failure to disclose the use of AI tools, fabrication or distortion of content without expert human oversight, AI-generated inaccuracies, or hallucinated references constitute serious violations of research integrity and may be treated as research misconduct.

Before submitting, authors must download, complete and sign the Author Checklist for Responsible Use of Generative AI and upload it with their submission.

7. Manuscript anonymisation

Before submitting a manuscript, authors must ensure that all identifying information has been removed from the manuscript, including from the document’s file properties.

If one of the authors’ previous works is cited in the manuscript, only the word “Author” and the year should be used in the text and in the References list during the blind review process. After the review process has been completed, references to the authors’ own previous publications must be restored in full.

8. Formal requirements

a) Formatting

Manuscripts must be submitted as Microsoft Word files, using Calibri 9 pt font and line spacing set to Multiple 1.15.

b) Internal organisation

All sections and subsections must be numbered and clearly identified with headings and subheadings, for example: 1.; 1.1.; 1.1.1.

c) Tables, figures, graphs and equations

Tables, figures and graphs must be included in the main text. Whenever possible, they should be provided in an editable format, especially when produced using Microsoft Office. Images or other non-editable files must be provided in high resolution.

Each table, figure or graph must be mentioned in the paragraph immediately preceding it.

Equations, when included, must be inserted in an editable format.

d) APA style

All in-text citations and references must follow APA 6th or APA 7th edition guidelines consistently. All sources cited in the manuscript, including those cited in tables and figures, must appear in the References list. The References list must contain only sources cited in the manuscript.

Incomplete references will not be accepted. Complete references must include a DOI whenever available.

The References list must be presented in alphabetical order and formatted according to APA style. Examples:

Bowdin, G., Allen, J., O’Toole, W., Harris, R., & McDonnell, I. (2008). Events management. Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann.

Upton, M. (2004). Crowd safety planning for major concert events. In C. Kemp & I. Hill (Eds.), Health and safety aspects in the live music industry (pp. 143–161). Entertainment Technology Press.

World Bank. (2004). Beyond economic growth. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/global/chapter3.html

Zheng, J. J., Shen, H., Chau, K. Y., Liu, T., & Li, E. L. (2021). Factors influencing conative loyalty in anthropology museum tourism. Tourism & Management Studies, 17(2), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.18089/tms.2021.170203

Authors should ensure that the use of et al. follows the APA edition adopted in the manuscript. Under APA 7th edition, works with three or more authors are cited using the first author’s surname followed by et al. from the first citation. Under APA 6th edition, works with three to five authors are cited in full at first mention and subsequently shortened using et al.

e) Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements should appear after the Conclusions section and before the References list.

f) Footnotes and endnotes

Footnotes and endnotes are not permitted.

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