Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission files (manuscript and title page) are Word documents.
  • Submission of Manuscript for double-blind peer-review includes:
    - *Manuscript (Word file) WITHOUT any author info - titiled "For Review - [first part of title]"
    - *Title Page - WITH author info
    - - including full names and affiliation (Department / Institution / Country) for each of the authors)

    Submission of Research Note for open review includes:
    - *Manuscript (Word file) WITH author info - titiled "ResearchNotes - [first part of title]"
    - - author info include full names and affiliation (Department / Institution / Country) for each of the authors)
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Where available, DOIs and URLs for references have been provided.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting an article to the ArcTour journal, authors are asked to familiarize themselves with

  • the journal's code of ethics, available here
  • aims and goals of the journal, available here

Submission

Submission shall comply with the following word count limits:
  • Journal article: 6-8000 words
  • Research notes: 2-3000 words
  • Unreviewed materials: max. 3000 words (conference materials, book reviews, etc.)

Journal articles for peer-review:

  • Manuscript WITH author details* - Titled: "ID-[followed by first part of title]"
    • Complete submission is to include titel page providing title of the paper, names and affiliations of authors, their short bio as well as their addresses (email and postal)
    • The manuscript shall include Abstract, Keynote and References
  • Manuscript WITHOUT author details – Titled: "ForReview - [followed by first part of title]"
    • Submission for review shall include NO names of authors
    • The manuscript shall include Abstract, Keynote and References
    • Own in-text references shall be altered to (Author, YEAR) and excluded in the listing of references.
    • Exclude acknowledgments and information on funding
    • Anonymize the document:
      • Microsoft Word for Windows:
        • Go to File
        • Select Info
        • Click on Check for Issues
        • Click on Inspect Document
        • In the Document Inspector dialog box, select the check boxes to choose the type of hidden content that you want inspected.
        • Click "Remove All"
        • Click Close
        • Save the document
      • Microsoft Word for MacOS:
        • Go to Tools
        • Click Protect Document
        • Select "Remove personal information for this file on save"
        • Click OK and save the file

Research notes

  • Research notes are short commentaries (max 3000 words) on theoretical, conceptual, methodological and/or other aspects of tourism research in an Arctic context.
    • Research notes may include empirical evidence but do not need to do so. Research notes published by ArcTour need to be convincingly reasoned and substantively relevant to the scope of the journal.
    • Research notes are not to contain an abstract, but a brief summary (short paragraph) should be included.
    • The scope of a research note shall be within 2-3000 words in total (including tables and references).
  • Prior to publication, research notes submitted to ArcTour will be subjected to an open review process by the editorial board.

Author(s) responsibility

Authors submitting academic paper to the Journal of Arctic Tourism (ArcTour) are asked to ensure the following:

  • Submitted article shall be the original work of the author(s), not submitted to other journals for publication
  • Only those who play an important role in the preparation, execution, interpretation of research or writing the article can qualify as a listed author
  • Submission shall include statment specifying the role of each author 
  • The author listed as a respondent to ArcTour is responsible for ensuring that all those listed as authors are in fact so and that they have all approved a manuscript in the final edition before publication
  • Authors are responsible for compliance with Icelandic privacy laws, incl. that permission is obtained for the collection and processing of data as appropriate
  • Authors should refer to all works that have had a formative effect on the underlying study
  • Optimizing of results or deliberate falsification is completely prohibited
  • Information on funding for projects shall be listed where applicable and possible interests initiating research should be provided.
  • Editing of published images, exceeding adjustment of brightness, colour, or sharpness is highly inappropriate

Language 

Articles submitted for peer-review should preferably be written in English. Articles written in Icelandic may be considered for peer-review. All articles shall include abstracts in both English and Icelandic. Unpublished material will as a rule be published in Icelandic.

Anonymous peer-review

Academic articles submitted to ArcTour are peer-reviewed with mutual anonymity. Reviewers do not receive information about authors and authors do not receive information about reviewers.

The editorial board assesses whether an article falls within the scope of the journal and whether it is acceptable for review.

It is important that a submitted document does not contain information about author(s) which could jeopardize their anonymity in the reviewing process.

Author(s) are to register their information after registration / signin to the ArcTour journal's website, with i.e., name(s), affiliation, and a short bio. Articles submitted for review should be uploaded as a text document (Word).

IMPORTANT: In order to ensure the integrity of anonymous peer review, prior to submission author(s) name(s) shall have been deleted from the document. This includes erasing name(s) from the text and identifications of author(s) used in references and footnotes – in case needed, please replace name(s) with [xxx]

Furthermore: Author(s) need to remove other personal information from the file properties (remove owner) by taking the following steps:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows:
    • Go to File
    • Select Info
    • Click on Check for Issues
    • Click on Inspect Document
    • In the Document Inspector dialog box, select the check boxes to choose the type of hidden content that you want inspected.
    • Click Remove All
    • Click Close
    • Save the document
  • Microsoft Word for MacOS:
    • Go to Tools
    • Click Protect Document
    • Select Remove personal information for this file on save
    • Click OK and save the file

Format

The final publication of articles is subject to the ArcTour layout template.

Manuscripts submitted for review and publication shall follow the instructions below

  • Text document (Word) with writing access for reviewers
  • The length of submitted material:
    • Journal article; 6-8000 words (including abstract and references).
    • Research notes; 2-3000 words
    • Unreviewed materials max. 3000 words (research notes, conference materials, book reviews, etc.)
  • Figures, pictures and tables should be shown at point in text. All photos must also be submitted in a separate file (titled as the number according to the article) to ensure sufficient resolution upon publication.
  • Author(s) notes and comments should be shown as footnotes rather than endnotes. Such notes should be kept to the absolute minimum.
  • References and citations must comply with the APA-7 reference system
  • Submission layout
    Papers submitted for peer-reviewing process are to be
    • a Word document
    • written in Calibri or similar font
    • 12 pt
    • double line
    • margins at 2,5 cm left / 3 cm right.
  • Papers accepted for publication will be set up in the ArcTour’s layout, to be accepted by the authors prior to publication.

 

Publication fee

Publishing in the ArcTour journal is free of charge.

Journal articles

Journal article - submission for peer-review

Submission of Manuscript for double-blind peer-review shall include:
- *Manuscript (Word file) WITHOUT any author info - titiled "For Review - [first part of title]"
- *Title Page - WITH author info
- - including full names and affiliation (Department / Institution / Country) for each of the authors)

Manuscript word count: 6-8.000 including references

Unreviewed materials

Unreviewed material (conference materials, book reviews, etc.) - max. 3.000 words

Research notes

Research notes - submission for peer-review.

Word count: 2-3.000

Special Issue - Regenerative Tourism

Manuscript submitted to the ArcTour Special Issue on Regenerative Tourism in Arctic and Nordic Geographies

Copyright Notice

Author(s) have the copyright without restrictions

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.