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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.
  • This is an academic/scientific article.
  • The topic of the work is directly related to tourism.
  • The work has not been published in full in any other vehicle, except as an academic work (dissertation or thesis).
  • The manuscript is not under consideration for publication anywhere else, except as an academic work (dissertation or thesis).
  • All authors are registered as authors in the electronic publishing system of RBTUR an they commit to be reviewers of articles submitted to RBTUR when invited. 
  • The list of authors includes only the names of those who contributed significantly to at least the discussion of the research results and one of the following activities: research design, literature review, data collection, or data analysis.
  • All authors are registered as authors in the RBTUR electronic editorial system and are committed to reviewing articles submitted to RBTUR when invited.
  • The authors' emails registered in the system are correct and up to date.
  • All measures described in the Author Guidelines have been taken to ensure the authors will not be identified during the evaluation process.
  • If the article is accepted for publication and the data used in the article have no ethical or proprietary restrictions on sharing, the authors commit to openly sharing the data.
  • The description of any potential conflict of interest of the authors relative to the publication of this article will be made in the field "Comments for the editor"
  • All figures have sufficient quality and definition to ensure perfect viewing when zoomed in at 100% on a computer screen or other equipment.
  • The DOIs of all publications that have this locator are provided in the references. The URLs of publications available online but without a DOI are provided in the references.

Author Guidelines

RBTUR is an open-access journal, and authors are not charged any fees for submission, review, or publication. Our editorial policy adheres to the Open Science modus operandi of research communication.

 

Types of documents accepted

 

Articles - Tourism Management

Articles focused on topics related to destination management and tourism businesses. This set naturally encompasses articles on various aspects of these elements, including public policy, public and business administration, economics, organizational management, marketing, behavioral sciences, technology, territorial planning, and other related fields.

 

Articles - Tourism and Society

Articles related to social, cultural, and environmental issues related to tourism in different times and spaces. This group encompasses scientific articles on tourism in dialogue with the humanities and social sciences, including history, sociology, education, geography, the arts, anthropology, architecture and urban planning, museology, gastronomy, literature, psychology, philosophy, leisure, mobility, and hospitality.

 

Literature Reviews

Articles must:

  • Have the article project previously approved by RBTUR (https://bit.ly/rbtur_rl);
  • Address topics of consolidated or emerging relevance in the field of tourism, with significant accumulated scientific production;
  • Clearly define the scope of the review;
  • Justify the originality and timeliness of the review, considering the lack of similar reviews already published with equivalent scope or approach;
  • Emphasize content analysis and discussion - exclusively bibliometric reviews are outside the scope of RBTUR;
  • Present and discuss literature in a clear, consistent, concise, and critical manner.

The following characteristics of the articles will be valued:

  • Use of recognized literature review methods and protocols;
  • Graphic summaries presented through diagrams and schemes;
  • Suggestions for future research agendas.

 

Article Features

RBTUR publishes articles that have:

  • Topic directly related to tourism.
  • Theoretical relevance.
  • Innovative theme or approach as compared to existing literature.
  • Consistent research method.

Furthermore, articles published in RBTUR must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Not having been published in full, except as an academic work (dissertation or thesis).
  • Not be in the process of being reviewed for publication in any other journal or publication.
  • Be written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
  • Have a maximum of 10,000 words (including abstract, references, and all other textual elements).
  • Not be subject to any relevant conflict of interest of the authors.
  • The images included in the article are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 public license, or the authors hold the property rights to the images, and they are willing to license them under CC BY 4.0.

 

Authors' Contributions

The declaration of each author's contributions to the article must follow the CRediT taxonomy: 1. Conceptualization, 2. Data curation, 3. Formal analysis, 4. Funding acquisition, 5. Investigation, 6. Methodology, 7. Project administration, 8. Resources, 9. Software, 10. Supervision, 11. Validation, 12. Visualization, 13. Writing - original draft, 14. Writing - review & editing.

The list of authors should include only those who contributed to at least the conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, or methodology, in addition to having contributed to the writing (activity 13 or 14).

Authors must ensure that the data analyzed is legitimate. When necessary, they must ensure that the research has been approved by the appropriate bodies (e.g., Ethics Committee).

All authors agree to review articles submitted to RBTUR when invited. If invited, they must act with dedication, promptness, and integrity.

Furthermore, they undertake to make corrections or retractions after publication if errors are identified.

 

Article preparation

The main article file must be sent in Word (.doc/.docx) or OpenDocument Text (.odt) format, with a maximum file size of 5 MB.

All possible measures must be taken to ensure that the author(s) are not identified during the review process:

  • Do not include the authors' names in the manuscript.
  • Do not use language that reveals authorship through citations (e.g., “Another similar study has already been published by the same author (SILVA, 1999)”).
  • Do not mention funding, grants, collaborations, or acknowledgments. If accepted for publication, these items must be included in the Information and Declarations Form for Article Publication.
  • Do not disclose the authors' identity in the file properties.

Articles must contain the following elements:

  • Title: Available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Objective titles are preferred.
  • Abstract: in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Maximum of 200 words.
  • Keywords: list of 3 to 5 terms in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
  • References: a complete and exclusive list of works cited throughout the text.

 

Article submission format

RBTUR adopts a minimum formatting requirement policy for article submissions. There are no standard formatting requirements for sources, paragraphs, or pages. Only a few mandatory formatting rules must be followed:

  • Long quotations, with more than three lines, must appear in separate paragraphs with a 4 cm indent from the left margin.
  • Manuscript section titles should be numbered sequentially.

 

Digital Assets

  • Tables, charts, and figures must be numbered, titled, and referenced in the text.
  • Tables, charts, and formulas must be presented in an editable format.
  • Graphs and diagrams should preferably be drawn on a white background and use Calibri font, normal, size 10, black.
  • All images must be presented in sufficient definition for perfect viewing at 100% zoom.
  • Texts in images must be readable at 100% zoom.
  • Footnotes should only be used if they are essential.

 

Citations and references

Citations throughout the text and the list of references for cited works at the end of the text should follow the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) standards. The following guidelines are recommended:

In-text citations should follow the author/year system. Direct citations should also indicate the page number(s).

Whenever available, the reference must include the publication's DOI. References to publications without a DOI but available online must include the URL.

 

Open data

Manuscripts must be accompanied by a statement of the availability of the data used and generated in the research. Research data refers to the content (numerical data, texts, computer programs, images, audio, videos, etc.) used or generated in the research and underlying the texts of articles organized in archives. The statement of availability of research data can be presented in three ways:

  • Relevant data is available at [URL].
  • All relevant data are available in the text.
  • Data must be requested from the author by email [provide email].
  • Data are not available for [indicate reason: ethical restrictions, restrictions on copyrights, other - specify].

RBTUR supports the open science movement, seeking to extend this perspective to the data used in research. Therefore, for research articles that include data analysis, whether quantitative or qualitative, it is recommended that the data be made available in a permanent, open-access repository. Declaring that the data is unavailable is recommended only in cases where there are ethical or proprietary restrictions.

This practice aims to increase transparency in published articles and expand the possibilities for further development of published research by using the same data to conduct new analyses. Making data openly available can also contribute to increased citations of the original article.

Data publication must be done in the RBTUR Dataverse in SciELO Data (https://data.scielo.org/dataverse/brrbtur).

 

Submission

Article submissions must be made through RBTUR's electronic editorial system. When logging in, access your author profile and select "Start new submission."

Ensure that all authors are registered in the article's submission. Author inclusion after submission will not be accepted. The order in which authors are included in the system must be the same as that which will appear in the published article.

 

After submission

The editorial process can be monitored in the RBTUR electronic editorial system.

A revised version of the article, incorporating the adjustments requested by the reviewers, must be submitted within the existing record, without initiating a new submission in the system. Submission should be made through the  'Upload file' button in the 'Review' tab.

If approved for publication, authors will be asked to complete and sign the Information and Declarations for Article Publication Form available at this link. The form contains information about authorship and contributions, acknowledgments, funding sources, preprints, data availability, copyrights, personal image rights of individuals, research approval by an ethics committee, conflicts of interest, and use of artificial intelligence, among other information.

The final version of the approved article will be published with the name of the editor or editors responsible for the manuscript review process.

 

Financing Statement

Authors must declare any funding received for their research using the Information and Declarations for Article Publication Form, which must be completed and signed after acceptance for publication. This information will be included in the final version of the article.

Articles - Tourism Management

Articles focused on topics related to destination management and tourism businesses. This set naturally encompasses articles on various aspects of these elements, including public policy, public and business administration, economics, organizational management, marketing, behavioral sciences, technology, territorial planning, and other related fields.

Articles - Tourism and Society

Articles related to social, cultural, and environmental issues related to tourism in different times and spaces. This group encompasses scientific articles on tourism in dialogue with the humanities and social sciences, including history, sociology, education, geography, the arts, anthropology, architecture and urban planning, museology, gastronomy, literature, psychology, philosophy, leisure, mobility, and hospitality.

Literature Reviews

This section publishes articles that map and systematize existing scientific literature on a given topic, identifying gaps, integrating fragmented approaches, and proposing future research directions. Literature reviews should address topics of established or emerging relevance in the field of tourism with significant accumulated scientific publications.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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