Submission Guidelines

ResearchFutures The Undergraduate Research Journal for Events, Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism

Submission Guidelines for Authors Key Requirements:

Research Futures will only accept manuscripts from students that achieved a grade of over 68% for the module for which the research has been undertaken. A copy of the original marking sheet must be included in the submission. Failure to meet these criteria will result in the submission not progressing to the review stage.

All submissions must conform to the submission guidelines provided.

Failure to adhere to these guidelines will result in the manuscript being refused for publication.

Research Futures will accept original papers of a maximum length of 6,000 words, and these should be sent by e-mail to a.clegg@chi.ac.uk.

Manuscripts should be written and submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc/.docx).

All submissions to Research Futures must be appropriately referenced and previously unpublished.

Only the undergraduate student(s) will be listed as an author on the published paper.

Manuscripts Authors are asked to structure their work accordingly: Title and Author details:

The title of the paper, author name(s), host institution(s), degree route, project supervisor and a contact e-mail address should appear at the top of the submission.

Abstract:

An abstract of 300 words is required, which should provide a succinct overview of the key themes, concepts and issues covered in the paper.

Keywords:

Authors should also provide at least five keywords as a basis of indexing the article. Indicative keywords could the topic, location of study area, methodologies employed, and any other terms that would facilitate effective searches.

Structure:

The article should be structured around the following headings: Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusions/ Recommendations

Illustrations:

The editorial panel welcome papers that use illustrations to support aspects of the discussion. When preparing illustrations please ensure that: • Images are of the high quality digital and are provided in either TIFF or JPEG format • All images are submitted separately • Image files should not exceed 1MB in size • Figure numbers, and sources should be noted on each figure • Any related captions must be provided in a separate section at the end of the paper • Figures are numbered consecutively

Maps:

The use of Google map sources must be suitably acknowledged and the copyright clearly attributed to Google maps. For additional guidance please refer to: http://www.google.com/permissions/ geoguidelines.html.

Copyright details and Google logo must be clearly visible within the map and should not be obstructed or modified in any form

Tables:

When preparing Tables please ensure that: • Tables are submitted as separate individual MS Word or Excel files • All tables are numbered consecutively • All tables are clearly labelled

Graphs:

When preparing Graphs please ensure that: • All graphs are submitted with a corresponding Excel file where the graph should be labelled clearly • All graphs are formatted correctly, including all axis titles and related labelling • Graphs are provided in either black or white or in shades/pattern fill of one colour

References:

Authors are required to use the Harvard system, in which authors names (no initials) and dates are given in the main body of the text, along with specific pages numbers if required (Clegg, 2011: 100).

References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper under the heading References. Please use the following format: Books Fennell, D. (2006), Ecotourism, 2nd Edition, Routledge, London.

Chapter of Book Chalker, B. (1994), Ecotourism: on the trail of destruction or sustainability ?, in Cater, E. and Lowman, G. (Eds.), Ecotourism: A Sustainable Option?, John Wiley, Chichester, pp. 87-102.

Report Department of Culture, Media and Sport (2000), The Learning Power of Museums, DCMS, London.

Papers Buckley, R. and Littlefair, C. (2007), Minimal-impact education can reduce actual impacts of park visitors, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 324-325.

Theses Clegg, A. (1996), The Recession as an Agent in the Restructuring of Tourist Accommodation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth.

Internet Sources BBC (2004), Rural tourism about to collapse due to high taxes, available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/england/tourism/collapse.htm, accessed 22nd October 2010.

If further clarification is required please contact: Dr Andrew Clegg Programme Co-ordinator for Tourism Management University of Chichester Tel: 01243 812017 Email: a.clegg@chi.ac.uk