Author Guidelines

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Manuscripts that fail to meet the guidelines provided below will be immediately rejected. Please find the required or preferred format of the Manuscript Template to use  Here or request via email. All manuscripts submitted to the TERRA for consideration should be structured as follows:

Cover Page:

The cover page should include the following details:
 Article title, Author/s name/s, Affiliation, physical address, e-mail, Orcid ID are compulsory. At least one author of the manuscript must be designated as Corresponding author*.

First Page:

The first page of the submission should include the following details:  
-Article title (font size 14, bold).
-Abstract: (Font 9), An abstract of between 150-250 words should be included and preferably structured as follows. 1). Study objective (What is the study objective). 2). Method (What approach/method was used in conducting the research? 3). Results (highlight the key results and conclusions drawn). 4) Implications (summarize the implications of the study). 5) Value (clearly state the key contribution of the paper, e.g., what is novel or unique?

Do not cite references in the abstract.

Keywords: (Font 9)

Provide a maximum of up to five (5) keywords suitable for indexing.

Main text (Font 10)

Manuscript text should preferably have a succinct introduction, literature review, methods, results and discussion, implications/conclusion. Exceptions of this structure is limited to conceptual papers, critical reviews or research notes.

Language and style:

Manuscripts should be prepared using British English. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced (1.0), Time New Roman (size 10). All major headings and subheadings should be bold.

Diagrams/Figures/Tables/Equations
 All diagrams/figures/tables/equations must be numbered and inserted as close as possible to where they are required with headings in Time New Roman (size 10) listed below. All tables and figures must thus be embedded in the main document.

Referencing style:

The TERRA uses the conventional APA 6 referencing technique. The reference list should be arranged in alphabetical order. Follow examples provided below. Note: always provide citation page number(s) in the text for quoted material from a published source. The reference list should include only those cited in the manuscript text.

Examples:Reference examplesOne author (a book chapter)
Easton, B. (2008). Does poverty affect health? In K. Dew & A. Matheson (Eds.), Understanding health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 97–106). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.

One author, multiple works published in the same year
Rush, E., McLennan, S., Obolonkin, V., Cooper, R., & Hamlin, M. (2015a). Beyond the randomised controlled trial and BMI--evaluation of effectiveness of through-school nutrition and physical activity. Public Health Nutrition, 18(9),78–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980014003322.

Rush, E. C., Obolonkin, V., Battin, M., Wouldes, T., & Rowan, J. (2015b). Body composition in offspring of New Zealand women: Ethnic and gender differences at age 1–3 years in 2005–2009. Annals Of Human Biology, 42(5), 492–497.

 

 

Two authors (a journal article with doi)

Li, S., & Seale, C. (2007). Learning to do qualitative data analysis: An observational study of doctoral work. Qualitative Health Research, 17(10), 1442-1452. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306924.

Two authors (a journal article with doi)

Li, S., & Seale, C. (2007). Learning to do qualitative data analysis: An observational study of doctoral work. Qualitative Health Research, 17(10), 1442-1452. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306924.

Use "&" before the final author.

Four to seven authors

Szcz Ę Sna, A., Nowak, A., Grabiec, Paszkuta, M., Tajstra, M., Wojciechowska, M. (2017). Survey of wearable multi-modal vital parameters measurement systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing,  526. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47154-9_37.

List all authors in the reference entry

More than seven authors

Kasabov, N., Scott, N. M., Tu, E., Marks, S., Sengupta, N., Capecci, E., . . .Yang, J. (2016). Evolving spatio-temporal data machines based on the NeuCube neuromorphic framework: Design methodology and selected applications. Neural Networks, 78, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2015.09.011.

In-text citations:

Tourism development……(Horn, 1990) or (Peters, 2018, 2019; Swart & Bob, 2009). or for direct quotes (Peters, 2018: 411) (for quoted material). Note that names are to be alphabetical within the parenthetical, NOT by date order.

Or According to Horn (1990)….. Or Swart & Bob (2009)
In case of three or more authors, use at al. (e.g. Anders et al., 2010) or Anders et al. (2010).

List of references:

Include DOI of all references where available

Journal articles:

Anderson, W. (2013). Leakages in the Coastal Systems: Case of Zanzibar. Tourism Review, 68 (1), 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/16605371311310084.

Al Busaidi, M., Bose, S. & Claereboudt, M. (2019). Sea Turtles Tourism in Oman: Current Status and Future Prospects. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 19 (3), 321-336.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1467358417751026.

Books:
Cooper, C. & Wanhill, S. (1997). Tourism Development Environmental and Community issues.
London. Wiley Publishing, UK.

 

Book chapter in edited book:

Hall, C. M. & Jenkins, J. (2004). Tourism and Public Policy. In A. Lew, C. M. Hall, & A.
Williams. (Eds.). A Companion to Tourism (pp. 425–540). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Internet source:

United Nations World Tourism Organization. (2017). Tourism highlights: 2017 Edition. Available at 

http://publications.unwto.org/publication/unwto-tourismhighlights-2017-edition-0 [Retrieved 04 March 2017].