Journal Guide
Publishing in Tourism Management: Fit, Timeline & Submission Guide
Tourism Management fits manuscripts that advance tourism theory or method and still matter for management or policy.
Should you submit here?
Submit if the paper should change how tourism scholars reason, measure, or explain. Be careful if a destination case needs a theoretical or methodological contribution.
Best fit if
The paper should change how tourism scholars reason, measure, or explain
Not ideal if
A destination case needs a theoretical or methodological contribution
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Acceptance Rate
Editorial screening first; peer review after theory and method fit
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What Tourism Management Publishes
Tourism Management publishes interdisciplinary research that advances tourism theory, method, management, and policy.
- Tourism research with theoretical or methodological advancement
- Manuscripts with specific implications for tourism management or policy
- Quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and analytical work with clear tourism ownership
Editor Insight
“Tourism Management readiness depends on the combination of theory or method contribution, method fit, and tourism-management relevance.”
What Tourism Management Editors Look For
Theory or method contribution
The paper should change how tourism scholars reason, measure, or explain.
Method fit
The research design should support the claim level and managerial implication.
Tourism-management relevance
The paper should matter to tourism management or policy, not generic business only.
Why Papers Get Rejected
These patterns appear repeatedly in manuscripts that don't make it past Tourism Management's editorial review:
Place is the finding
A destination case needs a theoretical or methodological contribution.
Implication outruns design
Managerial advice must be supported by the sample, measures, and analysis.
Weak anonymization
Double-blind leakage signals submission-package immaturity.
Does your manuscript avoid these patterns?
The Free Readiness Scan reads your full manuscript against Tourism Management's criteria and flags the specific issues most likely to cause rejection.
Insider Tips from Tourism Management Authors
State the construct move
The abstract should say what changes in tourism theory or method.
Audit anonymization before upload
Self-citations, file names, and repository metadata often leak author identity.
The Tourism Management Submission Process
Scope fit
Before uploadConfirm the manuscript advances tourism theory or method and has management or policy implications.
Prepare double-blind package
Pre-submissionFinalize anonymized manuscript, separate title page, declarations, data availability, and cover letter.
Submit online
Day 0Upload through Elsevier Editorial Manager.
Editorial assessment
Initial screenEditors screen theory contribution, method rigor, tourism relevance, and reviewer fit.
Peer review
After editor invitationReviewers assess theory, method, construct validity, evidence, and managerial relevance.
Tourism Management by the Numbers
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Core scope | Tourism theory, method, management, and policy |
| Review model | Double-blind |
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Article Types
Research Article
Original tourism-management research
Review
Synthesis with theoretical or methodological contribution
Landmark Tourism Management Papers
Papers that defined fields and changed science:
- Tourism theory papers
- Destination management studies
- Tourism behavior and policy analyses
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