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Prepare your manuscript for World Leisure Journal.

Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.

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Article types

Review
Book Review
Review Article
Perspective
Commentary
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Letter
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 150 words.
  • Use a unstructured abstract.
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  • Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
  • A regular article should be compiled in the following order: Regular article: No more than 9000 words, including an Abstract of 200 words.
  • Your industry case article should include the following elements: Industry case: No more than 5000 words (including References) and an Abstract of maximum 150 words.
  • Your abstract should focus on what your research is about, what methods have been used, and what you found out.
  • The instructions for authors for each journal will give specific guidelines on what’s required here, including whether it should be a structured abstract or graphical abstract, and any word limits.
  • A regular article should be compiled in the following order: Preliminaries: title page; abstract; keywords.
  • Research note: No more than 5000 words, including an Abstract of 150 words.
  • Your industry case article should include the following elements: Preliminaries: title page; abstract; keywords.

Keywords

  • Include or confirm the keywords required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
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  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
  • A regular article should be compiled in the following order: End matter: references (following WLJ prescribed format); appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure captions (as a list).
  • Your industry case article should include the following elements: End matter: references (following WLJ prescribed format); appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure captions (as a list).

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Group tables at the end of the manuscript.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • Tables and figures Show clearly in your article text where the tables and figures should appear, for example, by writing [Table 1 near here].
  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • It’s very important that you have been given permission to use any tables or figures you are reproducing from another source before you submit.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • A regular article should be compiled in the following order: Attachments: figures (in separate files).
  • Your industry case article should include the following elements: Attachments: figures (in separate files).
  • Check the instructions for authors to see how you should supply tables and figures, whether at the end of the text or in separate files, and follow any guidance given on the submission system.

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Data availability statement

  • Include or confirm the data availability statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
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  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: Book review: No more than 1500 words.
  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
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  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • The unique contribution of the research note must be clearly stated and justified.
  • A Research Note should adhere to the research paper instructions, although less detail may be required, depending on the nature of the content.
  • Industry case articles need not be theoretically underpinned, but an empirical and analytical approach is required.
  • Instead, it should provide unique insight into industry.
  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: a summary of the book’s contents.
  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: an indication of the book’s contribution to the literature in the field.
  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: for textbooks: evaluation of the book’s qualities as a teaching aid.
  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: an indication of the likely readership (e.g., undergraduate or postgraduate students, researchers, practitioners).
  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: an overall assessment of the book’s merits and contribution to the field.
  • Drafts of the papers should be initially submitted to one of the following Editorial Board Members: Jose Manuel Alvarez Seara: josmanu3@gmail.com.
  • Submissions should be original and not under consideration by any other journal or conference.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • Before you submit your article, make sure you’ve checked the instructions for authors for your chosen journal, so you are aware of everything required.
  • Most journals create image descriptions during the production process, but a minority may require authors to provide image descriptions.
  • Review: Running heads and received dates These aren’t required when submitting a manuscript for review.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Review Article: Articles may be theoretical or empirical in nature and may include review articles, and critical essays and should conform to the guidance on world-length and structure as given below.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: European accents (Greek, Hebrew, or Cyrillic letters, or phonetic symbols): choose Times New Roman font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: Asian languages (such as Sanskrit, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese): choose Arial Unicode font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • No more than 3000 words.
  • Empirical, in this context, means that the article needs to discuss a real-world industry case.
  • Which developments lie ahead, and which problems would need to be surmounted?
  • If you are at the early stage of your research, you may also need to read how to start writing a journal manuscript.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.
  • We welcome original research notes on, but not limited to, the following topics: Innovative methodologies in leisure research.
  • We welcome original research notes on, but not limited to, the following topics: Quantitative and qualitative approaches in leisure studies.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Article type and manuscript length

  • A typical paper for this journal should be between 1,500 and 9,000 (dependent on article type) in words.
  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: Please include a word count for your paper.
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  • A regular article should be compiled in the following order: Main text, including: introduction, including an outline of the structure and scope of the article; critical review of relevant literature; justification for and aims of the research/ article in light of literature review findings; aims of the research/article; materials and methods; results; discussion and conclusions.
  • Your industry case article should include the following elements: Main text: introduction, including an outline of the structure and scope of the industry case article; a structured and engaging description and analysis of your case following the content-based guidelines as indicated above.
  • Preparing Your Paper Structure Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Manuscript structure

  • Review / Book Review: A Book Review should include: assessment of the book’s strengths and/or weaknesses (e.g., scope, method, scholarship, structure, readability).
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
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  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.
  • We welcome original research notes on, but not limited to, the following topics: Applied methods in leisure research.

Language and text style

  • Manuscripts must be written in English and adhere to the WLJ formatting guidelines.
  • Please use British (-ize) spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
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  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.
  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fourth-level headings should be in bold italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fifth-level headings should be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/“Manuscript - anonymous” file.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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What your package checks

Abstract: 150 words
Paper: 9,000 words
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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