Wakayama Tourism Review 投稿ガイドライン

WTR 投稿ガイドライン

(Updated 2026.05.11)

Short Communication

WTR’s Short Communication will publish the following types of articles:

To be eligible to submit manuscripts to WTR, authors need to be CTR affiliated researchers (including CTR Visiting Fellows). If submitting a co-authored manuscript, either a lead author or a corresponding author needs to be a CTR researcher.
Authors who were invited by the Editorial Board are also eligible to submit their manuscripts.
Submission limit: A maximum of one article per issue can be submitted by each researcher as a first author.

WTR only publishes articles in English. Please ensure that your manuscript is free of grammatical, spelling and other common errors. The journal accepts both British and American spellings, but the same spelling should be used consistently throughout the manuscript. Non-native English writers are recommended to have the language editing service before submission.
Manuscripts should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words in length including the title, abstract (up to 150 words), keywords (up to five), main body, tables, figures, acknowledgement and references.
Manuscripts should contain no more than five figures/tables. The format of figures (JPG, JPEG, PNG). Figures should be 600 dpi for line art/grayscale and 300 dpi for color.
A short biography of each author (about 100 words) should also be provided. Biographies are excluded from the word count. Please include a photo of each author.
Manuscripts should use Times New Roman font and 12-point size with 1.5 line spacing. A single column layout should be used. Please use the template provided.
In all other respect, authors must follow the referencing style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 7th edition). Manuscripts that do not sufficiently follow APA (7th ed.) guidelines may be returned to authors for revision prior to peer review.

Manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word format with line numbers. When submitting the manuscript, all the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses should be included on the cover page. The corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (*).
Manuscripts need to be uploaded and submitted via Google Form, or be emailed to CTR.

All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by at least one reviewer who is appointed by the Editor-in-Chief to ensure the suitability and quality of the manuscripts.
Submitted manuscripts will undergo initial checks by the Editorial Board. Manuscripts that are deemed not to be suitable for Wakayama Tourism Review, that are of insufficient quality, or that do not adequately follow APA (7th ed.) style may be returned to the authors for revision prior to peer review. .
Manuscripts will then be subject to a double-blind peer review conducted by reviewers assigned by the Editorial Board.
The review process will proceed based on the reviewers’ recommendations, accompanied by feedback on the manuscript (e.g., “accept as is,” “accept with major revisions,” “accept with minor revisions,” or “reject”).
Revised manuscripts accepted by the Editorial Board by November 30, 2026 will be published in Wakayama Tourism Review, Vol. 9.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission to reproduce work previously published elsewhere.
WTR is an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University (ISSN(Online) 2436-3839, ISSN(Print) 2436-892X). There are no publication fees for this journal. Previous volumes can be found on Wakayama University Academic Repository.
All accepted manuscripts will be published online with DOIs, but authors retain the copyright to their works.
Questions regarding the journal should be directed to CTR.
Please declare any use of generative AI upon the submission of your article. A declaration statement should be placed after the acknowledgement in the manuscript.
Authors who are members of the Editorial Board of Wakayama Tourism Review must include a statement confirming that they had no involvement in the peer review or editorial decision-making process for their own submission.

Editors-in-Chief:

Dr. Ryutaro Yamakita, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University

Associate Editors:

Dr. Mohamed Elbarbary, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University
Prof. Yumiko Horita, Faculty of Tourism / Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University
Prof. Tsuyoshi Kigawa, Faculty of Tourism / Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University
A/Prof. Husna Zainal Abidin, Faculty of Tourism / Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University