Faculty & Research
Submission Guidelines
Information for Prospective Authors
The Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is a fully peer-reviewed journal (double-blind review) that publishes information regarding the management of hotels, restaurants, and other travel-related businesses. The primary audience for the CQ is hospitality managers at the corporate and property levels. Like the hospitality industry itself, the editorial content of the CQ is broad, including topics in marketing, finance, human resources, international development, travel, and tourism, and more general management.
Industry professionals and academics are invited to submit original manuscripts with applications to hospitality, restaurant, and tourism management.
CQ aims to help keep readers up to date on the latest hospitality and management research findings and theory development to improve business practices, and to stay informed of successful strategies.
Read the complete manuscript guidelines below. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cq.
Specific Submission Guidelines
Information for Authors: Style and Footnotes
The Cornell Hospitality Quarterly generally uses the writing conventions set forth in the Chicago Manual of Style. Citations should follow the CMS format, and should appear as run-in citations in the text (Author, date), together with an alphabetical list of references at the end of the manuscript. When referring to material found on the worldwide web, it is important to note the date on which that material was viewed. To help ensure the discoverability of articles authors are requested to include as many references as possible.
As a professional journal, the CQ prefers a direct, vigorous writing style that employs simple, declarative sentences. In particular, authors should use the active voice rather than passive voice in their sentence structure. The CQ's purpose is to share information clearly, and an active voice does that job better than does a passive voice.
Thank you for your interest in the CQ. Without the continuing support of volunteer authors, the CQ would not be able to pursue its mission of disseminating management-level information to the hospitality industry.
Information for Authors: Submission Procedures
Submission of manuscripts to the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is open to anyone who has a message of interest for managers in the hospitality industry. Prospective authors are welcome to query the academic editor regarding potential topics, but such queries are not required prior to submission of manuscripts.
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cq. Authors will be required to set up an online account on the SageTrack system powered by ScholarOne.
Information for Authors: Review Process
The academic editor will read the paper for general acceptability and send it for review to one member of the CQ editorial board and one or two ad hoc reviewers. The review will be double blind, that is, the author will not know who the judges are and the judges will not know who the author is. Based on the reviewers' recommendation, the academic editor will make a final decision regarding publication. The entire review process should take two to three months.
You may be asked to revise the paper based on the editor's and reviewers' suggestions. If you choose to make the revisions and resubmit the paper, it may be subject to further review. Papers deemed not suitable for publication are usually rejected without prejudice, meaning that the author may substantially amend and then resubmit the paper. Once again, re-submissions are subject to the review process.
Information for Authors: Developing a Final Draft
Once your paper has been accepted it will be edited for style and readability. Issues of logic or fact that have not been resolved during the review process will be resolved in the editing process. Should an issue arise that has somehow been overlooked in the review process, the CQ reserves the right to suspend publication of the paper until all issues are resolved.
When the editing process is complete, you will receive a final draft for your approval. The purpose of this step is to serve as a check on the editing process - to ensure that no errors were inadvertently introduced. This step is not an invitation to revise your thinking or to substantially rewrite the paper. Accepted papers generally appear within four to six months of acceptance. The editors reserve the right to schedule the appearance of accepted papers.