Sport Marketing Quarterly

1. We have migrated to Sage Publishing. Please submit your papers here: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sportmq

2. Manuscripts submitted to SMQ should not be submitted to another publication while under review for SMQ.

3. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a .doc or .docx file. Please anonymize your submissions. Authors’ names should not appear anywhere in the manuscript. Please include a cover sheet listing the manuscript title and the order of authors. In addition, include information regarding each author’s institution, Twitter handles, and email addresses for all co-authors.

4. Contributing authors should provide a 280 character statement that succinctly describes the unique aspects of the research, which (if published) will be used for @SMQuartery other social media outlets. At least one of the contributing authors should have a Twitter handle that is associated with the manuscript.

5. A 150-word abstract should preface each manuscript.

6. Authors should include 3-5 keywords below the abstract.

7. Manuscripts should be double-spaced using an easily readable 12-point font (e.g., Times New Roman).

8. Manuscripts should not exceed 40 pages, including text, tables, figures, charts, footnotes, and references. Authors can provide rationale for manuscripts longer than 40 pages to the Editor for consideration.

9. Use of APA 7th Edition: Authors should follow the style of the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association in preparing all text, tables, and figures.

10. The number of tables and figures should be limited to only those necessary to complement the text of the manuscript. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission for the use of copyrighted photos, figures, or tables in the manuscript. Each figure should be prepared separately as a rasterized image file (TIFF, JPG, PNG, or EPS) and grouped together at the end of the manuscript, appropriately numbered and captioned. Figures, drawings, and tables must be clean, stable, black-and-white or greyscale only, and at least 600 DPI resolution. Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, PageMaker, and QuarkXPress are the preferred software for creating SMQ figures.

11. Equations prepared in Word should be saved as separate rasterized image files (TIFF, JPG, PNG) embedded in the appropriate line of text.

12. Manuscripts submitted to SMQ undergo double-blind review. The editor will examine all manuscripts and determine if the content is congruent with the focus of the journal. If the content of the manuscript is not congruent with SMQ’s focus, the editor will return the manuscript to the author(s) with an explanation.

13. If the content of the manuscript is congruent with SMQ’s focus, the editor will determine if the manuscript should be “previewed” or “reviewed.” The editor will ask for a preview when the manuscript has been examined and determined that there may be questions related to the concept, writing, methodology, results, discussion, or implementation. Previewers will provide the editor with a general rationale for rejection OR disagree with the editor’s opinion, in which case a full review will be conducted. The editor will ask for a review when the manuscript has been read and determined to be of acceptable or high quality in concept, writing, methodology, results, discussion, and implementation.

14. The editor will make every effort to provide authors with a completed review within 6 weeks.

15. Authors warrant that the manuscript is original except for excerpts and illustrations from copyrighted works that may be included with permission of the copyright owner, such permissions to be obtained by the authors at their own expense. The manuscripts submitted to the publisher must contain the appropriate credit line, if any, required by copyright holders of material adapted or reprinted for use.

16. Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication will be required to transfer copyright to FiT Publishing, publisher of SMQ.

Submission requirements

Manuscript Format

• 150-word abstract and 3-5 keywords should preface each manuscript.
• Manuscripts should not exceed 40 pages, including text, tables, figures, charts, footnotes, and references.
• Manuscripts should be double-spaced using an easily readable 12-point font (e.g., Times New Roman).
• Authors should follow the style of the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association in preparing all text, tables, and figures.
• Authors’ names should not appear anywhere in the manuscript.

Additional required files

• Authors’ names should not appear anywhere in the manuscript. Please include a cover sheet listing the manuscript title and the order of authors. In addition, include information regarding each author’s institution, Twitter handles, and email addresses for all co-authors.

Copyright

• Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication are required to transfer copyright to FiT Publishing, publisher of SMQ. Manuscripts submitted to SMQ should not be submitted to another publication while under review for SMQ and manuscript must original work, except for excerpts and illustrations from copyrighted works that may be included with permission of the copyright owner, such permissions to be obtained by the authors at their own expense. The manuscripts submitted to the publisher must contain the appropriate credit line, if any, required by copyright holders of material adapted or reprinted for use.

Review details

• Manuscripts submitted to SMQ undergo double-blind review. The editor will examine all manuscripts and determine if the content is congruent with the focus of the journal. If the content of the manuscript is not congruent with SMQ’s focus, the editor will return the manuscript to the author(s) with an explanation. The editor will make every effort to provide authors with a completed review within 8 weeks.