*We receive a large number of article submissions to our journal. A maximum of 15 articles can be published in one issue, as appropriate time is required to carry out the processes related to article publication proposals in a healthy manner. However, it has been decided to publish the studies related to tourism, which we consider as a priority, within the scope of “technology, women-family, disabled individuals, current developments that closely concern the society (epidemic, disaster, war, etc.) and sociology” by excluding them from the 15 articles to the extent possible.

Dear researchers

Due to the high demand for the journal, the editorial board has decided to include a maximum of 15 articles in each issue starting with the Fall 2021 issue.

Important announcement:

According to the TR Index criteria, articles proposed for publication must be approved by the ethics committee and must be documented and submitted. In this direction, authors who will propose articles for publication in our journal are required to submit the ethics committee approval form for studies requiring ethics committee decision.

Editor: Dr. Yasin Keleş / Editor: Dr. Elbeyi Pelit

In positioning its role, the Journal of Current Tourism Research is based on the fact that journals in the field of tourism are oriented towards more specialized fields within the framework of their own policies. From this point of view, the Journal of Current Tourism Research follows a publication policy that emphasizes the concept of contemporaneity in applied and theoretical studies in the field of tourism. With this feature, it aims to initiate a specialization orientation among journals in the field of tourism.

Editors

Prof. Dr. Yasin KELEŞ
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Tourism Bafra/SAMSUN
yasin.keles@omu.edu.tr
Telephone: +90 (362) 312-1919 / 7431

Dr. Elbeyi PELIT
Afyonkocatepe University, Faculty of Tourism, AFYONKARAHİSAR
elbeyipelit@aku.edu.tr
Telephone: +90 (272) 228-1306 / 2206

Objective

The Journal of Current Tourism Research aims to prioritize studies that focus on trends and new developments in the field of tourism and discuss the current and future effects of developments in other fields on the field of tourism due to its interdisciplinary nature.

In this respect, the Journal of Current Tourism Research focuses on the concept of tourism and current developments in tourism and aims to disseminate new approaches, concepts, structures and research in tourism studies by publishing studies that bring a new understanding and insight to the field of tourism.

The Journal of Current Tourism Research aims to be one of the most reliable and reputable journals in the field of tourism among academic publications originating from Turkey. In order to realize these goals, the Journal of Current Tourism Research aims to differentiate itself at several points.

The first of these is to concentrate on a topic in terms of topicality, which has also permeated the name of the journal, and the fact that a new topic and concept is being discussed in the field of tourism while selecting the studies that it will accept as emphasized before. Secondly, although the journal is published online, the focus is on electronic print quality, content design that facilitates reading, and website design that facilitates access to the publications and thus increases their citation ability.

Scope

The Journal of Current Tourism Research aims to include research articles that discuss new trends and developments in the field of tourism in terms of subject matter, practice or methodology; review articles that make original contributions with a theoretical background and original contributions that are not created by systematic citation, copying and hoarding; case reports and letters to the editor. In all of these studies, researchers who will contribute to the Journal of Current Tourism Research are expected to clearly define their theoretical and practical contributions that will add value to the field of tourism.

The Journal of Current Tourism Research aims to publish academic studies written in Turkish that have not been published elsewhere or have not entered the evaluation process. However, special issues may also be issued with the approval of the editorial board.

Publication Frequency

Journal of Current Tourism Research is a peer-reviewed journal published electronically. The semi-annual journal publishes 2 issues a year.

Publication Language

Journal of Current Tourism Research is published in Turkish.

Blind Review and Evaluation Process

The Journal of Current Tourism Research uses the double-blinding method in the evaluation process of all articles. In the double-blinding method, the identities of the authors and reviewers are concealed.

All articles submitted to the Journal of Current Tourism Research are evaluated blindly according to the following stages.

Initial Evaluation Process

Articles submitted to the Journal of Current Tourism Research are first evaluated by the editors. At this stage, manuscripts that do not comply with the purpose and scope of the journal, are weak in terms of language and expression rules, contain critical errors in scientific terms, have no original value and do not meet the publication policies are rejected. Eligible manuscripts are sent to three reviewers for evaluation.

Review Evaluation Process

Articles are refereed according to their content and the expertise of the reviewers. Reviewers must guarantee that they will not share any process or documents about the papers they review. The period given to the reviewers for the peer review process is 21 days. Correction suggestions from reviewers or editors must be completed by the authors within 1 month in accordance with the “correction report”. Reviewers can decide on the appropriateness of a study by examining the corrections of a study, or they can request corrections more than once if necessary.

The reviewers of the Journal of Current Tourism Research respect the author's interdisciplinary tendencies, new method experiments and efforts to create a basis for discussion on current issues, aim to expand the author's field of view rather than looking at the study only from his/her own perspective, emphasize not only the negative aspects of the study, but also the strengths of the research, make clear expectations from the author by bringing concrete suggestions, do not forget the responsibility to check whether the method of the study is used correctly, and inform the editor in cases where he/she does not consider himself/herself sufficient in terms of statistics.

Review Reports

Peer reviews are generally based on originality, methodology, compliance with ethical rules, consistent presentation of findings and results, and review of the literature.

Layout and Typesetting

The Journal of Current Tourism Research requires a uniform and complete page layout and printing format in accordance with the formal integrity, readability and standards of the articles.

Providing the DOI Number

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique access number that allows the identification and access of every work published electronically. It is mandatory to provide a DOI number for each article published in the Journal of Current Tourism Research. After the acceptance stage, the DOI number is given to the articles prepared in print by the editorial board through DergiPark.

Plagiarism Policy

Each article submitted to the journal for publication is checked for plagiarism by the author(s) before it is included in the evaluation process. In this regard, “iThenticate”, “Turnitin” or “Intihal.net” are used to identify examples that overlap with other articles.

Publication Ethics

The editors of the Journal of Current Tourism Research are committed to an approach that defends freedom of expression, fully operates the relevant processes to ensure the quality of published articles, does not compromise academic ethical standards, takes into account the views of authors, readers, referees and editorial board members, and adopts other recommendations made by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).