Original Scientific Article
Review
Issue Editorial Board
Prof. Dr.
Mehmet Emre GÜLER
İZMİR KATİP ÇELEBİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TURİZM FAKÜLTESİ
Production and Operations Management, Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Marketing
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Perihan KENDİRCİ
İZMİR KATİP ÇELEBİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TURİZM FAKÜLTESİ
0000-0003-2253-0064
0000-0003-2253-0064
Tourism, Gastronomy, Food Sciences, Food Packaging, Preservation and Processing, Food Chemistry and Food Sensory Science
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Simge KÖMÜRCÜ SARIBAŞ
İZMİR KÂTİP ÇELEBİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TURİZM FAKÜLTESİ
Activity Management , Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Marketing, Tourism Management
Tourism
Aim & Scope
International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research
E-ISSN 2587-1528
The International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research (IJCTR) is open access, a blind peer-reviewed international journal published in English and Turkish. IJCTR does not charge authors for submission or publication. It aims to publish high-quality research papers in all related areas of tourism, including economics, business, management, history, geography, sociology, social psychology, ethics, etc.
The scope of IJCTR encompasses theoretical, empirical or policy-oriented research articles, original research reports, reviews, scientific commentaries in the fields of tourism including both controversial and innovative ideas and detailed contributions from other directly related fields such as econometrics, economic development, trade, and the environment and political economy.
Manuscripts are reviewed in an unbiased manner, receiving prompt attention by the editorial office and its referees. After a preliminary assessment of the suitability of the paper by the Editors, any paper will follow a double-blinded peer-review process. The goal of the Editorial Office is to provide the referees' reports, and the final decision, within ten weeks since submission.
The whole process will be handled by the Editors, to whom all inquiries should be addressed. Articles for consideration should be submitted using the online submission form. Submissions through e-mail will not be considered. Submission is electronic only.
The IJCTR is committed to keeping the content of all submissions confidential until the publication date. Although we make every possible effort to ensure reviewers honor their confidentiality commitments, we cannot be held responsible for the conduct of reviewers. Reviewers should be aware that it is our policy to keep their names confidential, and that we do our utmost to ensure this confidentiality.
Focus and Scope of the Journal
International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research (IJCTR) is a blind peer-reviewed international journal and publishes original papers covering a large array of topics in Tourism about economics and administrative sciences. The IJCTR will publish articles in English and Turkish. The Review offers authors the possibility to have their papers accepted in less than three months. IJCTR is open access. You can read the full text by registering to journal via http://dergipark.gov.tr/ijctr.
The IJCTR is published by the Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Tourism (http://turizm.ikc.edu.tr/S/15907/fakulte-dergisi)
The scope of IJCTR encompasses theoretical, empirical or policy-oriented research articles, original research reports, reviews, short communication and scientific commentaries in the fields of social sciences, economics, business, management, law, political science, sociology, philosophy related with Tourism.
Writing Rules
International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research,
E-ISSN 2587-1528Submission: Manuscript Format
Manuscripts must include the following:
Submitted manuscripts should have an original content, and should not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Although no maximum length of the papers is imposed, Author(s) are invited to write as concisely as possible. If your manuscript is considerably longer, we ask that you shorten it before submission, or it may be returned without review.
The submitted file (in .doc/.docx format) should be anonymous and should include the title of the paper, an abstract of no more than 200 words, 3 to 4 keywords, 3 to 4 JEL Classification codes, and the main text.
At the initial stage of submission Author(s) will be asked to follow the Formatting Requirements illustrated below.
Formatting Requirements
This section provides details on copy editing, typesetting, and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission. All manuscripts must have correct formatting to be considered ready for publication.
- Copy edit your manuscript.
- Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. (System will add the appropriate header with page numbers).
- Do not include acknowledgments in the initial submission. Acknowledgments may be added only after acceptance in the final version produced for publication.
- Write your article in English or Turkish. English abstract must be written for Turkish article as well.
Page Layout And Spacing
- Page size must be A4. Do not use “letter” size (17 x 24 cm).
- All margins (left, right, top and bottom) must be 2.5 cm, including your tables and figures.
- Single space your text.
- Use a single column layout with both left and right margins justified. (Footnotes and references must be both left- and right- justified as well.)
- Indent all paragraphs except those following a section heading.
- An indent should be at least 1.25 cm-spaces. However, make sure to be consistent in this.
- Equations, long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, tables, figures, etc. should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below.
- Do not “widow” or “orphan” text; make sure that headings are on the same page as the text that follows them, and do not begin a page with the last line of a paragraph. This also applies to titles or notes attached to tables.
- There should be no pages where more than a quarter of the page is empty space, unless it is absolutely impossible to do so.
- All text should be fully justified, left and right (i.e., flush with the left and right margins).
Fonts
- Main Body—12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available
- Equations—12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available
- Tables, graphs & figures—Text accompanying graphs, figures and tables should be no smaller than 8 pt.
- Use Times or the closest comparable font available, except, possibly, where special symbols are needed.
- Set the font color to black for the text.
- To indicate text you wish to emphasize, use italics rather than underlining or bold.
- Foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined or bold.
- Titles of books, movies, etc., should be set in italics rather than underlined or bold
Headings
Headings should be distinguished from the main body text by their fonts size. Please format headings and sub-headings as follow:
- Headings: 14pt Times, or the closest comparable font available, bold;
- Sub-headings 12 pt. Times, or the closest comparable font available, bold;
- Sub-sub-headings 12 pt. Times, or the closest comparable font available, bold.
Footnotes
- Do not use footnotes.
Tables, Figures & Graphs
- If figures are included, use high-resolution figures.
- To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text.
- Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves.
- Make sure to use at least 8 pt. font size in tables, figures and graphs.
- Everything must be easily readable when viewed on a computer screen at 100% and when physically printed.
- All tables and figures must fit within margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.
Mathematics and Equation
- Roman letters used in mathematical expressions as variables must be italicized. Roman letters used as part of multi-letter function names should not be italicized. Subscripts and superscripts must be a smaller font size than the main text.
- Use 12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available
- Type short mathematical expressions inline.
- Longer expressions must appear as display math, as must expressions using many different levels (e.g., such as fractions).
- Important definitions or concepts can also be set off as display math.
- Number your equations sequentially.
- Insert a blank line before and after each equation.
- Put equation numbers on the right.
- Avoid symbols and notation in unusual fonts.
- When proofing your document, pay particular attention to the rendering of the mathematics.
References
- Use APA style for references [Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association]. For a summary of the APA references style see the http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Style Guide
- Please note that IJCTR only accepts online submissions.
- The electronic file should be in MS Word for Windows (.doc/.docx). In the electronic file, please be sure to:
- Clear the file of all possible viruses
- Remove all information that could identify the author(s) of the paper (including acknowledgments and contact information); be sure to remove all identifying information from the 'File, Properties, Summary' menu.
- Place all the submission in one file.
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice
International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research (IJCTR) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. All authors submitting their works to the IJCTR journal for publication as original articles attest that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works. The authors acknowledge that they have disclosed all and any actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it. In the same manner, the IJCTR journal is committed to objective and fair blind peer-review of the submitted for publication works and to prevent any actual or potential conflict of interests between the editorial and review personnel and the reviewed material. Any departures from the above-defined rules should be reported directly to the Editor, who is unequivocally committed to providing swift resolutions to any of such a type of problem.
Articles for consideration should be submitted using the online submission form. Submissions through e-mail will not be considered. Submission is electronic only. Manuscripts are reviewed in an unbiased manner, receiving prompt attention by the editorial office and its reviewers. After a preliminary assessment of the suitability of the paper by the Editor, any paper will follow a blind peer review process. The review criteria considered are the novelty and originality of the paper, the quality of research methodology, the organization and clarity, the reference to prior work, and the quality of results. Reviewers are matched to the paper according to their expertise and our database is constantly being updated. Reviewers are also asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:
- Is methodologically sound
- Follows appropriate ethical guidelines
- Has results which are clearly presented and support the conclusions
- Correctly references previous relevant work.
Language correction is not part of the blind peer-review process, but reviewers may, if so wish, to suggest corrections to the manuscript. On the other hand, the required time for the review process is dependent on the response of the reviewers. Should the reviewer’s reports contradict one another or a report is unnecessarily delayed, a further expert opinion will be sought. In rare cases for which it is extremely difficult to find a second reviewer to review the manuscript, or when the one reviewer’s report has thoroughly convinced the Editor, decisions at this stage to accept, reject or ask the author for a revision are made on the basis of only one reviewer’s report. The Editor’s decision will be sent to the author with recommendations made by the reviewers, which usually includes verbatim comments by the reviewers. Revised manuscripts might be returned to the initial Reviewers who may then request another revision of a manuscript. A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the reviewers and may include verbatim comments by the reviewers. Reviewers advise the editor, who is responsible for the final decision to accept, revision or reject the article. The goal of the Editorial office is of providing the reviewers' reports, and the final decision by the Editor, within ten weeks since submission. The whole process will be handled by the Managing Editor, to whom all inquiries should be addressed.
The IJCTR is committed to keeping the content of all submissions confidential until the publication date. Although we make every possible effort to ensure reviewers honor their confidentiality commitments, we cannot be held responsible for the conduct of reviewers. Reviewers should be aware that it is our policy to keep their names confidential, and that we do our utmost to ensure this confidentiality.
* IJCTR publishes biannually.
* IJCTR publishes in Turkish and English.
* Scientific articles are published and empirical (practical/experimental) researches are given priority in the journal.
* The responsibility of opinions expressed in articles entirely belong to the authors
* The studies submitted to IJCTR for publications must not be published in other journals before.
* The studies submitted to IJCTR should be prepared by entirely obeying the scientific ethics rules.
* Copyright fees or any other payments under another name are not paid to the authors for their articles.
* The authors who submit studies to the journal are considered as agreed not to demand this kind of claim.
Attention to Authors:
ULAKBİM Note: ULAKBİM TR Index will include internationally recognized author identifier ID information. Since ORCID will be used in joint studies to be carried out in cooperation with YÖK, it is recommended that the journals that apply for or take part in the TR Index, request ORCID information from the authors and include this information in the journal (s).
Therefore, the authors are required to obtain individual ORCID numbers from http://orcid.org free of charge and the ORCID number received must be registered on the DergiPark system (1 time) via DergiPark, entering the user's profile arrangement.
Sample ORCID number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789
Price Policy
The International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research (IJCTR) is open access, a blind peer-reviewed international journal published in English and Turkish. IJCTR does not charge authors for submission or publication.
