Journal of Applied Tourism Research

Journal of Applied Tourism Research aims to bring current information, application results, and theoretical approaches to the literature in the field of tourism.

The Journal of Applied Tourism Research can publish original articles that have not been published elsewhere before, as well as field studies, case studies, and original articles on theories. The scope of the journal includes all studies that can be associated with tourism.

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ARTICLE WRITING RULES
Articles should be prepared in the “Office Word” program in A4 size and should not exceed 25 pages in magazine format.

Page layout should be; Top: 2 cm, Bottom: 2 cm, Left: 2 cm and Right: 2 cm.

Articles should be written in 11 point and “Times New Roman” font, using single line spacing. In writing, there should be a one-character break after commas and periods.

Initial indent should not be used in the first paragraphs, and there should be 0.5 indent in the second and following paragraphs.

6nk space should be left after the paragraph. No additional blank lines should be left between paragraphs.

The first page of the article should contain a Turkish and English title in 12 points, a Turkish and English abstract in 10 points consisting of at least 120 and at most 200 words, and at least 3 and at most 5 Turkish and English keywords.

The main headings and subheadings in the article should be bold and aligned left (without indentation) and numbered decimal such as 1., 1.1., 1.1.1., 1.1.2., 1.1.2.1. All letters of the main headings should be written in capital letters, only the first letters of the subheadings should be written in capital letters, and the headings should be 11 pt in size. The headings should be divided into a maximum of 5 levels. 1 line space should be left before the main headings, and no space should be left after the heading. No line space should be left before or after the subheadings.

All tables, figures and graphs in the article should be numbered consecutively and centered on the page at appropriate places in the text. Each table, figure or graph should be given a title. The title should be placed above the table, figure or graph, centered on the page, with only the initials of the words capitalized and in 10-point font. The text within the table, figure or graph should be in 8-10-point font. Tables, figures or graphs should be in accordance with the page layout given above and in a format that can be easily read.

Articles submitted to the journal should be prepared in the American Psychological Association (APA) style in terms of the reference system, footnote format and bibliography. In this context, citations should be made using the conjunction method within the text. Explanatory notes should be expressed as footnotes at the bottom of the page and in 8-point font.

References in the text should be made in the form of the author(s) surname, year of the source and page number. If there is no author name, the institution name should be used instead of the author.

If the citation is taken from a website and the author of the citation is known, the citation should be made in a manner similar to that in periodical publications. If no date is given for a source downloaded from the internet, the access date of the relevant file should be used as the year of the source. If the author of the citation is not known, the institution of the website and the access year should be written in parentheses.

If more than one work of an author published in the same year is cited, the works should be indicated by giving the letters a, b, c next to the year.

All sources used in the article should be included in the bibliography section. The sources used should be listed alphabetically according to the author's surname, regardless of their quality (thesis, book, article, report, etc.). The works of the same author should be placed in the bibliography starting from the "most recent" one. The bibliography should be prepared in accordance with the examples given below.

In cases not specified in the writing, the issues adopted in scientific writing should be taken into account.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Journal of Applied Tourism Research (JATOR) observes the publication ethics principles, standards and recommendations determined by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) regarding publication ethics. Accordingly, all articles that do not comply with the accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. Articles that contain possible irregularities and inappropriateness detected after publication are also included in this. In summary, all stakeholders are expected to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics, and all ethical cases will be evaluated under COPE rules.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:
• Authors should not have published or sent the articles they submit to the journal elsewhere.
• Authors should have cited all citations they use in their articles.
• Authors declare that the article is their work, that they have not committed any plagiarism, that all responsibilities arising from plagiarism belong to them, and that the journal has no responsibility in this regard.
• Authors must guarantee that they have made a scientific contribution to the article and it should be known that all authors have equal responsibility for the article.
• The corresponding author must guarantee that all co-authors mentioned in the article agree to the publication and to be named as co-authors. All individuals who have contributed significantly to the study should be named co-authors. Other individuals should be included in the acknowledgments section.
• Authors are obliged to declare the institutions, financial sources or conflicts of interest that support the work they submit.
• Authors should provide access to the data sets included in the article if deemed necessary
• Authors must have prepared the articles submitted for publication in the journal in accordance with the rules of research and publication ethics. Separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for the research conducted and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers:
• Any selected reviewer who is not qualified to review the research or who knows that it will be impossible to evaluate the article quickly must inform the editor of this situation and request to be excused from the review process.
• Reviewers are obliged to keep the articles they receive confidential and not to use the information they obtain from the review process for their own personal gain.
• Reviewers should not share their reports or information about the article with others and should not communicate directly with authors without the editor's permission.
• Reviewers should be attentive to potential ethical issues in the article and bring them to the editor's attention. This includes any substantial similarity or overlap between the article under review and any other published work with which the reviewer has personal knowledge.
• Reviewers should be objective. Personal criticism of authors should not be made, and reviews should be constructive, honest, and polite.
• Reviewers should consult the editor before accepting to review a paper in which they have a potential conflict of interest that may arise from a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship or connection with any of the authors.

Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board:
• The editorial board is responsible for deciding which articles will be published in the journal. The editorial board that reviews authors' articles; should make an evaluation regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, citizenship or political philosophy. The decision should be based on the accuracy, validity and importance of the article and the relevance of the scope of the journal. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism should also be taken into account.
• The editor or any editorial board member should not disclose information about an article to anyone other than the corresponding author, referees, potential referees, other editorial advisors and the publisher.
• Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted article should not be used in the editor's or the editorial board's own research without the author's express written permission.

PUBLICATION POLICY
1. Journal of Applied Tourism Research (JATOR) is an internationally refereed e-journal published twice a year in June and December.
2. Research articles and review articles prepared on all tourism-related topics can be submitted to the journal. The number of review articles published in the journal cannot exceed 25% of the total number of articles.
3. No evaluation fee or application fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal.
4. An author who submits an article