GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. It is necessary to create an account in the Dergipark system for Submission. Click to register. (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/register). Preferably, authors are expected to submit a Microsoft Word or pdf file. Please prepare the paper in accordance with the template prepared for Journal of Multidisciplinary Academic Tourism (Jomat). To download the template please click here. Make sure that there is no author information in the manuscript submitted to the system. Along with the Manuscript file, authors will be prompted to upload a Metadata file. Please click here to download the Metadata excel file. There are two pages you need to fill in the excel file you downloaded. Fill and save the “Metadata” and “Author Contribution” pages, respectively. Upload this file as an additional file together with the manuscript at the submission stage. Metadata excel file contains excel macros. Therefore, please make your activation process before you start filling out. Except for the manuscript and metadata, it is recommended that authors upload a "Title Page". It is also recommended to upload the dataset for empirical studies.

Mandatory Declaration on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
JOMAT strictly adheres to its policy regarding the use of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in research and manuscript preparation (Please refer to the JOMAT AI Policy for full details).
To ensure transparency and compliance with our policy, the corresponding author must complete the mandatory AI Use Declaration Form on behalf of all co-authors before or during the manuscript submission. By completing this form, the corresponding author affirms that all co-authors have read, understood, and agreed to the journal's AI Policy, and takes responsibility for the accuracy of the declaration.
Click here to access and complete the mandatory AI Use Declaration Form: https://www.jomat.org/url/ai

Manuscript Layout

1) The main document should contain the title (the title should be written in sentence format. In other words, only the first letter of the first word of the sentence should be capital letter), abstract, 3 to 7 keywords, text, appendices, notes, references, each table and figure. Tables and figures should be properly embedded in the manuscript. Footnotes in the paper should be numbered consecutively.
2) Abstract is to be 150 - 300 words. A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, methodology, the principal results and major conclusions.
3) There are no absolute word count requirements, but target lengths for research notes are 3,000 to 5,000 words all inclusive. A typical manuscript will not exceed 12,000 words.
The submitted manuscripts or substantial parts of them should not have been previously published or submitted for publication somewhere else. The abbreviated version of the contents for presentation at a meeting is not regarded as a publication.
All authors ensure that they have furnished a substantial contribution to the paper and that they are in agreement with form and contents of the manuscript. Corresponding authors confirm that they hold the copyrights to their articles as well as to the text and illustrations attached. If material (e.g., illustrations or tables) is used from other sources, authors must submit a written statement from the holder(s) of the copyright(s) indicating they have obtained permission to publish this material in jomat. The authors of articles published by jomat grant jomat the right to store the articles in its databases for an unlimited period of time and to distribute and reproduce the articles electronically. The authors retain all remaining exploitation rights to their articles, subject to the condition that any further use of the articles shall make reference to their original publication in jomat ("originally published in JOMAT").
Authors should indicate, either in their cover letter or in the title page, whether the research reported in their paper was the result of a for-pay consulting relationship or if they or their employer has a financial interest in the topic of the paper which might constitute a conflict of interest.
In general, papers may be of any length but should be self-contained. Further, they should provide new findings or deal with new methods.
Supplementary material, such as data sets etc., should be submitted together with the manuscript.
There is no submission and publication fees or page charges.

Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. It is necessary to create an account in the Dergipark system for Submission. Click to register. (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/register). Preferably, authors are expected to submit a Microsoft Word or pdf file. Please prepare the paper in accordance with the template prepared for Journal of Multidisciplinary Academic Tourism (Jomat). To download the template please click here. Make sure that there is no author information in the manuscript submitted to the system. Along with the Manuscript file, authors will be prompted to upload a Metadata file. Please click here to download the Metadata excel file. There are two pages you need to fill in the excel file you downloaded. Fill and save the “Metadata” and “Author Contribution” pages, respectively. Upload this file as an additional file together with the manuscript at the submission stage. Metadata excel file contains excel macros. Therefore, please make your activation process before you start filling out. Except for the manuscript and metadata, it is recommended that authors upload a "Title Page". It is also recommended to upload the dataset for empirical studies.

References

The reference list should appear at the end of the text, with hyperlinks to full-text papers on the Web, and should start on a new page. Issue numbers, and pages should be provided for all journals cited in the references and should be APA 7 Style. For correct referencing through APA 7, below links can be advised for more information; https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Tables

Tables should be of a reasonable number and size. Columns should be designed clearly and explanations should be given in footnotes using letters below the table body. Only the first word in each column heading and in each entry of the stub column should be capitalized. Titles should be formatted above the tables as follows:
Table 1: Result of measurement model
Note: The source should be indicated under each table. If the table was created by the author(s), it should be specified as follows:
Source: Authors elaboration

Figures

Figures should be complete and clearly drawn. Special care should be taken to ensure that lettering and symbols are of a comparable size and readable. Figures should not be overloaded with information. It is preferable to provide the figures as vectoral (scalable and editable) graphics. If not possible, a high resolution and dimensional image should be provided. It is recommended that the image be at least 300 dpi. However, a better resolution may be required depending on the visual content. When labeling, initial capitalization should be used. The Label should be below the shape, and should look like this:
Figure: Study region
Note: The source must be indicated under each Figure. If the figure was created by the author(s), it should be specified as follows:
Source: Authors elaboration

Author Statement and Responsibilities

By submitting an article to JOMAT, all authors of the article explicitly authorize the corresponding author to communicate with the journal on their behalf. The corresponding author is responsible for all correspondence, approvals, and statements made with the journal throughout the submission process on behalf of all authors. By submitting the article, authors are deemed to have accepted this representation relationship and that responsibility will be exercised through the corresponding author.

For the sake of transparency in authorship and the clear identification of contributions, it is recommended that the number of authors in an article be generally limited to seven. Interdisciplinary, multi-centered, or large-scale studies may be exempt from this recommendation; however, in such cases, the scientific contribution of each author must be clearly justified. In order to promote balanced representation of different authors and to support a sustainable and fair publication workflow, the journal follows a scheduling principle whereby a researcher is normally published as an author in one article per calendar year. Authors are welcome to submit more than one manuscript within the same year. If more than one manuscript by the same author is accepted, the first accepted article is scheduled for publication in the current year, while subsequent accepted articles are assigned to the first available issue of the following year. This approach is intended to ensure diversity of authorship rather than to impose a submission restriction. Exceptions may be made for invited articles, special issues, or in cases of exceptional scientific merit, at the discretion of the Editorial Board.

The corresponding author guarantees, on behalf of themselves and all co-authors, that the submitted article is original, has not been previously published in any peer-reviewed journal, is not currently under review at another journal, and does not infringe on the copyright or other legal rights of third parties. Authors declare that they hold the copyright to the article and have the necessary authority to publish the work in JOMAT. The rights granted by the authors to the journal do not constitute a transfer of copyright, but only a non-exclusive publishing license for the publication and distribution of the article. If, under applicable law, the work must be published as public domain, this must be reported to the journal at the time of submission.

Authors warrant that the article does not contain any elements that are unlawful, defamatory, or constitute a breach of confidentiality, or that would violate any contract, obligation, or confidentiality undertaking. They declare that all due care has been taken to ensure the scientific integrity of the article, that all factual statements in the study are accurate based on current and accepted scientific knowledge, and that any method, formula, or instruction contained in the article will not cause harm, illness, or financial loss to the user when correctly applied.

All authors are jointly responsible for the content, scientific accuracy, ethical compliance, and legal consequences of the article. By submitting the article to JOMAT, authors are deemed to have read, understood, and accepted all of the journal's publication principles, ethical rules, licensing policies, artificial intelligence usage policy, and other relevant rules.

The authors agree that their papers may be published by JOMAT under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY).