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Author Guidelines

Submission & Copyright

  1. The authors must submit the papers through the journal platform (make a submission).
  2. Authors must prepare their manuscripts using the official Journal of Tourism and Services template, ensuring that all text is inserted into the template while maintaining its formatting; all required information, including author details and ORCID identifiers, must be fully included. The template for the authors is available here. 
  3. Authors must upload the signed Author Declaration and Licence to Publish with their submission (available here).

Papers sent to the Editorial Office are checked on formal requirements and Journal focus. Papers that do not match the focus of the Journal and/or do not meet formal requirements will be rejected. Papers corresponding to the journal's focus and meeting formal requirements are forwarded to the Editorial Board for Desk Review. The papers that have passed the Desk review are blind peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. 

The papers should have been proofread and corrected for errors and will be regarded as accurate; authors are responsible for factual content. Only visual data, images, etc., over which the author(s) have copyright may be used unless permission has been obtained and acknowledged - it is the authors' responsibility to obtain such permissions. Simultaneous submissions to other print or electronic journals are not permitted.

The fees (Article Processing Charge)

The standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is 500 EUR plus VAT if applicable (valid for papers submitted after June 14th, 2024). APCs are subject to VAT at the standard Czech VAT rate of 21%.

APCs cover publication costs to allow articles to be made freely available in Open Access to all readers worldwide. This charge includes all review process costs, systems, web publication, and long-term archiving.

The author receives an e-invoice, which is issued based on the data provided in the article submission card.

The Journal of Tourism and Services started charging the APC on 01.01.2021. However, all articles published before 31.12.2020 (including Vol. 11 No. 21) were published free of charge.

Please note that APCs are not refundable if a manuscript is withdrawn, rejected, or removed from the editorial process as a result of author-related ethical issues or non-compliance with the journal’s Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement (PEMS).

Authors' duties and responsibilities
 
Authors should ensure that:
  • the paper is original and written by them;
  • the paper has not been published in any other journal and has been submitted for consideration to this journal only;
  • the data has been obtained by the authors directly, or they have all legal permissions to use the data obtained from private businesses or other independent sources;
  • the data is original and not manipulated;
  • all sources used in the paper are clearly cited;
  • the paper does not break any copyrights of others;
  • the paper includes funding acknowledgment in case an institution or grant supported the paper;
  • the paper includes a declaration about research ethics approval or a statement that the study did not require research ethics approval;
  • there is no conflict of interest between the co-authors or with third parties;
  • addition, deletion, or order rearrangement of the authors’ names in the authorship list are approved in advance by the whole team;
  • they contact the Editor to correct any errors upon their discovery immediately, no later than the text is published online;
  • authorship of the paper is accurately stated, all authors have approved the manuscript and its publication, and the corresponding author is authorized by all coauthors to sign the Author Declaration and Licence to Publish on their behalf;
  • they are obliged to participate in the peer-review process, responding timely and politely to all comments of the reviewers; if the authors agree to make changes – they must provide the corrections promptly; if the authors do not agree with reviewers’ recommendations or other remarks – objections with a detailed explanation must be provided;
  • they agree with minor corrections to the contents, including the title, phrasing, style, etc.;
  • they retain copyright in the article, grant CISRVV the non-exclusive publishing and distribution rights specified in the Author Declaration and Licence to Publish, and agree that the article will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

Copyright

The Author Declaration and Licence to Publish (available here) must be signed and submitted together with the final version of the paper. 

Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement

Journal of Tourism and Services is committed to meeting high standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. 
 
The Editorial Board, office, and reviewers’ team are doing their best to duly follow the Guidelines on good publication practice of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all editorial proceedings. We strongly recommend to all our current and potential authors, prior to submitting the text for blind review, to visit this site and get acquainted with the internationally acknowledged rules and best practices: www.publicationethics.org
 
We expect that all parties involved in the act of publishing will present ethical behavior conformed with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing and other Guidelines approved by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
 
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Tourism and Services follows the rules on academic writing and academic ethics, according to the work by Miguel Roig (2003, 2006): Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing, available online at https://ori.hhs.gov.
 
AI tools

JOTS supports the position statement concerning the utilization of AI tools, e.g. ChatGPT, in the origin of academic papers issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). According to the statement, AI tools should not be attributed authorship of a paper since they are not accountable for the content produced. Moreover, the use of AI tools must be disclosed in respect of transparency standards.

The use of AI tools cannot meet the set criteria for authorship since they are not able to take on responsibility for the work submitted. Lacking legal status, AI tools cannot manage copyright and licensing agreements, and do not bear responsibility for the presence or absence of transparency.

Authors using AI tools in manuscript, image creation, creating graphical elements, or data collection and analysis must transparently disclose the use of AI in the Materials and Methods section of the presented work. Regardless of AI involvement, authors bear full responsibility for their manuscript content and take on responsibility for publication ethics.

Research Ethics Policies Regarding Human Participants and Participant Approval:

  • Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants and data, covering studies that entail the primary acquisition of personal data, such as surveys or interviews, must indicate whether the relevant authorized body dealing with research ethics issues (further referred to as the ethics committee) approval was obtained (or waived).
  • The declaration should include the approving ethics committee(s) name(s), approval date, and reference number, if available. It should be positioned on the final page of the submission, above the References section, to facilitate anonymous peer review.
  • If the exemption was granted, provide the ethics committee(s) name(s) and rationale for the exemption.
  • If research ethics approval does not pertain to your study/article, provide a statement at submission supported by relevant evidence (e.g., institutional policy or legal framework indicating exemption), where applicable, to benefit an international readership. A standard declaration such as "This study did not require research ethics approval" can be utilized.
  • Authors of empirical research articles involving human participants and data, covering studies that entail the primary acquisition of personal data, such as surveys or interviews, should expressly state whether the participants provided informed consent and specify its form (written or verbal). The participant approval statement may be described in the section related to the Data and/or Methods or in the separate declaration above the References section.

Above that, the manuscripts presenting the results of medical research involving human participants or data should comply with:

These manuscripts must include information on informed consent for publishing patient data and images and specify if written consent was obtained.

 
How to raise a concern
 
Anyone who believes that research published by the Journal of Tourism and Services has not been carried out in line with the Guidelines on good publication practice and Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing should raise their concerns with the relevant editor or email editor@jots.cz
 
Retraction guidelines
 
The International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge follows the Retraction guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
 
Editors should consider retracting a publication if:
  • They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a significant error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation).
  • It constitutes plagiarism.
  • The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication)
  • It contains material or data without authorization for use.
  • Copyright has been infringed, or other serious legal issues exist (e.g., libel, privacy).
  • It reports unethical research.
  • It has been published solely based on a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
  • The author(s) failed to disclose a significant competing interest (a.k.a. conflict of interest) that, in the editor's view, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.
Post-publication discussions and corrections policy
 
Journal of Tourism and Services allows debate post-publication through letters to the editors at editor@jots.cz. Possible corrections will be made after careful consideration by the editors to ensure any necessary changes are made following the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance. The editors will apply mechanisms for correcting, revising, or retracting articles after publication, following the Retraction guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The authors must submit the papers through the journal platform.
  • The papers must be prepared according to the sample template. The sample template for the authors is available in the Submission section.
  • The authors must upload with the submission the signed Author Declaration and Licence to Publish (available in the Submission section).
  • The submission has not been previously published, and it is not considered to be published by another journal.
  • The article does not exceed the set length.
  • URLs for the references have been provided where available.
  • Only visual data, images, etc. ,over which the author(s) have copyright are used unless permission has been obtained and acknowledged.
  • The citations are in APA style according to the Guidelines for Authors.
  • The article has been proofread and corrected for errors.
  • The Scientific paper consists of an Abstract, Keywords, JEL Classification, Introduction, Literature review, Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References, and a Brief description of Author/s.
  • The text is formatted according to the Guidelines for the Authors (see template).

Scientific Papers

The scientific paper is a written and published report describing original research results. A well-written scientific paper explains the scientist's motivation for providing a research, the research design and execution, and the meaning of the results. Scientific papers are written in a style that is exceedingly clear and concise. Their purpose is to inform an audience about an important issue and to document the particular approach they used to investigate that issue.

If English is not the researcher’s first language, then proofreading by a native speaker might be helpful.

Copyright Notice

Journal of Tourism and Services (ISSN 1804-5650) is published by the Center for International Scientific Research of VŠO and VŠPP in cooperation with the following partners:

  • Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Economics and Tourism, Croatia
  • School of Business and Administration of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal
  • Szent István University, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Hungary
  • Pan-European University, Faculty of Business, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Pan-European University, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Law, Prague, Czech Republic
  • University of Debrecen Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
  • University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Slovakia

Copyright in articles published from Vol. 17 No. 33 (2026) onward is retained by the author(s).

These articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Under this licence, users may copy, redistribute, adapt, translate and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes are indicated.

The author(s) grant CISRVV the right of first publication and a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, preserve, index and disseminate the article in all media and formats. CISRVV may provide the article and its metadata to repositories, libraries, preservation services, abstracting and indexing databases, discovery platforms, aggregators, distributors and Content Partners, including ProQuest and Web of Science.

Articles published before Vol. 17 No. 33 (2026) remain subject to the licence displayed on their individual article pages.

Privacy Statement

The names, email addresses, affiliations, ORCID identifiers and other personal data entered on this journal website will be used for the submission, peer-review, editorial, production, publication, preservation, indexing, discovery and dissemination processes of the Journal of Tourism and Services.

Where necessary for these purposes, personal and publication data may be made available to reviewers, editorial-service providers, hosting and preservation providers, Crossref, ORCID, abstracting and indexing services, repositories, ProQuest, Web of Science and other distribution or Content Partners.

Published author information, including names, affiliations and ORCID identifiers, forms part of the public scholarly record. Personal data will not be used for purposes unrelated to the journal’s publishing activities.