Submissions

Author Guidelines

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 that correspond to Journal focus and meet formal requirements are forwarded to the Editorial Board for the Desk Review. The papers that have passed the Desk review are blind peer-reviewed by at least 2 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 responsibility of the authors to obtain such permissions. Simultaneous submissions to other print or electronic journals are not permitted.

Submission & Copyright

1. The authors must submit the papers through the journal platform (make a submission).
2. The papers must be prepared according to the sample template. The sample template for the authors is available here. 
3. The authors must send (upload with the submission) the signed Author declaration and statement of copyrights/related rights (available here).

The fees (Article Processing Charge)

The standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is 250 EUR plus VAT if applicable (valid for papers submitted after September 14th, 2021). APCs are subject to VAT at the standard Czech VAT rate of 21%.

APCs cover publication costs to allow for articles to be made freely available in Open Access to all readers anywhere in the world. 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.

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

Authors' duties and responsibilities

By making a submission the authors confirm 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 the paper was supported by an institution or grant;
• 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 must sign the statement as their agreement to publication of the paper in this particular journal;
• 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 in a timely manner; 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 of the contents, including the title, phrasing, style, etc.;
• they accept the publishing rights to use the paper transferred to the publisher (according to CC BY 4.0).

Copyright

Author declaration and statement of copyrights/related rights (available here) should be signed and sent 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 “ 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

Complaints

The authors who may have a complaint against any of the aspects of their interaction with the Journal of Tourism and Services should write a letter or send an e-mail to the person the complainant is already in contact with or to the Editor-in-Chief. All complaints will be acknowledged within 7 days after receiving it.