Publication Policy

Sinop-e: Journal of Tourism Research contributes to the development and dissemination of knowledge by conducting its publication processes with the principles of impartiality and respectability. These processes have a direct impact on the quality of the work of authors and supporting institutions. Peer-reviewed studies embody and support the scientific method. Therefore, it is of great importance that all stakeholders involved in the journal (authors, readers, researchers, publisher, referees and editors) act in accordance with ethical principles.

Sinop-e: Journal of Tourism Research expects all stakeholders to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics.

Ethical duties and responsibilities regarding the journal have been prepared in accordance with the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access (see COPE Guidelines in Turkish).

Open Access Policy

Sinop-e Journal of Tourism Research follows an Open Access Policy in accordance with the declaration prepared by the Budapest Open Access Initiative on February 14, 2002 in Budapest, Hungary. The statement defines open access as follows:

"In this statement, open access is defined as "the ability of scientific literature to be accessed, read, saved, copied, printed, scanned, linked to full text, indexed, exported as data to software, and used for any lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers through the Internet."

Within the framework of this declaration prepared in Budapest, Sinop-e Journal of Tourism Research leaves the restriction on reproduction-distribution and the role of copyright in this field to the authors to check the integrity of their own work, so that it can be properly recognized and cited.

The full text of the paper in Turkish is available at https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/translations/turkish-translation.

Copyright Policy

Authors who publish their works in Sinop-e: Journal of Tourism Research agree to the following terms:


"In this paper, open access is used in the sense that "scientific literature can be accessed, read, saved, copied, printed, scanned, linked to full text, indexed, transferred as data to software and used for any legal purpose without financial, legal and technical barriers through the Internet."

All publication rights belong to the author.

The author has acted in accordance with academic and ethical rules during the preparation of the article.

There is no copyright infringement of a third party in the submitted article.

The author does not defame any person, institution or work in his/her work.

In this context, the author retains the copyright of the work and grants the journal the right of first publication.

The work is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0, provided the author is acknowledged and the work was first published in this journal.

Authors are encouraged to share their work online (e.g., in institutional databases or on their own websites) before or during the submission process, which can lead to a fruitful exchange of ideas and earlier and more frequent citation of the work.

In the event of any legal proceedings arising from the information contained in the article, the responsibility lies with the author of the article and not with the journal staff. Any financial damages and legal costs incurred in this case are the responsibility of the author.


Privacy Statement

Names and e-mail addresses on this journal website will be used only for the stated purposes of this journal; they will not be made available for any other purpose or to other persons.


Evaluation Process

Preliminary Evaluation

Original articles and translations can be submitted to Sinop-e: Journal of Tourism Research.

All articles submitted to the journal are first pre-evaluated and the files that are found to be inappropriate for the scope of the journal's publication and not suitable for the academic writing format in terms of content and format may be sent back for correction without starting the refereeing process or the authors may be asked to edit the relevant issues. Articles that are approved after preliminary evaluation will be sent to at least 2 referees and will be subject to a double-stage blind review process.

When publications are sent to the journal in different languages, the process is controlled by the language editors of the journal.

Plagiarism Screening

In order to combat plagiarism, which is a common publication ethics violation in academic literature, Ithenticate Plagiarism Detection Program is used as a plagiarism detection tool in articles submitted to the journal. It is expected that the similarity rate should not exceed 15% in the scans made in the program. Otherwise, the article will be rejected in the editorial process without entering the referee process and will not be re-evaluated in any way. Articles whose plagiarism report is deemed appropriate are accepted to the referee process; for translation articles, evaluations are made by the editorial board.

Referee Evaluation (Double Stage Blind Review System)

The articles whose plagiarism report is deemed appropriate are subjected to the peer review process specified below with a two-stage blind peer review system in which the names of the referees and authors are kept confidential;

Articles deemed appropriate after the preliminary evaluation are sent to two referees working in different institutions, which are deemed appropriate by the Editor and/or Editorial Board according to their areas of expertise.

The referees evaluate the manuscripts submitted to them by taking into account factors such as originality, method, literary value, processing of findings and support of results.

The referees may accept or reject the manuscript or ask the authors to make corrections to the format and/or content. For an article to be accepted for publication, at least two referees must give a positive opinion. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the manuscript will be sent to a third referee.

In case of corrections requested by the referee or referees, the author shall complete the requested corrections within 15 days at the latest, taking into account the criticisms and suggestions made by the referees, and resubmit the article. Referees may request corrections more than once for the same article.

Articles that are not approved for publication by two referees are not accepted for publication and the manuscripts that are not accepted for publication are returned to the authors.

Referee reports are kept by the journal editorial office for 5 years.

Authors may object to the negative opinions of the referees, the changes and corrections they request, provided that they show evidence. This objection is reviewed by the Editorial Board and, if deemed necessary, a different reviewer's opinion is sought.

Authors are obliged to take into account the opinions and suggestions of the referees and the Editorial Board in order for their work to be published.

The final evaluation is made by the Editorial Board for all articles that reach the publication stage with a positive opinion by the referees. Articles that are deemed "publishable" by the Editorial Board are placed in the publication queue and published in the next issue.

Authors submitting articles to Sinop-e: Journal of Tourism Research are deemed to have accepted the aforementioned referee evaluation conditions and process.

Ethics Committee Approval

1. Separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for research in all disciplines, including social sciences, and for clinical and experimental human and animal studies that require ethics committee approval, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
2. Under this heading, information on ethical rules should be given under separate headings for referees, authors and editors.
3. Articles should include a statement that Research and Publication Ethics are complied with.
4. By referring to national and international standards, ethical principles should be stated under a separate heading in the journal and/or on the web page. For example; ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for Editors and Authors should be taken into consideration in scientific manuscripts submitted to journals.
5. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last page of the article. In case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.
6. Copyright regulations must be complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.

Statements regarding the Ethics Committee should be included under the Declaration heading of the article.