The Journal of Tourism and Leisure Studies provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for scholarly research in tourism and leisure.

Our Model

We are working to change the way in which knowledge is produced, validated, and shared within member-based Research Networks.

Gold Open Access

The Journal of Tourism and Leisure Studies is Gold Open Access (OA). This means that the final published version of your article (or Version of Record) is permanently and freely available online for anyone, anywhere, to read. We provide two options for covering the Article Publication Charge (APC):

1) You may opt to purchase a Membership, which grants you a discounted rate on the APC. **Note that Membership is automatically included with all Conference Presenter Passes.

2) Alternatively, you can pay the full Article Publishing Charge (APC) during the Rights Agreement Phase of our publication process.

Community Validation

We take seriously the “peer” of “peer review.” Decisions of what is published come from reviewers that are Members of the Research Network ensuring the knowledge is validated in horizontal social knowledge relations.

Review scores are based on a clearly articulated rubric, and the result is a peer-review process that is scrupulously fair in its assessments, while at the same time offering carefully structured and constructive feedback that enhances the quality of the published article. Each year a top-ranked article from the Journal of Tourism and Leisure Studies receives the International Award for Excellence.

Research Integrity

We take research integrity seriously, following standards and best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We’re also active members of key industry associations: Association of American Publishers, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, The Society for Scholarly Publishing, and Crossref.

We also seek to frame a publishing process without prejudice to institutional affiliation, stage in career, national origins, or disciplinary perspectives. If the article is excellent and has been systematically and independently assessed, it will be published.

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