About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Academica Turistica –Tourism and Innovation Journal (AT–TIJ) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for the dissemination of knowledge on tourism and innovation from a social sciences perspective. It especially welcomes contributions focusing on innovation in tourism and adaptation of innovations from other fields in tourism settings.

The journal welcomes both theoretical and applicative contributions and encourages authors to use various quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Besides research articles, the journal also publishes research notes and reviews of books. Purely descriptive manuscripts which do not contribute to the development of knowledge are not considered suitable. We publish three issues per year.

Peer Review Process

Each manuscript, meeting the technical standards and falling within the aims and scope of the journal, will be subject to double-blind review by two reviewers.

The referees are chosen by the Editorial Team. Assessments by the referees will be presented anonymously to the author and, in the case of substantial reservations, the article, with the list of corrections needed, will be returned to the author for correction. The corrected copy of the article with the list of corrections on a separate page should be returned to the Editorial Team.

All referees and editors in the peer review process follow the highest professional and academic standards (section Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement). Referees perform work for the journal on a volunteer basis; their judgements are objective and they evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content and point out to the relevant published work which is not yet cited; they are asked to report any potential conflicts of interest, and when those exist the manuscript is reassigned to a different referee.

The review process usually takes 3-6 months.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

Publishing Ethics and Malpractice Statement

By submitting a manuscript authors certify that their manuscripts are their original work, that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, and that they have identified all sources used in the creation of their manuscript. Submitted manuscripts may be subject to checks in order to detect instances of plagiarism.

All referees and editors in the peer review process follow the highest professional and academic standards. Referees perform work for the journal on a volunteer basis; their judgements are objective and they evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content and point out to the relevant published work which is not yet cited; they are asked to report any potential conflicts of interest, and when those exist the manuscript is reassigned to a different referee. 

The final decision for the publication of a submitted manuscript is the responsibility of the editors. All submissions will receive an answer from the editors, either if the manuscript is rejected or accepted for publication. Manuscripts should be processed in less than 6 months from the date of submission.

Authors, editors and reviewers should follow guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal or its editors do not encourage any research misconduct, or knowingly allow misconduct. In the event that the publisher or editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct the publisher or editor shall deal with allegations appropriately, according to COPE.

Journal History

Issues 2008-2015

Before 2016 Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal was not an open access journal, however you can reach the archives by clicking here.

In the event the journal is no longer published, electronic backup and preservation of access to the to the journal's content will be available.