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.