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Practical steps to increase the visibility of anacademic journal:
A case study of the European Journal of Tourism
Research
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Stanislav Ivanov, Ph.D.
Academic director
International University College, Dobrich
Editor-in-chief
European Journal of Tourism Research
Email: [email protected]
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Agenda
Journal visibility prerequisites Journal visibility activities Case study: European Journal of Tourism Research
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Journal visibility prerequisites
Journal language English, other major international language, local
language.
the supremacy of English in scientific literature the role of language in increasing the readership
Journal scope narrow vs. broad journal scope
no-scope journals annual books
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Journal visibility prerequisites
Editorial board Institutional editorial board (members from the
institution only)
Editorial board from Bulgaria only International editorial board degree of
internationalisation
Contributing authors
authors from the publishing institution only authors from Bulgaria only
international authorship degree of
internationalisation
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Journal visibility prerequisites
Peer-review process house review vs. external review
blind vs. non-blind review
double-blind review Access to journal content
open vs. closed access journals
print vs. electronic journals
Journal periodicity regular vs. irregular periodicity
annual vs. more frequent periodicity
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Journal visibility activities
Journal website separate journal domain,subdomain/webpage in the main domain of the publisher
Inclusion in electronic databases:
- aggregators: EBSCO, ProQuest, CABI- online platforms: IngentaConnent, DeepDyve
- abstract databases: Scopus (8 journals from Bulgaria),
ISI Web of Knowledge
- journal directories Directory of Open Access Journals(www.doaj.org) (31 journals from Bulgaria)
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Journal visibility activities
Conferences leaflets, complimentary hard copies,sponsorship, patronage, special issues
Social media Academia.edu, ResearchGate, Facebook,
Google+, LinkedIn, etc. Search engines Google Scholar
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Case study: European Journal of
Tourism Research
Basic information- Established in 2006- Publisher: International University
College, Bulgaria- First issue in 2008- 1 volume per year consisting of 2
issues
- Current issue: 4(2)- Types of publications: Research
articles, Research notes, Case
studies, Doctoral dissertation
summaries, Book reviews8
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Case study: European Journal of
Tourism Research
Journal language: English Journal scope: tourism, hospitality,
leisure and event
Editorial board: 52 members from 26countries. Four editorial membersfrom Bulgaria
Contributing authors: journal is open
to all researchers. IUC lecturers arenot stimulated to publish in the journal
in order to avoid conflict of interest
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Case study: European Journal of
Tourism Research
Peer-review process: double blindreview
Access to journal content:
closed access journal print and online version at
http://ejtr.vumk.eu
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Case study: European Journal of
Tourism Research
Journal visibility activities:- Aggregators: EBSCO Hospitality and
Tourism Complete, ProQuest
Research Library, CABI Leisure,Recreation and Tourism
- Online platforms: DeepDyve- Abstract databases: Scopus
(forthcoming)- Facebook page- Google Scholar (via CABI)- Conference patronage, sponsorship
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Case study: European Journal of
Tourism Research
Why Scopus?- Huge number of end users leading to
higher visibility of the journal
- Ease of use- Wide journal coverage- End-users trust in the system peer
evaluation of journals prior to inclusion
in Scopus
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THANK YOU!
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