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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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