

Reviewers must express their opinions with arguments that clearly support them. Reviewers must also ensure a fair blind peer review process for the review of articles submitted to the journal. Reviewers must evaluate studies regardless of the origin, gender or political philosophy of the authors. No personal criticism should be directed against the author. Reviewer criticism must be made objectively, equitable and in accordance with scientific ethics. Privileged information and ideas obtained during the review process must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.



The articles under review have to be considered as confidential documents, must not be shown to anyone other than those authorized by the editor, and must not be discussed about. Any information about an article sent to the journal is not disclosed by the editor to anyone other than the editorial board, reviewers and the journal owner.Ī reviewer who does not find the work assigned to him relevant to his field, feels inadequate to criticize, or is unable to provide a timely review should notify the editor of this situation and withdraw from the review task. The editors, assistant editors and editorial board of the Journal of Tour Guiding do not disclose information about the submitted articles to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and publisher. The articles are evaluated only within the framework of their intellectual and scientific values, without considering the race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality and political view of the authors. The editors of the Journal of Tour Guiding do not allow any unpublished material and other information and data in the articles submitted to the journal to be used by anyone without written permission of the author(s).Īrticles submitted to the Journal of Tour Guiding are always evaluated in accordance with clear, transparent, scientific and objective criteria without any prejudice. The journal editor aims to meet the needs of readers and writers. The editor provides a fair and equitable peer review process. The editor is responsible for the content and publication quality of the journal and has the right to negotiate with the reviewers while making the publication decision. Editors are also responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal is subject to policies governing defamatory publication, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors of the Journal of Tour Guiding are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted for publication is in line with the journal's purpose and publication policies and should be published.
