Publication statements

Publication Statements

Indexing, ethics, preservation, access, and integrity statements for the journal record.

Journal metadata

Journal title: Journal On Tourism & Sustainability. ISSN / ISSN-L: 2515-6780. Publisher: OTS Academy. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Indexing: DOAJ.

Open access and licensing statement

Published articles are openly available and may be reused under the licence terms when attribution and article record details are preserved.

Editorial independence and fees

The journal states that authors are not charged fees and that editorial decisions are based on editorial and scholarly criteria rather than payment.

Authorship and contributorship

Authorship should reflect meaningful scholarly contribution, responsibility for the submitted work, and approval of the submitted and published record.

Conflicts of interest

Authors, reviewers, editors, and board members should disclose relationships or circumstances that could reasonably affect judgement, including institutional, personal, financial, or editorial conflicts.

Corrections and retractions

Published records may require correction, expression of concern, retraction, removal, or replacement when errors, misconduct, legal issues, or record-integrity concerns are confirmed.

Research ethics

Tourism research involving people, destinations, communities, workers, minors, vulnerable groups, or personal data should be conducted with appropriate consent, safeguards, privacy controls, and ethical oversight.

Preservation and repository statement

The journal uses its public website, DOI-linked records, repository deposit, platform exports, and backups to support continuing access to publication metadata and article records.