Practicalstepstoincreasethevisibilityofan academicjournal: AcasestudyoftheEuropeanJournalofTourism Research

Stanislav Ivanov, Ph.D. Academic director International University College, Dobrich Editor-in-chief European Journal of Tourism Research Email: stanislav.ivanov@vumk.eu
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Agenda

Journal visibility prerequisites Journal visibility activities Case study: European Journal of Tourism Research

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

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

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

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)

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

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 reviews

Case study: European Journal of Tourism Research

Journal language: English Journal scope: tourism, hospitality, leisure and event Editorial board: 52 members from 26 countries. Four editorial members from Bulgaria Contributing authors: journal is open to all researchers. IUC lecturers are not stimulated to publish in the journal in order to avoid conflict of interest

Case study: European Journal of Tourism Research

Peer-review process: double blind review Access to journal content: closed access journal print and online version at http://ejtr.vumk.eu

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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 and special issues

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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