Annals of Gastronomy and Tourism Studies is a twice a year published (April - October), peer-reviewed international scientific journal.
Authors should certify that neither the manuscript nor its main contents have already been published or submitted for publication in another journal.
Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review by the editor-in-chief if they do not comply with the instructions to authors or if they are beyond the scope of the journal. After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, i.e. after referee-recommended revisions are complete, the author will not be permitted to make any changes that constitute departures from the manuscript that was accepted by the editor.
The use of someone else’s ideas or words in their original form or slightly changed without a proper citation is considered plagiarism and will not be tolerated. Even if a citation is given, if quotation marks are not placed around words taken directly from another author’s work, the author is still guilty of plagiarism.
According to the reviews sent by the referees; manuscripts may be accepted for publication, or corrections, abbreviations and additional notes may be requested, or manuscripts may be rejected. The author (s) will be notified in regards to all these decisions.
Submission Process of a Manuscript
Authors should certify that neither the manuscript nor its main contents have already been published or submitted for publication in another journal.
The "Author Guidelines" file below is a helping guide to the authors on preparing a manuscript.
Authors are also advised to follow the GUIDE FOR THE AUTHORS in preparing the manuscript before submission.
We ask a signed COPYRIGHT FORM to start the publication process.
The "Copyright Form" file below should be downloaded, filled, signed by authors, scanned, turned into pdf format and then uploaded to the database of the journal.
For any information please mail to editor@agats.org
Review and Publication Process
Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review by the editor-in-chief if they do not comply with the instructions to authors or if they are beyond the scope of the journal.
A full double-blind refereeing process is used. According to the recommendations of reviewers, It is determined that a paper will be accepted or not. Recommendations of reviewers should be taken into consideration by authors. Reviewers can directly reject or find the manuscript can be published. Reviewers can also want to see the manuscript after corrections made according to the recommendations.
For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
An acceptance letter will be provided after the revising process.
Author/Corresponding Author will be notified of the possible date of publication.
The responsibility of the articles published in AGATS belongs to the authors.
Copyright belongs to the AGATS upon acceptance of the manuscript.
