About this journal
Aims and scope
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research is the official journal of the Asia Pacific Tourism Association (Founded September 1995) and seeks to publish both empirically and theoretically based articles of high quality which advance and foster knowledge of tourism.
The Journal welcomes submissions of full length articles and critical reviews on major issues with relevance to tourism in the Asia Pacific region.
Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 200K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.152 (2023) SNIP
- 1.051 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 6 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 74 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 9% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Kaye Chon - Biography - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Managing Editor:
Rob Law - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Social Media Editor:
Ruoyuan Wang - University of Innsbruck, Austria
Editorial Review Board:
Jerome Agrusa, University of Hawaii Manoa, USA
Ki-Joon Back, University of Houston, USA
Grace Chien, I-shou University, Taiwan
Chris Choi, University of Guelph, Canada
Lawrence Fong, University of Macau, Macau
Kerry Godfrey, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Shirley V. Guevarra, University of the Philippines, The Philippines
Heesup Han, Sejong University, Korea
Yeong-Hyeon Hwang, Dong-A University, Korea
Sunghyup Sean Hyun, Hanyang University, Korea
SooCheong (Shawn) Jang, Purdue University, USA
Cathy Xin Jin, Griffith University, Australia
Soo K. Kang, Colorado State University, USA
Dae-Young Kim, University of Missouri, USA
Peter Kim, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Soon-Ho Kim, Georgia State University, USA
Haiyan Kong, Shandong University (Weihai), China
Woojin Lee, Arizona State University, USA
Yong-Ki Lee, Sejong University, Korea
Joseph Lema , University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Gang Li , Deakin University, Australia
Gang Li , University of Surrey, UK
Mimi Li , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Xiang (Robert) Li, Temple University, USA
Shanshan (Vera) Lin, Zhejiang University, China
Miguela Mena, University of the Philippines, The Philippines
Hera Oktadiana, James Cook University, Australia
H.G. Parsa, University of Denver, USA
Promsivapallop Pornpisanu, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Bruce Prideaux, CQUniversity, Australia
Harold Richins, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Bongkosh Ngamson Rittichainuwat, Siam University, Thailand
Siu-Ian (Amy) So, University of Macau, Macau
Zibin Song, Hainan University, China
Vincent Tung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Quan Vu, Deakin University, Australia
Geoffrey Wall, University of Waterloo, Canada
IpKin Anthony Wong, University of Macau, Macau
Jessica Yuan, Texas Tech. University, USA
Yulan (Yoyo) Yuan, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Jie Zhang, Nanjing University, China
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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12 online (4 print) issues per year
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