The Journal of Ecotourism (JOE) is the world's only international journal on the topic of ecotourism and is considered to be the leading source for knowledge in this area. However, JOE also considers papers that investigate nature-based tourism, research on parks and protected areas, and the moral issues tied to the use of animals in tourism.
The journal welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical studies, particularly if these contribute to the dissemination of new ideas and models of ecotourism planning, development, management, and good practice. An additional aim is to publish papers at many different scales and from regions around the world in adopting a global approach to ecotourism.
Examples of research topics include community development, ecotourism typologies, visitor management in parks and protected areas, the social, economic, and ecological impacts of tourism in natural areas, policy development, accreditation and certification, sustainability, risk management, green marketing, interpretation and education, poverty alleviation, issues of justice and rights at ecotourism destinations, aspects of demand and supply, and work on focal species and tourism. While fauna is especially important as an ecotourism attraction, the journal also accepts papers that delve into issues on flora as well as the physical world, in keeping with the aim of advancing knowledge on the natural history of destinations.
Peer Review Statement
All papers are anonymously peer-reviewed by a minimum of two experts.
Journal metrics
Usage
77K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
6.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.076 (2023) SNIP
0.561 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
3 days avg. from submission to first
decision
53 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
14% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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.
Editor-in-Chief: David Fennell - Brock University, Canada
Managing Editor: Kyle Maurice Woosnam - University of Georgia, USA
Research Note Editor: Carl Cater-Swansea University, UK
Field Notes Editor: Katarzyna Barwicka-Ecotourism Expert at Slowhop.com, Poland
Social Media Editor: Ante Mandic- Split University, Croatia
Strategy and Innovation Editor: Bastian Thomsen - University of Oxford, UK
Peer-review Student Assistant: Chadley R. Hollas - University of Georgia, USA
International Editorial Board: Mohammad Alazaizeh- Zayed University, UAE Justin Beall -Virginia Tech, USA Ludger Brenner -Autonomous Metropolitan University, Mexico Kelly Bricker - University of Utah, USA Anna Carr - University of Otaga, New Zealand Christina Cavaliere - Colorado State University, USA Chris Cooper-Leeds Beckett University, UK Brian Danley - Uppsala University, Sweden Paul F. J. Eagles-University of Waterloo, Canada Brian Garrod-Swansea University, UK Zahed Ghaderi-Tourism department, College of Arts and Social Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Ronda Green- Griffith University, Australia Bryan Grimwood-University of Waterloo, Canada Yulei Guo - Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, China C. Michael Hall-University of Canterbury, New Zealand Elizabeth Halpenny-University of Alberta, Canada Gijsbert Hoogendoorn-University of Johannesburg, South Africa Michael Hughes -Murdoch University, Australia Carter Hunt - Penn State University, USA Glen Hvenegaard-University of Alberta, Canada Carol Kline - Appalachian State University, USA Zhong Linsheng-Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Brent Lovelock-University of Otago, New Zealand Michael Lück-Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Kevin Markwell-Southern Cross University, Australia Joe Mbaiwa- University of Botswana, Botswana John Thomas Mgonja-Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA),Tanzania Mucha Mkono-University of Queensland, Australia Farhad Moghimehfar-University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Ian Munanura- Oregon State University, USA David Newsome-Murdoch University, Australia Agnes Nowaczek-Niagara College, Canada Joe Pavelka-Mount Royal University, Canada Joanna Pearce- Edith Cowan University, Australia Christof Pforr - Curtin University, Australia Bob Powell-Clemson University, USA Kate Rodger-Murdoch University, Australia Jarkko Saarinen-University of Oulu, Finland Valerie Sheppard -Royal Roads University, Canada Mohammad Soliman -University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Oman Moren Tibabo Stone -University of Botswana, Botswana Brij Thapa- University of Florida, USA Bastian Thomsen- University of Oxford, UK Amare Wondirad- University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands Dr. Hojjat Yazdan- University of Isfahan, Iran Linsheng Zhong-Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Ecotourism
is
covered by the following abstracting & indexing services:
CABI -
Agricultural Economics Database;
Animal Breeding Abstracts (Online)
;
Animal Production Database
;
Animal Science Database
;
CAB Abstracts
(Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux);
Crop Science Database
;
Environmental Impact
;
Forest Science Database
;
Forestry Abstracts (Online)
;
Global Health
;
Grasslands and Forage Abstract (Online)
;
InfoTree
;
Leisure Tourism Database
;
Pig News and Information (Online)
;
Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (Online)
;
Plant Genetics and Breeding Database
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Plant Protection Database
;
Rural Development Abstracts (Online);
Soil Science Database
;
Soils and Fertilizers (Online)
;
Veterinary Science Database
;
VetMed Resource
;
World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts (Online)
CSA Social Services Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), Selective;
CSA Sociological Abstracts
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), Selective;
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), Selective;
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
, Core;
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
, Core - Processing Under Review;
PAIS International
(Public Affairs Information Service), Selective;
Proquest Environment Abstracts
, Core;
Sustainability Science Abstracts
, Core
Thomson Reuters –
Zoological Record Online
Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Open access
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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