
Description
Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory (TRC) publishes peer-reviewed research and commentary open access in fields related to the development of theory, practice and policy making that relates to tourism. The journal is owned by College of Tourism, Beijing Union University, and delivered by Emerald Publishing Services.


Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory (TRC) seeks articles that review and critique current understanding of tourism and its social, economic, cultural, environmental and political impacts as demonstrated through business practices and policy-making by organisations. It is international in coverage, and is compliant with Plan S, that is, it is open access and authors are not required to pay authorship fees. It has an internationally recognised editorial board.
All articles are published open access, so are made freely available at no charge to the author.
Open access
All articles published in Tourism Critiques are published Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
Tourism Critiques is published by Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of the College of Tourism, Beijing Union University, who owns the title. Tourism Critiques is published under a platinum OA arrangement, in that all charges for publishing an OA article in the Journal are funded by the College of Tourism, Beijing Union University. Therefore, there is no charge to the author.
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Editor-in-Chief
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Professor
Chris
Ryan
(Director)
University of Waikato - New Zealand
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Professor
Chris
Ryan
(Director)
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Associate Editor
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Dr
Xiaoyu Nancy
Zhang
Nancy is expert in China’s classical literature and cultural and heritage tourism. She heads the Film Tourism Research Unit, College of Tourism, Beijing Union University. She is an Associate of the BUU China-New Zealand Tourism Research Unit.
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Dr
Xiaoyu Nancy
Zhang
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Publishing Services Manager
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Eva
Chen
Emerald Publishing
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Eva
Chen
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Journal Editorial Office (For queries related to pre-acceptance)
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Purnima
Joshi
Emerald Publishing
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Purnima
Joshi
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Supplier Project Manager (For queries related to post-acceptance)
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Vinayak Krishna
Salunke
Emerald Publishing
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Vinayak Krishna
Salunke
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Editorial Board
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Professor
Jigang
Bao
Sun Ya-sen University - People's Republic of China
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Professor
Sue
Beeton
Sue is a travel researcher and writer as well as holding various honorary posts including Foundation Chair of the College Eminent Professor at William Angliss Institute in Melbourne and as an Associate (and past Head of School) at LaTrobe University.
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Professor Dr
Donna
Chambers
Prior to entering academia Donna spent five years in the Jamaican Tourism Ministry. She now heads the Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism Research Institute at the University of Sunderland.
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Associate Professor
Chin
Ee-Ong
Chin Ee was previously at the National University of Singapore but in 2019 joined the School of Tourism at Sun Yat-Sen University.
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Professor
Mike
Hall
Michael is a Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Canterbury and a Docent in Geography at the University of Oulu.
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Dr.
Catheryn-Khoo
Lattimore
Catheryn is editor of Tourism Management Perspectives and has specific research interests in Asian youth and tourist experiences, and additionally in gender issues.
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Associate Professor
Tim
Lee
Timothy is Associate Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia and has held the post of Vice-President of the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Sciences.
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Associate Professor
Ping
Li
Ping is Associate Professor at Yuexiu School of Hospitality Management, Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Zheijiang, China, and a Director of Tourism Think Tank International.
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Professor
Betty
Luo Qiuju
Betty is Deputy Dean of the School of Tourism Management at Sun Yat-Sen University and specialises in the area of exhibition, convention, mega events, event tourism, social media, and crisis management.
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Professor
Alastair M.
Morrison
Alastair holds the position of Research Professor at the Greenwich Business School, University of Greenwich - UK
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Professor
Philip
Pearce
Phil is Foundation Professor of Tourism at James Cook University. He was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor of the University in 2016, the first social scientist to achieve this accolade at James Cook University.
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Dr.
Fanggang
Shi
Dr. Fangfang Shi is Assistant Dean of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management and Surrey International Institute (a joint institute with the University of Surrey) at the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.
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Professor
Trevor
Sofield
Formerly at the University of Tasmania Trevor retains a position in Australia but also holds an adjunct position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Professor
Marla Royne
Stafford
Marla is the Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the William F. Harrah Distinguished Chair in the Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
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Associate Professor
Ming Ming
Su
Ming Ming Su is an Associate Professor at the School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing. She holds degrees from the University of Waterloo in Canada and Tsinghua University in China.
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Professor
Ipkin Anthony
Wong
Anthony is a statistician who transferred in 2018 to join Sun Yat-Sen University, and he also holds a visiting position at Beijing Union University. Much of his past work was related to the gaming behaviour of Chinese visitors.
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Professor
Honggan
Xu
Honggang is current Dean of the College of Tourism at Sun Yat-Sen University and in 2016 won the Roy Wolfe Award from the American Association of Geographers - Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group (AAG-RTS).
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Professor
Bowei
Zeng
Bowei is the Director of China Tourism Economics and Policy Research Centre of Beijing Union University.
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Professor
Chaozhi
Zhang
Chaozhi is professor of tourism at the School of Tourism Management at Sun Yat-Sen University. He professor of UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Tourism in UNESCO Designated Sites.
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Professor
Jigang
Bao
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Senior Consulting Editor
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Dr.
Li
Xuewei
Xuewei is President of Beijing Union University, and a theoretical mathematician with specific research interests in computer networks transportation, big data theory and key technologies, and management sciences.
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Dr.
Li
Xuewei
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Consulting Editor
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Dr.
Yan
Xuyang
Xuyang is Dean of the College of Tourism, Beijing Union University and is an econometrician degrees in maths and economics and his doctoral degree from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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Dr.
Yan
Xuyang
This journal is included in the following abstract and indexing services:
- British Library
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- Summons (ProQuest)
- WorldCat
Transparency statement for Tourism Critiques
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Journal Ownership: Tourism Critiques is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of the Beijing Union.
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Governing Body: The editorial team is appointed and managed by the Beijing Union. The journal is governed by the editorial team in collaboration with Emerald Publishing.
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Peer Review Process: The journal operates a double blind peer review model. All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor. If they are considered suitable for consideration, articles will then be a reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rests with the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
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Editorial team/contact information: Contact details for the editorial team can be found on the journal homepage. Queries may also be directed to Emerald’s Publishing team as follows:
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Copyright: All articles in the journal are published Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY-4.0). This allows authors to retain copyright of their work whilst others can share, use and build upon this work created as long as appropriate attribution is given.
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Author Fees: The journal is published under a Platinum Open Access arrangement, in that all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal are funded by the Beijing Union. There are currently no Article Processing Charges to the author(s).
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Allegations of Misconduct: All journals published by Emerald are members of and subscribe to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics. In the event of any allegation of research or publication misconduct the publisher and editor will adhere to COPE guidelines in dealing with such allegations.
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Conflicts of interest: Authors are asked to declare any financial or ethical conflicts of interest upon submitting their work to the journal. Difficult cases will be referred to the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) for advice.
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Frequency: The journal currently publishes 2 issues per annum
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Access: All journal articles are published Open Access on EmeraldInsight.com - http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/trcpt under a CCBY 4.0 licence (please see section 5).
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Revenue sources: The journal is published under a platinum Open Access arrangement, in that all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal are funded by the Beijing Union.
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Advertising: The journal does not accept direct advertising
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Archiving: Emerald provides perpetual access for all e-journal content by working with digital preservation schemes Portico, LOCKSS and CLOCKSS.
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Direct marketing: On occasion the journal will use direct marketing activities (primarily email campaigns) to raise awareness of the journal and to invite authors to submit articles. Marketing activities are conducted by the Beijing Union unless otherwise agreed with Emerald.
This statement was updated by Eva Chen (Emerald Publishing) on 16th Feb 2020.