1. Journal Ownership: Tourism Critiques is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of the College of Tourism, Beijing Union University.
2. Governing Body: The editorial team is appointed and managed by the College of Tourism, Beijing Union University and BUU China-New Zealand Tourism Research Unit. The journal is governed by the editorial team in collaboration with Emerald Publishing.
3. 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.
4. 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: Julie Lin: Publisher – [email protected]
5. 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.
6. 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 College of Tourism, Beijing Union University. There are currently no Article Processing Charges to the author(s).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Frequency: The journal publishes three issues per annum
10. Access: All journal articles are published Open Access on EmeraldInsight.com - http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/trc under a CCBY 4.0 licence (please see section 5).
11. 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 College of Tourism, Beijing Union University.
12. Advertising: The journal does not accept direct advertising
13. Archiving: Emerald provides perpetual access for all e-journal content by working with digital preservation schemes Portico, LOCKSS and CLOCKSS.
14. 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 College of Tourism, Beijing Union University unless otherwise agreed with Emerald.

This statement was prepared by Julie Lin (Emerald Publishing) on 26th December 2019.