“Studia Periegetica” is a multidisciplinary and international journal in which articles are published following the highest standards of publication ethics, using the double-blind peer review process, with each submission reviewed by at least two reviewers (selected by the editor depending on the field of expertise) and published under an open access license.

"Studia Periegetica" publishes empirical and theoretical articles that contribute to the development of academic knowledge and methodology in tourism, hospitality, recreation, and sustainable development.

The thematic scope of the journal encompasses issues related to the activities of people, enterprises, organisations, government, and local government administration in the field of tourism and recreation, analysed from a multidisciplinary perspective that incorporates social sciences, humanities, life sciences, health, and physical culture sciences.

The spatial scope of the journal encompasses works on countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as developing countries from Africa and other regions.

The Journal’s Mission
“Studia Periegetica” is a high-quality scientific journal exploring the socio-economic aspects of tourism and recreation. The journal provides a platform for debate and open exchange of ideas for scientists from Central and Eastern Europe, and developing countries (from Africa and others), representing various disciplines of social sciences and others.

The Publisher

“Studia Periegetica” has been issued since 2007. In 2007-2013 the journal was published by Wielkopolska School of Tourism and Management. Since 2013 "Studia Periegetica" has been published by the WSB Merito University in Poznan.

WSB Merito University in Poznań finances all expenses related to the functioning of the journal.

Publication frequency: semi-annually (since 2024).

Language of publication: English and Polish.

Publishing forms: since 2019 the journal has been published online.

All articles are fully open-access.

Until the end of 2018, the journal was published as a printed version (circulation of 150 copies).

The publisher of the journal “Studia Periegtica” does not charge any fees for publishing articles.

Open Access Statement

“Studia Periegetica” complies with an open-access policy, meaning that all journal articles are available online to all users immediately upon publication.

Licencing

Articles are licensed under an Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

This means that non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

All users can use CC-licensed materials as long as they follow the license conditions:

BY – the user is free to adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material when proper attribution to the original source is provided (Attribution);

ND (NoDerivatives) — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

Archiving

If a journal will no longer be published, the journal’s content may be accessed via CLOCKSS.

Advertising

Studia Periegetica does not publish any advertisements.

Copyright

Authors hold copyrights of their papers without restrictions.

Statistics

Acceptance rate: 45%

Days to First Editorial Decision: 3.

Days to Accept: 56