Submissions

REVISÃO TEÓRICA / THEORETICAL REVIEW / REVISIÓN TEÓRICA

Política padrão de seção

PENSATA/ OPINION ESSAY/ ENSAYO DE OPINIÓN

Short, free-thinking texts inspired by concepts, ideas, and theories from the social sciences. Submissions should contain up to 5,000 words. No double-blind review section.

RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA

INTERVIEW

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RELATÓRIOS TÉCNICO-EXECUTIVOS

The Technical-Executive Reports section brings together brief, applied texts aimed at the transfer and public communication of knowledge, derived from research projects, extension projects, territorial diagnoses, observatories, policy evaluations, technical studies, databases, cartographic products, institutional experiences, or innovation initiatives in the field of tourism and related areas.

In distinction from traditional scientific articles, Technical-Executive Reports are not primarily intended to formulate an original theoretical contribution or to present an exhaustive literature review. Their purpose is to communicate, in a concise, rigorous, and accessible manner, evidence that is relevant to researchers, public managers, private organizations, civil society entities, tourism professionals, and other stakeholders involved in the planning, management, and evaluation of tourism activity.

Texts published in this section must clearly state the problem or object analyzed, the empirical basis used, the essential methodological procedures adopted, the main findings, their practical implications and, when appropriate, recommendations for action, limitations of the study, and possibilities for future development. They may include tables, maps, charts, infographics, visual resources, complementary materials, interviews, podcasts, databases, interactive maps, or other formats of expanded scientific communication.

Technical-Executive Reports undergo editorial evaluation, conducted by the editor responsible for the section, by a guest editor, or by a designated ad hoc technical reviewer, with a focus on adherence to the journal’s scope, minimum methodological consistency, communicational clarity, public relevance, authorship transparency, funding disclosure, potential conflicts of interest, and compliance with editorial standards. By their nature, this section is not to be confused with scientific articles submitted to blind peer review.

Section Characteristics

• Nature: applied technical-scientific text derived from research, extension, diagnosis, observatory work, evaluation, intervention, technical product, database, institutional experience, or innovation initiative.
• Length: between 3,000 and 5,000 words, with flexibility for texts that contain maps, charts, infographics, databases, visual resources, or relevant complementary materials.
• Evaluation: editorial or technical-editorial evaluation, conducted by the editor responsible for the section, by a guest editor, or by a designated technical reviewer. This modality does not correspond to double-blind peer review.
• Expected structure: presentation of the public, technical, or institutional problem; objective of the report; empirical basis used; synthesis of the methodological procedures; main findings; practical implications; recommendations, when appropriate; limitations of the study; possibilities for future development; and references used.
• Transparency: indication of authorship, author contributions, institutional affiliation, funding disclosure, potential conflicts of interest and, when applicable, the relationship of the text with technical products, previous reports, databases, research projects, extension projects, or future publications.
• Internal editorial identification: the text must include the following indication: “Technical-Executive Report — editorially evaluated text; not submitted to blind peer review.”
• Complementary materials: podcasts, interviews, interactive maps, databases, visual summaries, infographics, short videos, technical documents, or other resources of expanded scientific communication may be accepted as supplementary material.

Thematic Dossier

The Thematic Dossier section is RELAT’s rotating editorial space dedicated to the in-depth exploration of specific topics considered strategic for the advancement of Turismology. Rather than functioning as a simple thematic aggregation of articles, the dossier is conceived as an articulated intellectual unit, organized around a common problem, an emerging research agenda, or a critical issue of scientific, social, territorial, or political relevance.

Each dossier seeks to bring together contributions that engage in meaningful dialogue with one another, fostering the development of a cumulative debate around the proposed theme. Its purpose is to encourage the comparison of cases, theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches, and territorial contexts, thereby generating more comprehensive and integrated interpretations of contemporary tourism phenomena.

The section may result from open calls for papers, editorial invitations, scientific events, research networks, thematic working groups, or institutional projects, while always preserving the journal’s standards regarding peer review, originality, methodological rigor, and academic relevance. The dossier may include research articles, theoretical essays, critical reviews, academic interviews, research notes, or intervention-oriented contributions, provided that they are clearly connected to the thematic issue under consideration and comply with the journal’s editorial standards.

By adopting the Thematic Dossier format, RELAT reaffirms its commitment to the development of situated, critical, and internationally relevant research agendas. The dossier operates as a mechanism of intellectual curation, enabling the journal to act not only as a publication venue but also as an active agent in the formulation, organization, and circulation of qualified debates on tourism, society, territory, and transformation.

Critical Perspectives in Turismology

The Critical Perspectives in Turismology section constitutes the permanent continuous-flow core of RELAT. It is dedicated to the publication of original research articles, theoretical essays, critical reviews, and empirical studies that contribute to the development of Turismology as an interdisciplinary, socially situated, and theoretically informed field of knowledge.

The section welcomes contributions that approach tourism as a complex social phenomenon, articulating cultural, economic, political, environmental, institutional, territorial, organizational, and symbolic dimensions. Its purpose is not merely to gather research on tourism, but to encourage contributions capable of problematizing established concepts, critically revisiting dominant approaches, proposing new analytical frameworks, and expanding the explanatory capacity of the field.

Particular value is placed on manuscripts that demonstrate theoretical depth, methodological clarity, empirical relevance, and the ability to engage with contemporary debates across the social sciences, humanities, and applied disciplines. The section prioritizes research that moves beyond the description of cases, destinations, or markets, using tourism as an entry point for understanding broader social processes such as development, mobility, inequality, governance, territorialization, heritage-making, sustainability, labor, culture, public policy, and socio-spatial transformation.

By bringing together diverse contributions under a shared critical orientation, Critical Perspectives in Turismology affirms RELAT as a space for the production of rigorous, plural, and internationally engaged knowledge, with particular attention to the experiences, tensions, and intellectual contributions emerging from Latin America and the Global South.