The following code of conduct was established by the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea (TOSOK henceforth) which oversees the Journal of Tourism Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Journal. The code of conduct acknowledges fundamentals and directions associated with responsibility and standards that construct ethical guidelines of this journal.

1) Data fabrication: This concerns the making up of research findings.
2) Data falsification: Manipulating research data/materials/procedures with the intention of giving false results (changing, adding or omitting data points, etc)
3) Plagiarism: Presenting the work of others (data, results, text) as if it was his/her own without proper acknowledgment.
4) Duplicate submission / publication: This refers to the practice of submitting the same study to multiple journals or publishing more or less the same study in multiple journals.
5) Authorship misconduct: This refers to removing authors despite significant contribution as well as including inappropriate co-authors. Authorship shall be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions shall be listed as co-authors. 6) Intentionally impeding investigation of misconduct and harming informants who reported misconduct.
7) Other deviant behaviors violating social norms and research ethical guidelines

In order to publish in this journal, authors shall comply with the following.
1) Authors shall comply with the research ethical guidelines at all times. As stipulated in the Article the manuscripts submitted to this journal shall not contain scientific dishonesty and fraud.
2) Authors shall present a concise and accurate report of their research. To contribute to advancing society and academia, research procedures/related materials/research outcomes shall be disclosed as long as confidential information is protected.
3) When the author uses his/her work that is already published, the author shall cite appropriately or obtain permission from the editor of the journal.
4) Authors are required at the time of submission to disclose any perceived or potential conflict of interest, financial or otherwise (e.g., consultancies, stock ownership, equity interests,
patent-licensing arrangements, lack of access to data, or lack of control of the decision to publish, or any other potential conflict) in the Conflict of Interest.
5) Authors shall respect asks from the editors or readers even after a submitted manuscript has been published. When an error or inaccuracy in a published paper is discovered, authors should cooperate with editors to resolve the problem.

1) The editor-in-chief and subject editors must ensure that the submitted papers are fairly reviewed excluding prejudices or personal acquaintance with the authors.
2) The editor-in-chief and subject editors shall request the review of the submitted papers to editors and reviewers with expertise in the relevant fields.
3) The editor-in-chief and subject editors shall keep all matters related to the author in secret against anyone, including associate editors and reviewers, until the submitted paper is published.
4) The editor-in-chief puts together the opinions of the editors and reviewers to finally decide on whether or not to publish the papers.
5) When an associate editor has been requested by the editor-in-chief and subject editors to review a paper that coincides with his/her field of expertise, the associate editor should actively review the paper, and the associate editor shall help the editor-in-chief and subject editors select reviewers with specialized knowledge in the relevant field.

1) The reviewers shall faithfully review the paper requested for review within the designated period and inform the editorial office of the result. If any reviewer is unable to review the paper requested for review, he/she shall immediately notify the fact to the editorial office along with the reason.
2) The reviewers should state the strengths and weaknesses of the paper in the statement of review opinions; provided that, in cases where any revision or improvement is necessary, the reviewers should clearly explain the reason, and pay attention to the way of expression of the statement of review opinions so that the author's personality can be respected.
3) In reviewing the paper requested for review, reviewers shall evaluate the paper professionally and objectively without considering any element other than professional knowledge.
4) Reviewers must keep the confidentiality of the paper requested for review and should not use the information obtained during the review process for personal purposes before the paper is published. 5) If a reviewer finds out that the submitted paper requested for review has been published in another journal or is undergoing duplicate review, he/she must immediately notify the fact to the editorial committee.

In case an author violates aforementioned publishing ethics or commits misconduct, the following sanctions will be imposed.
1) The manuscript in review will be rejected, and the author will be banned from submitting manuscript for at least three years. The author will be warned by the president of TOSOK.
2) If the manuscript was already published, it will be withdrawn from the journal. This incident will be posted on the TOSOK website for six months, and will be reported to the author’s institution.
3) For those who has failed to comply with the ethical guidelines, it is considered seriously violating the bylaws (Clause 2 of Article 12). As a result, his/her TOSOK membership will be expelled and will be banned from submitting manuscript to this journal at least for four years.

The following stipulates procedures in regards to forming and operating research ethics committee.
1) The research ethics committee is composed of five persons: vice president, editor, and three persons recommended by the editor (and appointed by the president of TOSOK afterwards)
2) The research ethics committee can be convened if requested by the president of TOSOK or the chair of the committee.
3) When a research ethic committee meeting is called, all members of the committee shall be present. The agenda is approved with the majority of votes. The committee chair has the same right to vote.