Publication Opportunities

All abstracts of papers presented at the symposium will be published in an ISBN-assigned Symposium Proceedings e-Book.

Authors presenting papers at the 6^th International Media Studies Symposium (IMS 2026) will be offered the following international publication opportunities, subject to editorial and peer-review processes:

Special Issue – Akdeniz İletişim Journal

Authors of papers presented at IMS 2026 may submit their manuscripts for consideration in a special issue of Akdeniz İletişim, the peer-reviewed academic journal of the Faculty of Communication at Akdeniz University indexed in TR Dizin, EBSCO, DOAJ, and ERIH PLUS.

• Submissions must be original, unpublished, and written in English.
  • Manuscripts will be submitted after the symposium through the journal’s regular submission system.
  • All submissions will undergo the journal’s standard double-blind peer-review process.
  • Acceptance for presentation at the symposium does not guarantee publication in the special issue.

All editorial decisions, review processes, and publication timelines will be conducted independently by the journal’s editorial board, in accordance with its publication policies and ethical standards.

 Edited Book Volume – Tourism Communication and Digital Technologies
As a second publication option, full papers may be considered for inclusion as book chapters in an edited volume titled Tourism Communication and Digital Technologies, to be published by an international academic publisher.

• Chapters must be full papers written in English.
  • Chapters will be subject to an editorial evaluation process determined by the Scientific Editorial Board.
• Further details regarding the publisher, submission guidelines, and timelines will be announced following the symposium.

 

Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR)
As an additional publication opportunity, authors presenting at IMS 2026 may submit their full papers to Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR), an international peer-reviewed academic journal indexed in ESCI and Scopus, published by the Faculty of Tourism at Akdeniz University.

• Manuscripts will be submitted through the journal’s regular submission system.
  • All submissions will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process.
  • While a dedicated special issue will not be published, submissions originating from the symposium will be given priority consideration in the review process.
  • Acceptance for presentation at the symposium does not guarantee publication in the journal.

All editorial decisions, review processes, and publication timelines will be conducted independently by the journal’s editorial board, in accordance with its publication policies and ethical standards.

These publication opportunities aim to support the international visibility and academic impact of research presented at IMS 2026, while maintaining rigorous scholarly and ethical standards.