Journal scope

The aim of the journal "Development Service Industry Management" is to disseminate the results of scientific research in the following fields:
D – Business, Administration and Law; J – Transport and Services.
The thematic focus of the publication corresponds to the following specialties:
D3 – Management; D7 – Trade; J2 – Hotel and Restaurant Business and Catering.

This aim determines the main objectives:

– to promote the creation of an open information environment that ensures interaction between leading experts and young researchers in the fields of management and administration and the service industry;

– to stimulate the development of an international community of specialists in the theory and practice of research in the fields of management and administration and the service industry;

– to popularize the results of dissertation research in the fields of management and administration and the service industry and to ensure prompt and convenient access to them for all interested parties;

– to provide a discussion platform for scientists, economists, managers, and hospitality professionals to search for new models and mechanisms for solving relevant problems;

– to expand cooperation between Khmelnytskyi National University and scientific and educational communities.

Open Access Policy

The journal Development Service Industry Management adheres to the Open Access policy. This means that all content is freely available and provided at no cost to users or their institutions. All articles are published permanently and free of charge immediately after the issue is released. Full-text real-time access to the journal’s scientific articles is available on the official website of the journal in the Archives section.

This corresponds to the definition of Open Access established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). The journal’s licensing policy is compatible with the vast majority of open access and archiving policies.

The journal Psychology Travelogs operates under the Creative Commons Attribution International CC-BY license. This permits users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, cite, or link to the full text of articles published in this journal.

Publication Ethics and Academic Integrity

The editorial board of the journal accepts for publication only original materials—articles that have not been previously published and have not been submitted for publication to other journals.

To ensure the principles of academic integrity, Unicheck software is used to detect textual similarities in submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts in which plagiarism or unattributed textual borrowings are identified are rejected by the editorial board prior to publication in the journal. The percentage of plagiarism is calculated using the software and is also evaluated by the editorial board.

Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to reproduce illustrations, tables, and figures taken from other authors and/or sources. Such permission must be indicated below each respective element.