Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	27
2	International Journal of Hospitality Management	19
3	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	18
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	18
5	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	17
6	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	16
7	Journal of Sport and Health Science	15
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	15
-	Annals of Tourism Research	15
10	Journal of Travel Research	14
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	14
12	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	13
13	Tourism Management Perspectives	12
-	Information Technology & Tourism	12
15	Tourism Review	10
16	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	9
17	Journal of Vacation Marketing	8
-	Sport Management Review	8
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	8
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	8
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	8
22	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	7
-	Tourism Economics	7
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	7
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	7
-	Current Issues in Tourism	7
27	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	6
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	6
-	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	6
30	International Journal of Tourism Research	5
-	Tourist Studies	5
-	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	5
33	Journal of Leisure Research	4
-	Journal of Sport Management	4
-	Leisure Studies	4
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	4
-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	4
-	Sport Education and Society	4
-	Tourism Geographies	4
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	4
41	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	3
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	3
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	3
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	3
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	3
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	3
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	3
-	Journal of Sports Economics	3
-	Communication & Sport	3
-	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	3

51	Leisure Sciences	2
-	Sport in Society	2
-	Sport Psychologist	2
54	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	1
-	International Journal of the History of Sport	1