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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	33
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	25
3	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	21
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	21
5	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
6	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
7	Journal of Sport and Health Science	18
-	Tourism Review	18
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	18
10	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	17
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	17
12	Annals of Tourism Research	15
13	Journal of Travel Research	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	14
15	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	13
-	Information Technology & Tourism	13
17	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	11
18	Journal of Vacation Marketing	10
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	10
20	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	9
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	9
-	Current Issues in Tourism	9
23	Sport Management Review	8
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	8
-	Tourism Geographies	8
26	Journal of Sport Management	7
-	Tourism Economics	7
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	7
-	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	7
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	7
-	Tourist Studies	7
-	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	7
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	7
34	Journal of Leisure Research	6
35	Leisure Studies	5
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	5
-	Sport Education and Society	5
-	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	5
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	5
40	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	4
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	4
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	4
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	4
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	4
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	4
-	Journal of Sports Economics	4
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	4
-	Leisure Sciences	4
-	Communication & Sport	4
50	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	3

-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	3
-	Sport in Society	3
53	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	2
-	Sport Psychologist	2
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	0