Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation 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	H4-Index
1	Tourism Management	61
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	58
3	International Journal of Hospitality Management	56
4	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	48
5	Annals of Tourism Research	42
6	Journal of Sport and Health Science	40
7	Tourism Review	37
8	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	35
9	Current Issues in Tourism	34
-	Journal of Travel Research	34
11	Tourism Management Perspectives	32
12	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	31
13	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	28
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	28
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	28
16	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	26
17	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	25
18	International Journal of Tourism Research	24
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	24
20	Information Technology & Tourism	23
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	23
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	23
23	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	22
24	Tourism Geographies	20
25	Tourism Economics	19
26	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	18
27	European Sport Management Quarterly	17
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	17
-	Leisure Studies	17
30	Sport Education and Society	16
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	16
-	Journal of Sport Management	16
33	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	15
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	15
35	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	14
-	Leisure Sciences	14
37	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
-	Sport in Society	13
-	Communication & Sport	13
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	13
-	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	13
-	Sport Management Review	13
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	13
44	Journal of Leisure Research	12
45	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	11
-	Journal of Sports Economics	11
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	11
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	11
49	Tourist Studies	10
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	10

51	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	9
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	9
53	Sport Psychologist	7
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	7
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	5