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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	30
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	22
3	International Journal of Hospitality Management	21
4	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	19
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	19
6	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	18
7	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	17
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	17
9	Annals of Tourism Research	15
10	Tourism Management Perspectives	14
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	14
-	Journal of Travel Research	14
13	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	13
-	Tourism Review	13
15	Information Technology & Tourism	12
16	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	11
17	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	9
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
19	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	8
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	8
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	8
-	Current Issues in Tourism	8
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	8
-	Sport Management Review	8
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	8
26	Tourism Economics	7
27	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	6
-	Tourist Studies	6
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	6
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	6
31	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	5
-	Tourism Geographies	5
-	Journal of Sport Management	5
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	5
35	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	4
-	Sport Education and Society	4
-	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	4
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	4
-	Journal of Leisure Research	4
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	4
-	Leisure Studies	4
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	4
43	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	3
-	Journal of Sports Economics	3
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	3
-	Leisure Sciences	3
-	Communication & Sport	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
52	Sport in Society	2
-	Sport Psychologist	2
54	International Journal of the History of Sport	1
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	1