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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	28
2	International Journal of Hospitality Management	27
3	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	22
4	Annals of Tourism Research	20
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	20
6	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	19
7	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	18
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	18
9	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	17
10	Tourism Management Perspectives	16
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	16
-	Journal of Travel Research	16
13	Information Technology & Tourism	14
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	14
15	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	12
-	Tourism Review	12
17	Sport Management Review	11
18	Current Issues in Tourism	10
-	Tourism Geographies	10
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	10
22	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	9
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	9
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
25	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	8
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	8
-	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	8
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	8
-	Tourism Economics	8
30	Tourist Studies	7
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	7
32	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	6
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	6
-	Journal of Sport Management	6
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	6
36	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	5
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	5
-	Leisure Sciences	5
-	Sport Education and Society	5
-	Journal of Leisure Research	5
-	Leisure Studies	5
42	Communication & Sport	4
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	4
-	Journal of Sports Economics	4
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	4
-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	4
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	4
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	4
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	4
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	4

51	Sport in Society	3
-	Sport Psychologist	3
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	3
54	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	2
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	1