OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Travel Research is 33. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Which Public Attraction Gets (and Gets More) Government Funding? The Effects of Internal and External Factors	122
A Model for Brand Personality Word Embedding: Identifying UNESCO World Heritage Personality Categories	121
Reconceptualizing Tourists’ Extraordinary Experiences	102
Originality: The Holy Grail of Tourism Research	71
Animal Ethics and Tourism: Deepening a Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) Framework	67
An Attachment-Based Management Framework of Destination Attributes: Drawing on the Appraisal Theories of Emotion	67
Emotional Solidarity and Co-creation of Experience as Determinants of Environmentally Responsible Behavior: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Theory Perspective	65
What Has the Most Impact? An Exploration of Dual-Processing Systems in Hotel Booking Decisions	64
Antecedents of Social Performance in Tourism and Hospitality Firms: The Role of Employee Resilience, Transactive Memory Systems, and Dynamic Capabilities	62
Letter From the Co-Editor: Yes, “Shit’s Got to Change.” But How? A Call for a Deep Scholarship Social Movement	57
A Sequential Pattern Mining Approach to Tourist Movement: The Case of a Mega Event	55
Power and Resistance: Digital-Free Tourism in a Connected World	53
Unlocking Nontransactional Value Co-creation: Insights From Online Travel Communities	51
Framing Effects of Messages and Images on the Willingness to Pay for Pro-Poor Tourism Products	50
Engendering Pro-Sustainable Performance Through a Multi-Layered Gender Diversity Criterion: Evidence From the Hospitality and Tourism Sector	49
“Airbnb Be Like…”: Examining the Impact of Memetic Doppelgängers on Meme Virality and Brand Image	48
Travel Stress, Leisure Exploration, and Trip Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Travel Adjustment	47
Tourism as a Space of Possibilities: Reconciliation Tourism Enterprises in a Conflict-Ridden Destination	44
Extending the Conceptualization of Destination Brand Experiences	44
Is Sex Tourism Intention Uncontrollable? The Moderating Effects of Ethics and Law	43
Benign (Malicious) Envy and Conspicuous Travel Consumption Intention: Mediating Effects of Self-Enhancement and Self-Control	41
An Interactive Family Tourism Decision Model	41
Value Co-Creation and Co-Destruction Through Adult Child–Parent Interactions During Family Vacations: Scale Development and Validation	41
To Whom Does Destination Anthropomorphism Appeal? Power and Perceived Control	40
Asymmetrical Influences of Service Robots’ Perceived Performance on Overall Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation Leveraging Online Reviews	40

Developing a Multi-Dimensional Measure of Hotel Brand Customers’ Online Engagement Behaviors to Capture Non-Transactional Value	40
An Examination of the Influence of Emotional Solidarity on Value Cocreation with International Muslim Travelers	39
Sojourning and Being Well Among Contemporary Chinese Gay Men in a Tourism Destination: An Extension of Dynamic Equilibrium Theory	39
Erratum to Measuring Experience Economy Concepts: Tourism Applications	37
Family Matters: Dual Network Embeddedness, Resource Acquisition, and Entrepreneurial Success of Small Tourism Firms in Rural China	37
Residents’ Perceived Benefits of Host-Guest Interaction: Scale Development and Validation	37
From Savoring Past Trips to Craving Future Journeys: The Role of Destination Cultural Capital and Enjoyable Reminiscence	34
Does Positive Contact Between Residents and Tourists Stimulate Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior? The Role of Gratitude and Boundary Conditions	34
Unpacking the Plus-Size Travel Movement	33
COVID-19-Induced Redundancy and Socio-Psychological Well-Being of Tourism Employees: Implications for Organizational Recovery in a Resource-Scarce Context	33