OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Travel Research is 35. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Virtual Tours a Means to an End: An Analysis of Virtual Tours’ Role in Tourism Recovery Post COVID-19	173
First-Time versus Repeat Tourism Customer Engagement, Experience, and Value Cocreation: An Empirical Investigation	131
Customer Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles in Travel and Tourism	104
Antecedents of Trust and Adoption Intention toward Artificially Intelligent Recommendation Systems in Travel Planning: A Heuristic–Systematic Model	102
Tourists’ Attitudes toward the Use of Artificially Intelligent (AI) Devices in Tourism Service Delivery: Moderating Role of Service Value Seeking	100
Place-Oriented or People-Oriented Concepts for Destination Loyalty: Destination Image and Place Attachment versus Perceived Distances and Emotional Solidarity	93
Virtual Reality in Destination Marketing: Telepresence, Social Presence, and Tourists’ Visit Intentions	85
Compensatory Travel Post COVID-19: Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Risk Perception	84
Examining Tourism Consumers’ Attitudes and the Role of Sensory Information in Virtual Reality Experiences of a Tourist Destination	81
Exploring Resident–Tourist Interaction and its Impact on Tourists’ Destination Image	77
The Role of Trust in Mitigating Perceived Threat, Fear, and Travel Avoidance after a Pandemic Outbreak: A Multigroup Analysis	74
Tourism during and after COVID-19: An Expert-Informed Agenda for Future Research	71
The Impact of Geopolitical Risks on Tourism Supply in Developing Economies: The Moderating Role of Social Globalization	62
Effectiveness of Travel Social Media Influencers: A Case of Eco-Friendly Hotels	60
Measuring the Valence and Intensity of Residents’ Behaviors in Host–Tourist Interactions: Implications for Destination Image and Destination Competitiveness	57
How to “Read” a Destination from Images? Machine Learning and Network Methods for DMOs’ Image Projection and Photo Evaluation	54
Explaining Residents’ Behavioral Support for Tourism through Two Theoretical Frameworks	53
Living the Experience Before You Go . . . but Did It Meet Expectations? The Role of Virtual Reality during Hotel Bookings	53
Antecedents and Outcomes of Resident Empowerment through Tourism	50
Integrating Authenticity, Well-being, and Memorability in Heritage Tourism: A Two-Site Investigation	49
The Impact of Self-Congruity and Evaluation of the Place on WOM: Perspectives of Tourism Destination Residents	49
Residents’ Cognitive Appraisals, Emotions, and Coping Strategies at Local Dark Tourism Sites	45
No Story Without a Storyteller: The Impact of the Storyteller as a Narrative Element in Online Destination Marketing	45
A Critique of Tourism-Led Economic Growth Studies	43
Tourism and Mental Health: Foundations, Frameworks, and Futures	43

Reminiscing Other People’s Memories: Conceptualizing and Measuring Vicarious Nostalgia Evoked by Heritage Tourism	41
How to Avoid a COVID-19 Research Paper Tsunami? A Tourism System Approach	40
Understanding Potential and Repeat Visitors’ Travel Intentions: The Roles of Travel Motivations, Destination Image, and Visitor Image Congruity	40
Tourism and the COVID-(Mis)infodemic	39
Does Vivid Imagination Deter Visitation? The Role of Mental Imagery Processing in Virtual Tourism on Tourists’ Behavior	39
Tourist Mental Health Drives Destination Choice, Marketing, and Matching	37
COVID-19 and Extremeness Aversion: The Role of Safety Seeking in Travel Decision Making	37
Revisiting Tourism Destination Image: A Holistic Measurement Framework Using Big Data	36
Tourism Affinity and Its Effects on Tourist and Resident Behavior	36
How Do Group Size and Group Familiarity Influence Tourist Satisfaction? The Mediating Role of Perceived Value	35