OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Sustainable Tourism 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Diaspora’s intuitive role as cultural ambassador: toward a new cultural sustainability perspective	196
From inertia to action: how humorous signs nudge tourists toward sustainability	177
Protected area influence over resident attitudes towards tourism in gateway communities	141
Visitors’ motivations to engage in glacier tourism in the European Alps: comparison of six sites in France, Switzerland, and Austria	134
The role of tourism in boosting circular transition: a measurement system based on a participatory approach	114
How does negative destination publicity influence residents’ shame and quality of life? The moderating role of perceived destination resilience	111
Environmental habitus of chefs and food waste management in hospitality operations	98
Guiding pro-environmental behaviour: examining the impact of cognitive and behavioural interventions on sustainable food choices in hospitality	87
Weather, climate change and business models: perspectives on future sustainability from heritage tourism organisations	72
The design of an eco-tax on tourism waste for sustainable destinations, based on environmental efficiency and spatial dependence	68
Correction	68
Tourist emotional change and social media coping – evidence from interactions between tourists and host children in impoverished destinations	66
Beauty and tourists’ sustainable behaviour in rural tourism: a self-transcendent emotions perspective	64
Who is sharing green eWOM? Big data evidence from the travel and tourism industry	60
Dis/ability in nature-based tourism: a poststructuralist perspective	54
A machine learning approach to classifying sustainability practices in hotel management	53
Managerial green leadership behavior and its impact on employee environmental citizenship behavior: the mediating role of green intellectual capital in the hospitality sector	53
Environmental sustainability in the event industry: a systematic review and a research agenda	53
DEI management and firm performance in the hospitality industry: the moderating role of country-level DEI climate	51
The effect of destination brand love on environmentally responsible behavior: A comparison between tourists and residents	50
Loyalty program mobility beliefs and carbon offset	48
Mapping embodiment across the nexus of gender, tourism, and entrepreneurship	47
Journeys of sacredness: the role of symbolism in nature-based religious destinations	47
Financing tourism entrepreneurship: a gender perspective on the reproduction of inequalities	44
Making memories that matter: how do different recollections of an Antarctic tourism experience impact future conservation behavior?	42

Relational antecedents of sustainability orientation in hospitality and tourism firms: the mediating role of absorptive capacity	41
Decarbonizing business travel: a qualitative exploration of the (mis-)alignment between knowledge organizations’ climate strategies and travel practices	41
Aviation big data-driven tourism carbon efficiency evaluation: evidence from China	40
Promoting sustainability in hotels: do guests commit and save water?	40
Exploring psychological mechanisms behind tourists’ sustainable behaviours at homestays	39
Decolonising tourism and development: from orphanage tourism to community empowerment in Cambodia	38
Scale development for measuring sustainability of urban destinations from the perspectives of residents, tourists, businesses and government	38
From Overtourism to Sustainability Governance: A New Tourism Era	38
Pathway to zero emissions in global tourism: opportunities, challenges, and implications	36
Minimizing the sustainability knowledge-practice gap through creating shared value: The case of small accommodation firms	35
Book review: quantitative sustainability: interdisciplinary research for sustainable development goals	35