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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Guiding pro-environmental behaviour: examining the impact of cognitive and behavioural interventions on sustainable food choices in hospitality	174
Protected area influence over resident attitudes towards tourism in gateway communities	134
How does negative destination publicity influence residents’ shame and quality of life? The moderating role of perceived destination resilience	124
Environmental habitus of chefs and food waste management in hospitality operations	105
Diaspora’s intuitive role as cultural ambassador: toward a new cultural sustainability perspective	97
Understanding drivers and barriers affecting tourists’ engagement in digitally mediated pro-sustainability boycotts	94
The role of tourism in boosting circular transition: a measurement system based on a participatory approach	82
Visitors’ motivations to engage in glacier tourism in the European Alps: comparison of six sites in France, Switzerland, and Austria	81
Tourist emotional change and social media coping – evidence from interactions between tourists and host children in impoverished destinations	78
The design of an eco-tax on tourism waste for sustainable destinations, based on environmental efficiency and spatial dependence	67
Correction	59
Beauty and tourists’ sustainable behaviour in rural tourism: a self-transcendent emotions perspective	59
Managerial green leadership behavior and its impact on employee environmental citizenship behavior: the mediating role of green intellectual capital in the hospitality sector	57
Evaluating the effects of hotel location on the adoption of green management strategies and hotel performance	57
Who is sharing green eWOM? Big data evidence from the travel and tourism industry	56
Environmental sustainability in the event industry: a systematic review and a research agenda	54
DEI management and firm performance in the hospitality industry: the moderating role of country-level DEI climate	53
Mapping embodiment across the nexus of gender, tourism, and entrepreneurship	51
Aviation big data-driven tourism carbon efficiency evaluation: evidence from China	51
Visitors’ values and perceptions of seal watching management in Northwestern Iceland	50
Making memories that matter: how do different recollections of an Antarctic tourism experience impact future conservation behavior?	49
Relational antecedents of sustainability orientation in hospitality and tourism firms: the mediating role of absorptive capacity	48
Loyalty program mobility beliefs and carbon offset	47
Decarbonizing business travel: a qualitative exploration of the (mis-)alignment between knowledge organizations’ climate strategies and travel practices	44
A machine learning approach to classifying sustainability practices in hotel management	44

The effect of destination brand love on environmentally responsible behavior: A comparison between tourists and residents	44
Journeys of sacredness: the role of symbolism in nature-based religious destinations	43
Financing tourism entrepreneurship: a gender perspective on the reproduction of inequalities	42
From Overtourism to Sustainability Governance: A New Tourism Era	41
Decolonising tourism and development: from orphanage tourism to community empowerment in Cambodia	39
Scale development for measuring sustainability of urban destinations from the perspectives of residents, tourists, businesses and government	38
Pathway to zero emissions in global tourism: opportunities, challenges, and implications	38
Work and leisure: negative cross-contextual spillover of individuals’ pro-environmental behaviours from workplace to hotel	37
Exploring psychological mechanisms behind tourists’ sustainable behaviours at homestays	37
Book review: quantitative sustainability: interdisciplinary research for sustainable development goals	36
Early community recommendations for sustainable mega-events: evidence from the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games	35