OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Information Technology & Tourism is 23. 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
When and why personalized tourism recommendations reduce purchase intention?	105
From museums to fantasyscapes: user responses to traditional and hyperreality VR in cultural tourism	90
Virtual reality’s promise for eco-friendly adventures: a study on its role in fostering sustainable tourism and reducing environmental footprint	86
Big data analytics of online news to explore destination image using a comprehensive deep-learning approach: a case from Mexico	73
Measuring tourism destination image from multimodal online reviews: a novel framework using deep learning approach	71
An enabling Framework for Blockchain in Tourism	66
Influencers and the choice of a travel destination: a customer journey and information processing perspective	48
Assessing pre-travel online destination experience values of destination websites: scale development and validation	48
Evaluation of generative artificial intelligence tools in tourism using the extended VIKOR method with probabilistic linguistic information incorporating regret theory	47
AI-powered smartphones and phygital tourism experiences: implications and future research directions	46
Driving tourism growth through AI adoption in G-7 economies: a quantile regression approach	40
Psychological recovery effects of 3D virtual tourism with real scenes -- a comparative study	39
Digital transformation: what are the smart cities today?	37
Challenges in smart tourism: a media content analysis of digital barriers for senior tourists in China	34
Metaverse and tourism development: issues and opportunities in stakeholders’ perception	34
A user experience perspective on heritage tourism in the metaverse: Empirical evidence and design dilemmas for VR	33
The pandemic of loneliness: designing smart tourism for combating loneliness	32
Optimising geotrail planning by leveraging least-cost path for sustainable geotourism development: a case study on a Tasmanian west coast post-mining landscape	32
Will a technology-featured authentic shopping environment motivate participants’ purchasing behavior in tourism live-streamed shopping?	30
Revisiting and exploring trust in the digital era: conceptualization and scale development of digital trust in hospitality and tourism	28
Does familiarity with the attraction matter? Antecedents of satisfaction with virtual reality for heritage tourism	26
Tourism in the digital frontier: a study on user continuance intention in the metaverse	24
A multi-criteria recommendation system for personalised tourism experiences with user query analysis	23