OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education is 8. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Teaching generic skill sets to sport undergraduates to increase their employability and promote smooth college-to-work transition	77
A bibliometric study on higher tourism education and curriculum	60
Tourism education in Spain's secondary schools: The curriculums' perspective	48
Using active learning strategies on travel and tourism higher education programmes in Ireland	40
Research on literacy in tourism: A review and future research agenda	39
Contemplative pedagogy and decentering whiteness in sport management education	36
How internship environmental factors affect students’ career intentions in the hotel industry through the reflective thinking processes	32
Retrospective regret in hospitality graduates about their misvaluation of finance track courses during study	29
Stigmatized female moral rebels in hospitality/tourism	28
Evaluation of entrustable professional activities and competency assessment in sport and exercise sciences in higher education: Student perceptions of the impact on learning	26
“It should have been named women's rights … I was displeased”: Teaching about gender ideology in the sport sociology classroom	24
Teaching Spoken English for hospitality management major in China	23
Whence legitimate peripheral participation? De-trivializing the social dynamics around Chinese students' doctoral research in the West	22
“It feels like a job …” Understanding commuter students: Motivations, engagement, and learning experiences	22
Research-based learning (RBL): Added-value in tourism education	21
Conceptualization of diversity and inclusion: Tensions and contradictions in the sport management classroom	21
The two-way perspective of tourism undergraduates towards (post-)viral world: The future of tourism, and vocational development and career	19
“What motivates me?” Motivation to conduct research of academics in teaching-oriented universities in China	18
TikTok for developing learning motivation and oral proficiency in MICE learners	18
Exploring the role of a serious game in developing competencies in higher tourism education	18
Gamification and deep learning approaches in higher education	18
Why you leave and what can we do? The roles of job burnout and vocational skill in hotel internships	16
How technology facilitates tourism education in COVID-19:case study of nankai University	16
Higher education and the sustainable tourism pedagogy: Are tourism students ready to lead change in the post pandemic era?	16
Enhancing university student employability through practical experiential learning in the sport industry: An industry-academia cooperation case from Taiwan	15

Perceived value within an international hospitality learning environment: Antecedents and outcomes	15
TikTok for learning through movement, dramatization, and music: Insights for higher education applications in sport sciences	14
International graduate students’ perspectives on sense of belonging in leisure	14
Learning experiences in the culinary classroom: Identifying barriers and enablers in the practical teaching-learning process in gastronomy	14
Institutional and sport management educators' implementation of reading list diversity: A congruence analysis	13
Pivotal roles of university leader dominance and entrepreneurial bricolage between social responsibility and sustainable knowledge sharing	13
Designing internships for development: A design-based research study with FanGate Solutions	13
Present and prospective research themes for tourism and hospitality education post-COVID19: A bibliometric analysis	11
Learning innovative entrepreneurship: Developing an influential curriculum for undergraduate hospitality students	11
Breaking down the silos: Student experience of transformative learning through interdisciplinary project-based learning (IPBL)	11
A qualitative analysis of undergraduate sport management student skill and awareness development at an international sports event	10
Design thinking in hospitality education: Lessons learned and future opportunities	10
The relationship between career adaptability, hope, resilience, and life satisfaction for hospitality students in times of Covid-19	10
A model to establish a zero food waste competence scale for hospitality students	10
Statistical learning in sports education: A case study on improving quantitative analysis skills through project-based learning	10
How did the COVID-19 pandemic influence students’ career expectations in the hotel and tourism industry?	9
Exploring Chinese students’ issues and concerns of studying abroad amid COVID-19 pandemic: an actor-network perspective	9
Linking hospitality and tourism students’ internship satisfaction to career decision self-efficacy: A moderated-mediation analysis involving career development constructs	9
University and industry cooperation from the perspective of hotel managers: The case of Türkiye	8
What can be learned from the country's first university owned brewery and brewpub? A case study	8
The impact of student attendance on assessment specific performance in sport degree programs	8
A personal learning environment (PLE) approach to mobile teaching and learning on a short-term study abroad	8
Undergraduate sport sciences students’ attitudes towards statistics: A gender perspective	8
The behavior model of psychological contract between sports teachers and undergraduate students in China	8