Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	30
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	23
3	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	21
4	International Journal of Hospitality Management	20
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	20
6	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	19
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	19
8	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	18
9	Annals of Tourism Research	16
10	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	15
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	15
-	Tourism Review	15
13	Tourism Management Perspectives	14
-	Journal of Travel Research	14
15	Information Technology & Tourism	13
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	13
17	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	10
18	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	9
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	9
20	Current Issues in Tourism	8
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	8
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	8
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	8
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	8
-	Sport Management Review	8
26	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	7
-	Tourism Geographies	7
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	7
-	Tourism Economics	7
30	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	6
-	Tourist Studies	6
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	6
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	6
-	Journal of Sport Management	6
35	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	5
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	5
-	Sport Education and Society	5
-	Journal of Leisure Research	5
-	Leisure Studies	5
40	Communication & Sport	4
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	4
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	4
-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	4
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	4
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	4
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	4
47	Journal of Sports Economics	3
-	Leisure Sciences	3
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	3
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	3

-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	3
52	Sport in Society	2
-	Sport Psychologist	2
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	2
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	1