Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Tourism Management	64
2	International Journal of Hospitality Management	56
3	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	55
4	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	51
5	Journal of Sport and Health Science	39
-	Tourism Review	39
7	Journal of Travel Research	38
8	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	37
9	Annals of Tourism Research	36
-	Current Issues in Tourism	36
11	Tourism Management Perspectives	33
12	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	32
13	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	31
14	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	30
15	International Journal of Tourism Research	27
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	27
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	27
18	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	26
19	Journal of Vacation Marketing	24
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	24
-	Tourism Geographies	24
22	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	23
23	Information Technology & Tourism	22
24	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	19
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
-	Tourism Economics	19
28	Leisure Studies	18
29	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	16
30	European Sport Management Quarterly	15
-	Journal of Sport Management	15
-	Sport Management Review	15
-	Communication & Sport	15
-	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	15
-	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	15
-	Sport in Society	15
37	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	14
-	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	14
-	Sport Education and Society	14
41	Journal of Leisure Research	13
-	Leisure Sciences	13
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
44	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	12
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	12
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	12
47	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	11
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	11
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	11
-	Tourist Studies	11

51	Journal of Sports Economics	9
-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	9
53	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	8
-	Sport Psychologist	8
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	5