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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	32
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	25
3	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	20
5	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	19
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
7	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	18
8	International Journal of Hospitality Management	17
9	Tourism Management Perspectives	16
10	Annals of Tourism Research	15
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	15
-	Journal of Travel Research	15
-	Tourism Review	15
14	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	14
15	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	13
16	Information Technology & Tourism	12
17	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	10
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	10
19	Current Issues in Tourism	9
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	9
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	9
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	9
24	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	8
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	8
26	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	7
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	7
-	Tourism Geographies	7
-	Tourist Studies	7
-	Sport Management Review	7
-	Tourism Economics	7
32	International Journal of Tourism Research	6
-	Journal of Leisure 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
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	5
-	Leisure Studies	5
40	Communication & Sport	4
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	4
-	Journal of Sports Economics	4
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	4
-	Leisure Sciences	4
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	4
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	4
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	4
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	4
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	4
50	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	3

-	Sport in Society	3
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	3
53	Sport Psychologist	2
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	2
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	0