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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	32
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	26
3	Journal of Sport and Health Science	23
4	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	21
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	21
6	Tourism Review	20
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
8	Tourism Management Perspectives	18
9	International Journal of Hospitality Management	17
10	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	16
-	Journal of Travel Research	16
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	16
-	Annals of Tourism Research	16
14	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	14
15	Information Technology & Tourism	13
16	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	12
17	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	11
18	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	10
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	10
21	Current Issues in Tourism	9
-	Tourism Geographies	9
23	European Sport Management Quarterly	8
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	8
-	Sport Management Review	8
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	8
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	8
28	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	7
-	Journal of Leisure Research	7
-	Tourism Economics	7
31	International Journal of Tourism Research	6
-	Journal of Sport Management	6
-	Leisure Studies	6
-	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	6
-	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	6
-	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	6
-	Tourist Studies	6
38	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	5
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	5
-	Sport Education and Society	5
41	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	4
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	4
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	4
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	4
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	4
-	Journal of Sports Economics	4
-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	4
-	Leisure Sciences	4
-	Communication & Sport	4
50	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	3

-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	3
-	Sport in Society	3
53	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	2
-	Sport Psychologist	2
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	1