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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Tourism Management	33
2	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	26
3	Journal of Sport and Health Science	24
4	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	23
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	23
6	Tourism Review	21
7	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
8	Tourism Management Perspectives	18
9	International Journal of Hospitality Management	17
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	17
-	Journal of Travel Research	17
12	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	16
13	Annals of Tourism Research	15
14	Information Technology & Tourism	14
15	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	13
16	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	12
17	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	11
18	Tourism Geographies	10
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	10
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	10
22	Current Issues in Tourism	9
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
-	Sport Management Review	9
25	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	8
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	8
27	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	7
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	7
-	Tourism Economics	7
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	7
-	Journal of Leisure Research	7
-	Journal of Sport Management	7
33	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	6
-	Tourist Studies	6
-	International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship	6
-	Leisure Studies	6
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	6
38	Communication & Sport	5
-	Journal of Sports Economics	5
-	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	5
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	5
42	Leisure Sciences	4
-	Sport Education and Society	4
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	4
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	4
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	4
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	4
-	Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology	4
49	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	3
-	Sport in Society	3

-	Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change	3
-	International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching	3
53	Sport Psychologist	2
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	2
55	International Journal of the History of Sport	1