OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Travel Research is 34. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Which Public Attraction Gets (and Gets More) Government Funding? The Effects of Internal and External Factors	131
Reconceptualizing Tourists’ Extraordinary Experiences	126
An Attachment-Based Management Framework of Destination Attributes: Drawing on the Appraisal Theories of Emotion	104
What Has the Most Impact? An Exploration of Dual-Processing Systems in Hotel Booking Decisions	71
Antecedents of Social Performance in Tourism and Hospitality Firms: The Role of Employee Resilience, Transactive Memory Systems, and Dynamic Capabilities	69
Virtual Reality and Memory Retention: The Cognitive Architecture of Virtual Memorable Tourism Experiences	67
A Model for Brand Personality Word Embedding: Identifying UNESCO World Heritage Personality Categories	67
Animal Ethics and Tourism: Deepening a Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) Framework	67
Letter From the Co-Editor: Yes, “Shit’s Got to Change.” But How? A Call for a Deep Scholarship Social Movement	66
Emotional Solidarity and Co-creation of Experience as Determinants of Environmentally Responsible Behavior: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Theory Perspective	59
“Airbnb Be Like…”: Examining the Impact of Memetic Doppelgängers on Meme Virality and Brand Image	58
Power and Resistance: Digital-Free Tourism in a Connected World	58
Unlocking Nontransactional Value Co-creation: Insights From Online Travel Communities	51
Travel Stress, Leisure Exploration, and Trip Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Travel Adjustment	51
Framing Effects of Messages and Images on the Willingness to Pay for Pro-Poor Tourism Products	49
Engendering Pro-Sustainable Performance Through a Multi-Layered Gender Diversity Criterion: Evidence From the Hospitality and Tourism Sector	48
A Sequential Pattern Mining Approach to Tourist Movement: The Case of a Mega Event	47
Extending the Conceptualization of Destination Brand Experiences	46
Tourism as a Space of Possibilities: Reconciliation Tourism Enterprises in a Conflict-Ridden Destination	45
Family Matters: Dual Network Embeddedness, Resource Acquisition, and Entrepreneurial Success of Small Tourism Firms in Rural China	45
Sojourning and Being Well Among Contemporary Chinese Gay Men in a Tourism Destination: An Extension of Dynamic Equilibrium Theory	45
Is Sex Tourism Intention Uncontrollable? The Moderating Effects of Ethics and Law	44
Value Co-Creation and Co-Destruction Through Adult Child–Parent Interactions During Family Vacations: Scale Development and Validation	43
Asymmetrical Influences of Service Robots’ Perceived Performance on Overall Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation Leveraging Online Reviews	42
Benign (Malicious) Envy and Conspicuous Travel Consumption Intention: Mediating Effects of Self-Enhancement and Self-Control	40

Developing a Multi-Dimensional Measure of Hotel Brand Customers’ Online Engagement Behaviors to Capture Non-Transactional Value	39
An Interactive Family Tourism Decision Model	39
To Whom Does Destination Anthropomorphism Appeal? Power and Perceived Control	39
Erratum to Measuring Experience Economy Concepts: Tourism Applications	38
Competitors or Complements: A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Airbnb on Hotel Performance	37
Does Positive Contact Between Residents and Tourists Stimulate Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior? The Role of Gratitude and Boundary Conditions	37
Unpacking the Plus-Size Travel Movement	36
Can I Trust GenAI to Plan My Next Trip? A Multi-Method Approach to Optimizing Media Mix	34
Mental Health on the Go: Navigating Travel and Travel Eligibility	34
Will I Be the Same? Enhancing Academic Tourism Through Transformative Tourism Experiences	34
COVID-19-Induced Redundancy and Socio-Psychological Well-Being of Tourism Employees: Implications for Organizational Recovery in a Resource-Scarce Context	34