OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Sustainable Tourism is 33. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
From inertia to action: how humorous signs nudge tourists toward sustainability	203
Protected area influence over resident attitudes towards tourism in gateway communities	156
The role of tourism in boosting circular transition: a measurement system based on a participatory approach	139
Videography-facilitated nature-based mindfulness at natural destinations	118
How does negative destination publicity influence residents’ shame and quality of life? The moderating role of perceived destination resilience	92
Environmental habitus of chefs and food waste management in hospitality operations	89
Diaspora’s intuitive role as cultural ambassador: toward a new cultural sustainability perspective	85
Guiding pro-environmental behaviour: examining the impact of cognitive and behavioural interventions on sustainable food choices in hospitality	84
Dis/ability in nature-based tourism: a poststructuralist perspective	82
Managerial green leadership behavior and its impact on employee environmental citizenship behavior: the mediating role of green intellectual capital in the hospitality sector	76
Beauty and tourists’ sustainable behaviour in rural tourism: a self-transcendent emotions perspective	71
Tourist emotional change and social media coping – evidence from interactions between tourists and host children in impoverished destinations	70
Correction	66
Who is sharing green eWOM? Big data evidence from the travel and tourism industry	66
The design of an eco-tax on tourism waste for sustainable destinations, based on environmental efficiency and spatial dependence	61
Environmental sustainability in the event industry: a systematic review and a research agenda	60
Weather, climate change and business models: perspectives on future sustainability from heritage tourism organisations	57
Aviation big data-driven tourism carbon efficiency evaluation: evidence from China	52
Mapping embodiment across the nexus of gender, tourism, and entrepreneurship	51
Financing tourism entrepreneurship: a gender perspective on the reproduction of inequalities	51
The effect of destination brand love on environmentally responsible behavior: A comparison between tourists and residents	51
DEI management and firm performance in the hospitality industry: the moderating role of country-level DEI climate	49
Journeys of sacredness: the role of symbolism in nature-based religious destinations	49
A machine learning approach to classifying sustainability practices in hotel management	46
Decarbonizing business travel: a qualitative exploration of the (mis-)alignment between knowledge organizations’ climate strategies and travel practices	45

Loyalty program mobility beliefs and carbon offset	45
Building sustainable tourism communities: a blueprint for the future	43
Making memories that matter: how do different recollections of an Antarctic tourism experience impact future conservation behavior?	39
Promoting sustainability in hotels: do guests commit and save water?	38
From Overtourism to Sustainability Governance: A New Tourism Era	37
From “Sacred Spaces” to “Selfie Spots”: how social media sharing motivations transform tourist-destination relationships	37
Scale development for measuring sustainability of urban destinations from the perspectives of residents, tourists, businesses and government	34
Pathway to zero emissions in global tourism: opportunities, challenges, and implications	34
Visualizing sustainability: how landscape diversity shapes crowding tolerance on urban aerial trails	33
Tourism geopolitics: assemblages of infrastructure, affect, and imagination *Tourism Geopolitics: Assemblages of Infrastructure, Affect, and Imagination*	33
Exploring psychological mechanisms behind tourists’ sustainable behaviours at homestays	33