OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Issues in Tourism is 36. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Current challenges and opportunities in cultural heritage preservation through sustainable tourism practices	203
Does being there still matter after a service failure? The impact of robots’ physical presence on customer satisfaction	127
Tourism economy challenged by climate extremes: multidimensional insights	111
Customer satisfaction during COVID-19 phases: the case of the Venetian hospitality system	80
Climate change risk in the Swedish ski industry	75
The role of company support in franchisee willingness to pay a premium and referrer behaviour	73
The projected image of idyllic life and its construction	69
Relationship between tourism and heritage from a tourist perspective: synergy, complementarity and antagonism	68
Using city-bike stopovers to reveal spatial patterns of urban attractiveness	68
Can travelling abroad experiences trigger tourist misbehaviours? The role of moral relativism	68
From work resources to safety performance: tour guides’ job burnout and personality profiles matter	63
A conceptual framework for understanding Western-centrism in transnational education in tourism	63
Outsourcing the Games – measuring resident support for hosting an outsourced Olympic event	60
Implementation of the theoretical framework of the circular economy in the tourism sector	58
Unique or mainstream? exploring the impact mechanism of destination virtual endorsers’ apparel on tourist favorability	58
The time–frequency causal effect of COVID-19 outbreaks on the tourism sector: evidence from the European zone	55
Do neighbours shape the tourism spending of rural households? Evidence from China	50
To board or not to board? Understanding the drivers of intention to fly during the COVID-19 crisis	49
The performativity of the tourism specialism knowledge network: sporting event economic impact assessment	49
Perception of customer satisfaction and complaints based on BERTopic and interpretable machine learning: evidence from hotels in Xi’an	47
How Local tourism managers can benefit from national surveys: estimating tourism and restaurant expenditures for small market segments	44
A conceptual overview of the relationship between tourism and peace in terms of international relations theories	43
Using a delphi technique to determine the likelihood and tourism impact of a Chikungunya outbreak in the United States	42
Effects of religiosity and travel desire on COVID-19 vaccination intentions	42
Gen Z travel intentions and museum visits in the metaverse: case of Egypt, Scotland, and Turkey	42

Cross-community enactive research: a relational practice-based approach to academic engagement	42
Facing AI with knowledge: an investigative study on the utilisation of service robots and employee knowledge management behaviours	42
The effect of future time reference on consumers’ travel and dining-out spending across countries	40
OzNomads: a case study examining the challenges of COVID-19 for a community of lifestyle travellers	40
Non-hosting residents’ emotional solidarity with peer-to-peer accommodation hosts	40
Assessing the effects of interaction with attractions and types of visit on day trippers’ satisfaction	38
Volatility spillovers among major tourism stock indices during Covid-19 pandemic	37
Islamic views on local tourism engagement in conservative societies: an insight from Oman	36
The portrayal of Greenland: a visual analysis of its digital storytelling	36
Exploring autism-friendly initiatives in Australian airports: ‘A lot better than a lot of airports that I’ve experienced’	36
Drivers of digital currency adoption and their configurational impact assessment in tourism and hospitality: loss aversion under prospect theory	36