OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Issues in Tourism 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Advancing scale development of tourists’ cultural experience in ethnic villages	220
What caused the wage changes in tourism-related industries? A demand-side analysis based on an extended input-output model	150
Correction	150
Correction	83
A critical analysis of volunteer tourism in post-socialist China	82
Implementation of the theoretical framework of the circular economy in the tourism sector	82
Competitive intelligence and competitiveness in accommodation businesses: the role of employee training effectiveness	79
Using city-bike stopovers to reveal spatial patterns of urban attractiveness	66
Air quality and tourism orders: a quasi-experimental study	65
Jobs and tasks as a starting point for work automation research	64
What motivates residents’ approval of hosting another winter mega-sporting events?	60
Beyond the numbers: unveiling the environmental impacts of international tourism and the role of renewable energy transition	55
Assessing social carrying capacity of tourists in protected natural areas	52
First-time, first-repeat and multiple-repeat visitors: a conditional counterfactual quantile expenditure decomposition analysis	49
Sports tourism supply chain resilience analysis with a stakeholder perspective: achieving risk management, digitalization and sustainability	49
Seeing is wanting: how do tourism TV programmes affect online content generation and travel product demand on the featured destinations?	47
Self-efficacy and personal innovation in the intention to use of facial recognition systems by tourists: a mediation model moderated by trust and anticipated emotions	46
Drivers of digital currency adoption and their configurational impact assessment in tourism and hospitality: loss aversion under prospect theory	45
A conceptual overview of the relationship between tourism and peace in terms of international relations theories	44
The watchful eye: investigating tourist perceptions of different wireless tracking technologies at a travel destination	44
The countryside in the eyes of the beholder: developing and testing a tourists’ rurality perception scale	42
Islamic views on local tourism engagement in conservative societies: an insight from Oman	42
The tourism productivity challenge: are we measuring the right factors, and is productivity growth unlimited?	39
Linking UGP’s affective and cognitive concepts together for tourism destination image development	39
Climate change risk in the Swedish ski industry	38

Advancing river cruise product design: insights from cross-quality elasticity of river cruises to ocean cruises	37
Dynamic evolution and driving mechanisms of tourism carbon reduction networks: a TERGM-based study	37
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on tourism in Indonesia	37
How does sharing travel experiences on social media improve social and personal ties?	37
Local cultural distortion risk at tourist destinations: connotation deconstruction and theoretical construction	36
Analysis of tourism accessibility in valley basin cities based on real-time traffic congestion data: a case study of Lanzhou, China	36
Social media destination information features and destination loyalty: does perceived coolness and memorable tourism experiences matter?	36
Doorbusters beyond the mall: Black Friday effects on tourism	35
Light in the middle of the tunnel? A sentimental analysis of tourist responses to ongoing crisis	34
A pilgrim but a tourist too: re-examining the contemporary links	34
How does the COVID-19 pandemic influence tourist rating behaviour? An empirical exploration based on expectation theory	34
After the Seoul Halloween crowd crush: a mixed-method approach to enhance intentions to visit Itaewon	34