OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education is 8. 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
A bibliometric study on higher tourism education and curriculum	89
Tourism education in Spain's secondary schools: The curriculums' perspective	69
TikTok for developing learning motivation and oral proficiency in MICE learners	56
Research on literacy in tourism: A review and future research agenda	48
Contemplative pedagogy and decentering whiteness in sport management education	40
How internship environmental factors affect students’ career intentions in the hotel industry through the reflective thinking processes	38
Retrospective regret in hospitality graduates about their misvaluation of finance track courses during study	36
Stigmatized female moral rebels in hospitality/tourism	35
Evaluation of entrustable professional activities and competency assessment in sport and exercise sciences in higher education: Student perceptions of the impact on learning	35
“It should have been named women's rights … I was displeased”: Teaching about gender ideology in the sport sociology classroom	31
Teaching Spoken English for hospitality management major in China	30
Whence legitimate peripheral participation? De-trivializing the social dynamics around Chinese students' doctoral research in the West	28
How technology facilitates tourism education in COVID-19:case study of nankai University	26
Conceptualization of diversity and inclusion: Tensions and contradictions in the sport management classroom	24
The two-way perspective of tourism undergraduates towards (post-)viral world: The future of tourism, and vocational development and career	24
Gamification and deep learning approaches in higher education	22
Perceived value within an international hospitality learning environment: Antecedents and outcomes	22
Exploring the role of a serious game in developing competencies in higher tourism education	22
Why you leave and what can we do? The roles of job burnout and vocational skill in hotel internships	22
International graduate students’ perspectives on sense of belonging in leisure	20
Institutional and sport management educators' implementation of reading list diversity: A congruence analysis	18
Pivotal roles of university leader dominance and entrepreneurial bricolage between social responsibility and sustainable knowledge sharing	18
Designing internships for development: A design-based research study with FanGate Solutions	18
“It feels like a job …” Understanding commuter students: Motivations, engagement, and learning experiences	17
Enhancing university student employability through practical experiential learning in the sport industry: An industry-academia cooperation case from Taiwan	16

Higher education and the sustainable tourism pedagogy: Are tourism students ready to lead change in the post pandemic era?	16
Using active learning strategies on travel and tourism higher education programmes in Ireland	15
TikTok for learning through movement, dramatization, and music: Insights for higher education applications in sport sciences	15
Teaching generic skill sets to sport undergraduates to increase their employability and promote smooth college-to-work transition	15
Learning experiences in the culinary classroom: Identifying barriers and enablers in the practical teaching-learning process in gastronomy	15
A Comparative Analysis on the Career Perceptions of Tourism Management Students Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	14
Research-based learning (RBL): Added-value in tourism education	14
Present and prospective research themes for tourism and hospitality education post-COVID19: A bibliometric analysis	14
“What motivates me?” Motivation to conduct research of academics in teaching-oriented universities in China	14
The impact of student attendance on assessment specific performance in sport degree programs	13
Hospitality and tourism management student satisfaction with their majors and career readiness amid the COVID-19 pandemic	13
How did the COVID-19 pandemic influence students’ career expectations in the hotel and tourism industry?	13
Antecedents of American hospitality students’ intercultural communication apprehension: Effect of ethnocentrism, cultural intelligence and core self-evaluations	12
Student's perceptions of sharing platforms and digital learning for sustainable behaviour and value changes	12
Breaking down the silos: Student experience of transformative learning through interdisciplinary project-based learning (IPBL)	12
A model to establish a zero food waste competence scale for hospitality students	11
Caring for our graduate academy	11
Repositioning the value of sociology for students studying sport in post-92 higher education institutions	11
Statistical learning in sports education: A case study on improving quantitative analysis skills through project-based learning	10
Design thinking in hospitality education: Lessons learned and future opportunities	10
Undergraduate sport sciences students’ attitudes towards statistics: A gender perspective	9
What can be learned from the country's first university owned brewery and brewpub? A case study	9
University and industry cooperation from the perspective of hotel managers: The case of Türkiye	9
Linking hospitality and tourism students’ internship satisfaction to career decision self-efficacy: A moderated-mediation analysis involving career development constructs	8
Determinants of hospitality students' perceived learning during COVID 19 pandemic: Role of interactions and self-efficacy	8
A qualitative analysis of undergraduate sport management student skill and awareness development at an international sports event	8
The behavior model of psychological contract between sports teachers and undergraduate students in China	8
A personal learning environment (PLE) approach to mobile teaching and learning on a short-term study abroad	8
Tourism for all. Educating to foster accessible accommodation	8