OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education is 9. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Using active learning strategies on travel and tourism higher education programmes in Ireland	98
Integration of emerging technologies in tourism and hospitality curriculum: An international perspective	74
Exploring the role of a serious game in developing competencies in higher tourism education	56
Whence legitimate peripheral participation? De-trivializing the social dynamics around Chinese students' doctoral research in the West	50
The behavior model of psychological contract between sports teachers and undergraduate students in China	44
Authentic assessment and digital literacy in sport marketing	41
Fostering a culture of care for tourism graduate students in the academy	40
The relationship between career adaptability, hope, resilience, and life satisfaction for hospitality students in times of Covid-19	39
Personality is no stranger to occupational choice among hospitality graduates	39
Statistical learning in sports education: A case study on improving quantitative analysis skills through project-based learning	36
University and industry cooperation from the perspective of hotel managers: The case of Türkiye	35
Hospitality and tourism management student satisfaction with their majors and career readiness amid the COVID-19 pandemic	33
The power of engaged reflection in fostering new insights on diversity, equity and inclusion	32
International virtual sport coaching exchange: A mechanism for exploring pre-professional coaches’ interests and issues	30
Feminism and sports business management higher education	29
Using synchronous hybrid pedagogy to nurture a community of inquiry: Insights from a tourism Master's programme	28
Hospitality students at the online classes during COVID-19 – How personality affects experience?	25
The roles of cognitive benefits and technology usage in predicting students’ sustainable behavioural intentions: The moderating roles of data literacy and marketing strategy	24
Editorial Board	23
Examining the core competencies for success in the hotel industry: The case of Cyprus	22
Presenting the case for implementing entrustable professional activities (EPA) in Sport and Exercise Sciences teaching: Application and alignment to develop student competencies	22
Realtime online courses mutated amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Empirical study in hospitality program	21
Exposure to netflix enhances listening effort and learning motivation among MICE learners	20
Factors affecting hotel interns’ satisfaction with internship experience and career intention in China	20
Sport students’ experiences of teaching and learning in the United Kingdom: A comparison between further and higher education settings	20

A virtual versus blended learning approach to higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of a sport and exercise science student cohort	20
Tour guiding practice and feedback in guide education: Lessons from London for Japan	19
Small change, big impact: The influence of reframing in a sport and globalization course on students’ perspectives regarding diversity and equity in society	18
Exploring antecedents of social loafing in students’ group work: A mixed-methods approach	17
Sustainability courses in hospitality and tourism higher education: Perspectives from industry practitioners and students	17
Navigating external referencing through COVID-19 disruptions - Teaching tourism policy and planning in Australia and China	17
Intergenerational service learning outcomes for event management undergraduates involved in organizing Pickleball events	16
Experiential learning from the perspective of outdoor education leaders	16
What Shapes E-Learning Effectiveness among Tourism Education Students? An Empirical Assessment during COVID19	16
A case study of sustainable hospitality education relating to food waste from the perspective of transformative learning theory	16
Pushed or pulled? A qualitative analysis of university sport management faculty attrition in the United States due to a lack of a sense of belonging	16
University students’ perception to online class delivery methods during the COVID-19 pandemic: A focus on hospitality education in Korea and Malaysia	15
Learning experiences in the culinary classroom: Identifying barriers and enablers in the practical teaching-learning process in gastronomy	14
“It feels like a job …” Understanding commuter students: Motivations, engagement, and learning experiences	14
Enhancing student experience and career knowledge through alumni engagement: Case study of a sport and exercise science course	13
TikTok as a learning tool in higher education: Validation of a scale	13
A Facebook-mediated blended learning model is associated with enhanced knowledge retention in sports science undergraduates	13
Enhancing university student employability through practical experiential learning in the sport industry: An industry-academia cooperation case from Taiwan	12
The impact of student attendance on assessment specific performance in sport degree programs	12
A bibliometric study on higher tourism education and curriculum	12
International graduate students’ perspectives on sense of belonging in leisure	12
Graduate employability and higher education’s contributions to human resource development in sport business before and after COVID-19	12
Undergraduate sport sciences students’ attitudes towards statistics: A gender perspective	11
Present and prospective research themes for tourism and hospitality education post-COVID19: A bibliometric analysis	11
Entry-level professional competencies and skills in tourism – The case of Slovakia	10
Socialising students for Philosophic Practice? An analysis of learning outcomes in tourism taught Master's programmes	10
The internship experience: Students’ self-evaluations of soft skill development during hospitality internships	10
Editorial Board	9
The importance of context: How university entrepreneurial climates enhances entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality graduates	9
Career beliefs, self-efficacy and VUCA skills: A study among generation Z female students of tourism and hospitality	9
What drives green experiential outcomes in tourism higher education?	9
The impacts of school support and hotel support on hotel interns’ career growth: The mediation of role clarity and occupational identification	9