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Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
ISSN 1938-9655 · eISSN 1938-9663 · SAGE
Cornell Hospitality Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, together about 31.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is a peer reviewed, scholarly journal published quarterly in association with the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. The CHQ aims to be a source of the best advances in theory and/or research relevant to management of the hospitality industry broadly defined to include all businesses involved in the transport, … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 56, United Kingdom 3, Australia 3, Hong Kong, China 2, Macau, China 2 (79 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting13.6%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences9.5%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.8%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences4.9%
- Wine Industry and TourismBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.7LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 458OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 823 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 15 | 6 |
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | 68 |
| 2024 | 40 | 18 | 282 |
| 2023 | 45 | 22 | 362 |
| 2022 | 17 | 4 | 413 |
| 2021 | 45 | 11 | 878 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1938-9655
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-9663
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
What CAS zone is Cornell Hospitality Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism / Management / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cornell Hospitality Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.7; CiteScore 8.5, h-index 87.
Where are the editorial board members of Cornell Hospitality Quarterly based?
Of the 79 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (56), United Kingdom (3) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cornell Hospitality Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Cornell Hospitality Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Cornell Hospitality Quarterly is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .