Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Enlightening Tourism
ISSN 2174-548X · Universidad de Huelva · Spain
Enlightening Tourism: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Enlightening Tourism is published by Universidad de Huelva. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability and Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, together about 50.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences37.1%
- Community-based Tourism Development and SustainabilitySocial Sciences7.7%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology4.9%
- Hospitality and Tourism EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences3.9%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | Q3 | 110/156 | 29th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 91 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 92 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 183 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 131 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 135 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 46 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Universidad de Huelva
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2174-548X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Enlightening Tourism
How long does peer review take at Enlightening Tourism?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Enlightening Tourism?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Enlightening Tourism is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Enlightening Tourism open access, and what is the APC?
Enlightening Tourism is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .