Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Investigaciones Turisticas
ISSN 2174-5609 · Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Turísticas · Spain
Investigaciones Turisticas: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Investigaciones Turisticas is published by Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Turísticas 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 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies and Cruise Tourism Development and Management, together about 40.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 5, Argentina 5, United States 2, Portugal 2, Chile 2 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences21.8%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences10.1%
- Cruise Tourism Development and ManagementSocial Sciences9.1%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences8.8%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Finance, Taxation, and GovernanceEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences3.6%
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 555 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 32 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 78 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 177 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 120 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 166 |
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 | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- artículosSe publicarán artículos de notable interés que comuniquen resultados de investigación originales. Deberán seguir la estructura propia de una investigación: intr…Length not stated
- reseñasSe aceptarán textos breves que comenten e informen críticamente sobre un libro o monografía publicada en el ámbito del turismo. Las obras objeto de reseña han d…Length not stated
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Turísticas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2174-5609
- 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 Investigaciones Turisticas
What CAS zone is Investigaciones Turisticas in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Investigaciones Turisticas is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Investigaciones Turisticas?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Investigaciones Turisticas based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (5), Argentina (5) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Investigaciones Turisticas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Investigaciones Turisticas is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Investigaciones Turisticas open access, and what is the APC?
Investigaciones Turisticas 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .