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Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management
ISSN 1936-8623 · eISSN 1936-8631 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 12.36; JCR Q1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 49 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). 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 41.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management provides a peer-reviewed outlet for contributions that further understanding, practice, and education in hospitality marketing and management. It aims to promote new ideas, models, approaches, and paradigms that contribute to the development of knowledge and theory of hospitality marketing and management. Its distinct, multifaceted approach encompasses the administrative disciplines, liberal arts, and social sciences. The journal disseminates knowledge through the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers, reports, and book reviews, while serving as a unique peer-reviewed forum for the community of students, academics and practitioners with a shared interest and devotion to the hospitality marketing and management. The Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management covers many aspects within the spectrum of hospitality marketing and management, including but not limited to: Hospitality marketing Hospitality management Branding in hospitality Consumer buying behavior and marketing Decision-making processes Consumer trends Human resource issues in hospitality Research and innovations in hospitality marketing and management Promotional programs development in hospitality marketing Assessing the effectiveness of hospitality marketing efforts International issues and cross-cultural research Hospitality product development and management Ethical concerns in marketing and management Analyses of environment, social, cultural economic impacts Impacts of demographic, social, and technological trends/changes Development of conceptual models and constructs Future trends in the hospitality marketing and management Methodological issues in hospitality marketing and management Reputation management and online reviews Sustainability in hospitality marketing and management Technological issues and development in hospitality marketing and management Social media and customer relationship management Climate change and hospitality marketing and management Peer Review Policy: All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by three to four referees, one of which will be the editor or designate. Publication office: Taylor & Francis Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Dogan GursoyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting15.3%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences14.4%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences10.2%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences4.5%
- AI in Service InteractionsComputer Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLC, Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis), AgeLine Database (AARP), British Library Inside (The British Library), CABI, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, CIRET, Communication Abstracts, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, ELMARK (American Marketing Association), Elsevier Eflow-l, eRTR: e-Review of Tourism Research, Food Institute Report, Foods Adlibra, IndexCopernicus, Intute, JournalSeek, Links@Ovid, Management & Marketing Abstracts, NewJour, Ovid Linksolver, Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), SwetsWise All Titles, Tourism Insight, World Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology AbstractsPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 12.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 12.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 14Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 25.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 25.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.29LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 3.29Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.92LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.92Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 694OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 11.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 290,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 290,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 843 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 4 | 62 |
| 2025 | 46 | 6 | 543 |
| 2024 | 34 | 9 | 852 |
| 2023 | 67 | 15 | 2,466 |
| 2022 | 34 | 13 | 2,542 |
| 2021 | 45 | 8 | 3,129 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
49 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by three to four referees, one of which will be the editor or designate. Model summary
All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by three to four referees, one of which will be the editor or designate.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1936-8623
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-8631
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management is in Zone 1 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Business / Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism / Management; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 12.36; CiteScore 25.6, h-index 104.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management?
The publisher reports about 49 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4% (2025). 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 1 of Management.
Which databases index Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .