Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education
ISSN 1096-3758 · eISSN 2325-6540 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 86 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 22% (journal website); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hospitality and Tourism Education, Management and Marketing Education and Higher Education and Employability, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education (JHTE) is designed to facilitate scholarly interchange among hospitality and tourism educators, industry practitioners and educators from related disciplines. It aims to serve the needs of all levels of hospitality and tourism education through the presentation of issues and opinions pertinent to the field. JHTE is a refereed, interdisciplinary quarterly journal of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE). The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education accepts the following types of article: Original Articles, Research Notes. The journal regularly features: Papers on relevant academic issues Creative and cutting-edge papers through which educators share unique instructional techniques or other innovative approaches in the classroom Empirical papers on teaching and learning evaluation issues Research notes or commentaries addressing current trends and developments related to hospitality and tourism education Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. Peer review policy: Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by two to three referees, after initial review by the editor or designate. If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Further information on our preprints policy and citation requirements can be found on our Preprints Author Services page. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics. Publication office: Taylor & Francis Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Read the Instructions for Authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 34, United Kingdom 2, Australia 2, Canada 1, Netherlands 1 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hospitality and Tourism EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting28.5%
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting11.6%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences6.6%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences5.2%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences3.9%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
British Library, Cabell’s Directory, Genamics JournalSeek, GDRC, HospitalityNet, Hospitality & Tourism Complete, ScholarWorks, WorldCatPublisher 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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.59Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.25Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 336OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 57,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 991 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 3 | 16 |
| 2025 | 57 | 11 | 136 |
| 2024 | 38 | 5 | 165 |
| 2023 | 26 | 7 | 303 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4 | 275 |
| 2021 | 42 | 7 | 887 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 82 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 86 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- original articlesThe Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education accepts the following types of article: Original Articles, Research Notes.Length not stated
- research notesThe Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education accepts the following types of article: Original Articles, Research Notes.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Only publishes manuscripts in English. Model summary
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education 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 the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review by two to three referees after initial editor review. Model summary
All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by two to three referees, after initial review by 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
- 1096-3758
- Electronic ISSN
- 2325-6540
- Society / sponsor
- International Council on Hotel
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education
What CAS zone is Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education?
The publisher reports about 86 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 22%. 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 & Tourism Education in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (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 3 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (34), United Kingdom (2) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .