Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Journal of Sustainable Tourism is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 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, Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development and Environmental Education and Sustainability, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Sustainable Tourism is a leading tourism journal which advances critical understanding of the relationships between tourism and sustainable development. It publishes theoretical, conceptual and empirical research that explores one or more of the economic, social, cultural, political, organisational or environmental aspects of the subject. Critical views and perspectives are encouraged, as well as new ideas and approaches in relation to the theory and practice linking tourism and sustainability. Contributions can be from all disciplinary perspectives, with inter-disciplinary work especially welcome. Holistic and integrative work is encouraged. All geographical areas are included, as are all forms of tourism, both mass and niche market. Papers can be especially useful if they contribute new understanding and insights not just to the field of sustainable tourism but also to the wider social sciences or between the social and natural sciences. Many contributions include significant empirical evidence, but some innovate in the field by providing new perspectives, approaches and insights through critical reviews. The journal publishes Main Papers, Book Reviews, and occasional Opinion Pieces. Book reviews and Opinion Pieces are by invitation only. We also commission Special Issues – contact the editors if you have a proposal for a Special Issue or Opinion Piece. Peer Review Statement Quality is ensured by rigorous, anonymous peer evaluation of each main paper by three independent referees. The Editors, on behalf of the Editorial Board, make the final decision concerning publication. Submission is online through the journal’s website and ScholarOne submission system.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Xavier FontPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 33%); most named Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Australia 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

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

Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, CSA Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Current Abstracts (2003-), EBSCOhost – various databases, Environment Abstracts (1997-), Environment Abstracts Annual, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, Leisure Tourism Database, Organic Research Database, Rural Development Abstracts

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.

Impact

Impact factor

8.12LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

8.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

10.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

22.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

22.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

2.38LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

2.38Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

3.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

3.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

198OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,936OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

6.95OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

20.96%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

119LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

991,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

4%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

6 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

51 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0966-9582

Electronic ISSN

1747-7646

Latest issue on the website

Volume 34, Issue 9 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website