Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Tourism and Hospitality Research
ISSN 1467-3584 · eISSN 1742-9692 · SAGE
Tourism and Hospitality Research: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; review about 231 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 12.4% (journal website); 131 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tourism and Hospitality Research is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 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, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Cruise Tourism Development and Management, together about 41.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tourism and Hospitality Research (THR) is firmly established as an influential and authoritative, peer-reviewed journal for tourism and hospitality researchers and professionals. THR covers applied research in the context of Tourism and Hospitality in areas such as policy, planning, performance, development, management, strategy, operations, … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 15%); most named United Kingdom 9, Mainland China 5, Australia 4, Macau, China 2, Netherlands 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences25.2%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences9.3%
- Cruise Tourism Development and ManagementSocial Sciences6.7%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences5%
- Hospitality and Tourism EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | 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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 583OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 131LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,140 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78 | 26 | 42 |
| 2025 | 131 | 46 | 403 |
| 2024 | 71 | 23 | 445 |
| 2023 | 55 | 36 | 787 |
| 2022 | 75 | 27 | 1,387 |
| 2021 | 46 | 19 | 1,163 |
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
231 dayssubmission to acceptance
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)
- 12.4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 231 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / GBP 2,493 | — | — | |
| 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- Special Issue: Call for PapersDeadline
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- case studyView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstrac…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- conceptual papersConceptual Papers (up to 9,000 words) Conceptual papers ought to develop an idea, model, framework or theory and hold its own merit.main text ≤ 9,000 words
- empirical research manuscriptsEmpirical Research Manuscripts (up to 9,000 words) An original manuscript furthers understanding of tourism and hospitality by reporting on research that is inn…main text ≤ 9,000 words
- industry case studiesIndustry Case Studies (up to 8,000 words) An industry case study reports on an interesting or novel development in the field of tourism and hospitality.main text ≤ 8,000 words
- literature reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstrac…Length not stated
- research paperView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstrac…Length not stated
- reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstrac…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Email alerts available for latest table of contents and new online articles Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice pro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1467-3584
- Electronic ISSN
- 1742-9692
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tourism and Hospitality Research
What CAS zone is Tourism and Hospitality Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tourism and Hospitality Research is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Tourism and Hospitality Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 10.2, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at Tourism and Hospitality Research?
The publisher reports about 231 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12.4%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Tourism and Hospitality Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Tourism and Hospitality Research based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 15%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (9), Mainland China (5) and Australia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Tourism and Hospitality Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tourism and Hospitality Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Tourism and Hospitality Research open access, and what is the APC?
Tourism and Hospitality Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .