Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Tourism Culture & Communication
ISSN 1098-304X · eISSN 1943-4146 · Cognizant Communication Corporation
Tourism Culture & Communication: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tourism Culture & Communication is published by Cognizant Communication Corporation 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, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts and Religious Tourism and Spaces, together about 42.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences29.5%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences6.8%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences6.3%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.9%
- Cruise Tourism Development and ManagementSocial Sciences5%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences4.9%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 120OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 506 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 19 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 25 | 8 | 41 |
| 2022 | 37 | 22 | 122 |
| 2021 | 59 | 9 | 229 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Cognizant Communication Corporation
- ISSN
- 1098-304X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-4146
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tourism Culture & Communication
What CAS zone is Tourism Culture & Communication in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tourism Culture & Communication 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.
Which databases index Tourism Culture & Communication?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tourism Culture & Communication is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Tourism Culture & Communication open access, and what is the APC?
Tourism Culture & Communication is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .