Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Tourism Geographies
ISSN 1461-6688 · eISSN 1470-1340 · Taylor & Francis
Tourism Geographies: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.65; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 219 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 116 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tourism Geographies is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development and Cruise Tourism Development and Management, together about 48.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tourism Geographiesis the flagship social science journal focused on tourism from a geographic perspective. The journal publishes critical, multidisciplinary work from social science fields such as geography, anthropology, sociology, area studies, urban and regional planning, environmental studies, and geospatial sciences. Tourism Geographies is committed to publishing manuscripts based on rich empirical and theoretically rigorous scholarship that engages with and advances tourism geographies knowledge. Peer Review Statement All research articles and commentaries in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including editor screening and a double-anonymized evaluation process by two to three anonymous referees. All literature review and discussion forum articles in this journal have undergone screening by journal editors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editor-in-chief Joseph M. CheerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences32.7%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.2%
- Cruise Tourism Development and ManagementSocial Sciences7.2%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology5.4%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.1%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
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
EBSCO, CABI Publishing (Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts), Zeller Verlag (IBZ/IBR), Environmental Abstracts and Leisure, Recreation, IBSS International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Tourism 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
- 6.65LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.17LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.17Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 117OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 917OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 104LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 511,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 511,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,535 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 24 | 32 |
| 2025 | 116 | 66 | 415 |
| 2024 | 94 | 54 | 1,401 |
| 2023 | 76 | 49 | 1,225 |
| 2022 | 29 | 11 | 787 |
| 2021 | 56 | 16 | 1,308 |
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 Crossref · to
219 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 129 days – 366 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 235 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (210 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 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 accepted1
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Tourism Geographies 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 discoverability and rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review by two to three anonymous referees for research articles and commentaries. Model summary
All research articles and commentaries in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including editor screening and a double-anonymized evaluation process by two to three anonymous referees.
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
- 1461-6688
- Electronic ISSN
- 1470-1340
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tourism Geographies
What CAS zone is Tourism Geographies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tourism Geographies is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Tourism Geographies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.65; CiteScore 11.7, h-index 117.
How long does peer review take at Tourism Geographies?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 219 days (interquartile range 129–366 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15% (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 Tourism Geographies 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 3 of Management.
Which databases index Tourism Geographies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tourism Geographies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Tourism Geographies open access, and what is the APC?
Tourism Geographies 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .