Centre for Leisure Management Research
School of Management and Marketing
A study conducted by the CLMR evaluated 28 tourism management management journals and ranked them according to the following criteria:
The report details the instrument design, procedure and results: Tourism management journal ratings (24Kb)
The following table summarises the results of the study.
Journal |
Familiarity weight (rank) |
Weighted score (rank) |
Weighed criteria - 3 clusters |
| Annals of Tourism Research | 0.7 (4) |
3.55 (10) |
B+ |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research | 0.85 (1) |
2.80 (2) |
A |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research | 0.55 (14) |
4.05 (18) |
B |
| Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly | 0.55 (14) |
3.36 (8) |
B+ |
| Current Issues in Tourism | 0.6 (8) |
3.27 (7) |
B+ |
| International Journal of Event Management Research | 0.55 (14) |
4.00 (17) |
B |
| International Journal of Hospitality Management | 0.5 (21) |
3.63 (14) |
B+ |
| International Journal of Tourism Research | 0.55 (14) |
3.55 (10) |
B+ |
| Journal of Canadian Association of Leisure Studies | 0.45 (25) |
4.22 (21) |
B+ |
| Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing | 0.6 (8) |
4.20 (19) |
B |
| Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management | 0.4 (27) |
4.43 (24) |
B |
| Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education | 0.45 (25) |
4.82 (27) |
B |
| Journal of Leisure Research | 0.75 (2) |
3.20 (6) |
A |
| Journal of Sport Tourism | 0.5 (21) |
4.53 (26) |
B |
| Journal of Sustainable Tourism | 0.7 (4) |
3.16 (5) |
B+ |
| Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing | 0.65 (6) |
3.63 (13) |
B+ |
| Journal of Travel and Tourism Research | 0.6 (8) |
3.04 (3) |
A |
| Journal of Vacation Marketing | 0.6 (8) |
4.47 (25) |
B |
| Leisure Sciences | 0.6 (8) |
3.56 (12) |
B+ |
| Leisure Studies | 0.55 (14) |
3.69 (15) |
B+ |
| The Journal of the Leisure Studies Association | 0.6 (8) |
3.50 (9) |
B+ |
| Tourism Analysis | 0.55 (14) |
4.20 (19) |
B |
| Tourism and Hospitality Research | 0.4 (27) |
4.39 (23) |
B |
| Tourism Economics: The Business and Finance of Tourism and Recreation | 0.55 (14) |
3.11 (4) |
A |
| Tourism Management | 0.75 (2) |
2.39 (1) |
A |
| Tourism Recreation Research | 0.65 (6) |
3.85 (16) |
B+ |
| Tourism Review International | 0.5 (21) |
4.25 (22) |
B |
| Tourism, Culture & Communication | 0.5 (21) |
4.95 (28) |
B |
