Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (JHTR) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of hospitality and tourism. Its editors-in-chief are Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Peter Kim, and Li Miao. It was established in 1976 as the Hospitality Research Journal, obtaining its current title in 1998, and is published by Sage Publishing on behalf of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education.

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

Discipline	Hospitality, tourism studies
Language	English
Edited by	Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Peter Kim, and Li Miao
Publication details
Former name(s)	Hospitality Research Journal
History	1976–present
Publisher	Sage Publishing on behalf of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education
Frequency	8/year
Impact factor	4.4 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Hosp. Tour. Res.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	1096-3480 (print) 1557-7554 (web)
LCCN	97641552
OCLC no.	649627375
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:

• Tom Powers – Founding editor, 1976–1979
• Leo Renaghan, 1980–1982
• Abraham Pizam, 1983–1989
• Bob Bosselman and Jeff Fernsten (interim) 1989–1990
• Carolyn Lambert and Carl Riegel, 1990–1995
• Kaye Chon, 1996–2008
• Anna Mattila, 2009–2015
• Chris Roberts and Linda Shea, 2016–2020
• Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Peter Kim, and Li Miao, 2021–2025

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2023 impact factor is 4.4.^[1]