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Tourism Recreation Research

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0250-8281eISSN2320-0308

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.018

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.661

Total Worksi

2,571

Total Citationsi

37,286

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Tourism Recreation Research is an academic journal covering the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. It is also indexed in Humanities and Social Sciences in General and Social Sciences (General).

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 122 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,571

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0250-8281 / 2320-0308

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.3k

2019

3.5k

2020

112

3.4k

2021

1.3k

2022

1.1k

2023

697

2024

185

606

2025

151

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementCultural StudiesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchCruise Tourism Development and ManagementTourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSport and Mega-Event ImpactsRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

Frequently asked questions about Tourism Recreation Research

Is Tourism Recreation Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tourism Recreation Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Tourism Recreation Research?

Tourism Recreation Research is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.54.

Is Tourism Recreation Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tourism Recreation Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.