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International Journal of Event and Festival Management

Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN1758-2954eISSN1758-2962

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.525

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.893

Total Worksi

423

Total Citationsi

7,530

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications423

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

Submission Info

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?

Emerald Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-2954 / 1758-2962

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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

565

2019

630

2020

391

2021

288

2022

281

2023

109

2024

2025

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q2

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSports, Gender, and SocietyRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementConferences and Exhibitions ManagementConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyDigital Marketing and Social MediaCultural Industries and Urban Development

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Event and Festival Management

Is International Journal of Event and Festival Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Event and Festival Management: 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 International Journal of Event and Festival Management?

International Journal of Event and Festival Management 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 1.55.

Is International Journal of Event and Festival Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Event and Festival Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Event and Festival Management?