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Tourism Planning and Development

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN2156-8324

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.753

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.253

Total Worksi

702

Total Citationsi

14,479

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Tourism Planning and Development aims to explore and advance theoretical and practical understandings of the intersections between tourism, planning, and development studies. The journal addresses rich scholarly and interdisciplinary traditions within these fields.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications702

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2156-8324

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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

2.4k

2019

891

2020

1.2k

2021

793

2022

197

2023

350

2024

155

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Business and International ManagementQ2

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementDevelopmentBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchTourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentCruise Tourism Development and ManagementSport and Mega-Event ImpactsRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementDigital Marketing and Social MediaReligious Tourism and SpacesUrban Transport and AccessibilityCulinary Culture and TourismSharing Economy and Platforms

Frequently asked questions about Tourism Planning and Development

Is Tourism Planning and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tourism Planning and Development: 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 Planning and Development?

Tourism Planning and Development 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 2.16.

Is Tourism Planning and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tourism Planning and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.