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International Journal of Hospitality Management is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 13.3), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0278-4319Verify ISSN ↗1873-4693Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$4,270 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy and Management | 50 / 506 | 90th | Q1 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 18 / 156 | 88th | Q1 |
| Stage | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Submission → first decision | 28 days |
| Acceptance → online publication | 9 days |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 13.3.
International Journal of Hospitality Management is Q1 in Strategy and Management (rank 50 of 506) and Q1 in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (rank 18 of 156), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Hospitality Management is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 13.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.316, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 204.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,270 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Hospitality Management is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0278-4319 and its online ISSN is 1873-4693.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Commercial services.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Sector Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Hospitality Management has an h-index of 246 and a 2-year mean of 8.38 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 13.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 476 Scopus journals in Strategy and Management.
International Journal of Hospitality Management published 418 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 82 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (21.5%), China (17.6%) and South Korea (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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