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International Journal of Tourism Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 1099-2340Verify ISSN ↗1522-1970Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,800 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 27 / 231 | 88th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 107 / 876 | 87th | Q1 |
| Transportation | 46 / 169 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 45 / 156 | 71st | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.
International Journal of Tourism Research is Q1 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 27 of 231), Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 107 of 876) and Q2 in Transportation (rank 46 of 169), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Tourism Research 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 7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.010, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 96.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,800 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 Tourism Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1099-2340 and its online ISSN is 1522-1970.
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 Tourism.
It is graded 2 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 Tourism Research has an h-index of 129 and a 2-year mean of 5.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 216 Scopus journals in Nature and Landscape Conservation.
International Journal of Tourism Research published 195 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 197. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (24.9%), Macao SAR China (13.5%) and South Korea (12.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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