The Journal of Heritage Tourism ( JHT) is a peer-reviewed, international transdisciplinary journal. JHT focuses on exploring the many facets of one of the most notable and widespread types of tourism. Heritage tourism is among the very oldest forms of travel. Activities such as visits to sites of historical importance, including built environments and urban areas, rural and agricultural landscapes, natural regions, locations where historic events occurred and places where interesting and significant living cultures dominate are all forms of heritage tourism. As such, this form of tourism dominates the industry in many parts of the world and involves millions of people.
During the past 20 years, the study of tourism has become highly fragmented and specialised into various theme areas, or concentrations. Within this context, heritage tourism is one of the most commonly investigated forms of tourism, and hundreds of scholars and industry workers are involved in researching its dynamics and concepts. This academic attention has resulted in the publication of hundreds of refereed articles in various scholarly media, yet, until now there has been no journal devoted specifically to heritage tourism; Journal of Heritage Tourism was launched to fill this gap.
JHT seeks to critically examine all aspects of heritage tourism. Some of the topics to be explored within the context of heritage tourism will include colonial heritage, commodification, interpretation, urban renewal, religious tourism, genealogy, patriotism, nostalgia, folklore, power, funding, contested heritage, historic sites, identity, industrial heritage, marketing, conservation, ethnicity, education and indigenous heritage.
Peer Review Statement
Journal of Heritage Tourism is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Click here to be taken to the submissions website.
" The new Journal of Heritage Tourism is a timely addition to the tourism literature. It will be an excellent platform to articulate and debate the range of heritage issues from cultural and historic to natural and evolving, around the globe." Ross Dowling (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
" Heritage tourism is of interest not only to the commerical tourism industry but also to the creators and guardians of heritage resources. As tourism is one of the most important users of the commodified past, a journal specializing in this field is particularly welcome." Professor G.J. Ashworth (University of Groningen)
Journal metrics
Usage
124K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.0 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.9 (2023) 5 year IF
6.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.544 (2023) SNIP
0.837 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
6 days avg. from submission to first
decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
20% acceptance rate
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5 Year Impact Factor*:
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SNIP
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SJR
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From acceptance to online publication:
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online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Co- Editors: Jennifer Frost - La Trobe University, Australia Warwick Frost -La Trobe University, Australia
Founding Editor Dallen J. Timothy -Arizona State University, USA - Visit Dallen's website
Book Review Editor: Aaron Yankholmes - Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Social Media Editor: Clinton van der Merwe – University of Pretoria, South Africa
Editorial Board: Hazel Andrews -Liverpool John Moores University, UK Bailey Ashton Adie -Solent University, UK Mohammad Alazaizeh -University of Jordan, Jordan Stephen W. Boyd -University of Ulster, UK Gareth Butler - Flinders University, Australia Christine Buzinde- Arizona State University, USA Zelmarie Cantillon -University of Western Sydney, Australia
Anna Carr -University of Otago, New Zealand Perry Carter -Texas Tech University, USA
Deepak Chhabra -Arizona State University, USA Hilary du Cros- University of Western Sydney, Australia
Alan Fyall- University of Central Florida, USA Brian Garrod- Swansea University, UK Maria Gravari-Barbas- Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France C. Michael Hall- University of Canterbury, New Zealand Kevin Hannam- University of Saint Joseph, Macau Anna Irimiás -Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Takamitsu Jimura -Musashi University, Japan James Kennell - University of Surrey, UK Anna Leask -Napier University, UK Duncan Light - Bournemouth University, UK Omar Moufakkir -Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait Daniel H. Olsen -Brigham Young University, USA Chin-Ee Ong -Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Yaniv Poria -Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Bruce Prideaux- Central Queensland University, Australia Bernadette Quinn -Technology University Dublin, Ireland Gregory Ramshaw- Clemson University, USA S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh- Taylor's University, Malaysia Keir Reeves -Federation University Australia Amos S. Ron -Ashkelon Academic College, Israel Lisa Ruhanen -University of Queensland, Australia Siamak Seyfi - University of Oulu, Finland Melanie K. Smith - Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary Ming Ming Su - Renmin University, China Yehong Sun - Beijing Union University, China
Emma Waterton- University of Western Sydney, Australia
Tamara Young - The University of Newcastle, Australia Chaozhi (Taylor) Zhang - Sun Yat-sen University, China Yuje Zhu -Australian National University, Australia
Tongqian (Tony) Zou - Beijing International Studies University, China Updated 27-07-2022
Abstracting and indexing
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