About this journal
Aims and scope
Tourism Recreation Research is a multidisciplinary international journal that publishes six issues annually. As one of the pioneer tourism journals, it encourages scholars to submit innovative and impactful papers that focus on tourism and/ or recreation. Tourism and recreation manuscripts that additionally implicate related fields such as hospitality, leisure, events, and sport, are also welcome to the extent that they engage with knowledge integration and the holistic pursuit of contemporary social issues.
Contributions are also encouraged on fundamental research concepts and theories. The journal carries regular features such as Research Note, Post-Published Reviews, and Book Reviews. ‘Research Notes’ provide the opportunity for papers to showcase reliable findings in their field of research. The ‘Post-Published Review’ section has been introduced to capture deep insights into the papers that have already been published in Tourism Recreation Research, and to fill in gaps in the information received. The journal places strong emphasis on original research and readability. We also commission special issues on novel and innovative themes normally at least once a year.
Peer Review Policy
All manuscript submissions are peer reviewed anonymously (double anonymous peer review) by a minimum of two experts referees.Journal metrics
Usage
- 192K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 11.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.359 (2023) SNIP
- 0.921 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 3 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 50 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 24 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 19% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to 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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Tzung-Cheng TC Huan - National Chiayi University & Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan
Associate Editor:
Masood A. Naqvi - Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan
Founding Editor:
Tej Vir Singh (Late) - Centre for Tourism Research & Development, India
Editorial Board:
Susanne Becken - Griffith University, Australia
Dimitrios Buhalis - Bournemouth University, UK
Jim Butcher - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Richard Butler - Strathclyde Business School, UK
Neil Carr - University of Otago, New Zealand
Alexandra Coghlan - Griffith University, Australia
Chris Cooper - Leeds Beckett University, UK
Glen Croy - Monash University, Australia
Rachel Dodds- Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Giacomo Del Chiappa - University of Sassari, Italy
Deborah Edwards - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Michael Fagence - University of Queensland, Australia
Martin Falk- University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
David Fennell - Brock University, Canada
Sebastian Filep - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK SAR, China
Anestis K. Fotiadis - Zayed University, UAE
Edmund Goh - Edith Cowan University, Australia
Daniel Guttentag - College of Charleston, USA
C. Michael Hall - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Anne Hardy - University of Tasmania, Australia
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles - University of South Australia, Australia
Jafar Jafari - University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
Yangyang Jiang- University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China
Catheryn Khoo - Torrens University, Australia
Aise Kim - University of South Australia, Australia
Bona Kim- Inha University, Korea
Sangkyun Kim- Edith Cowan University, Australia
Brian King - Texas A&M University, Texas
Carol Kline - Appalachian State University, USA
Metin Kozak- Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Thouraya Labben - United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Rob Law - University of Macau, China
Chieh-Lu Li- National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Weng Marc Lim - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Bob McKercher - University of Queensland, Australia
Brent Moyley - Griffith University, Australia
Paolo Mura - Zayed University, UAE
Daniel Olsen - Brigham Young University, USA
Christof Pforr - Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Stephen Pratt- University of Central Florida, USA
Girish Prayag - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Raymond Rastegar- Griffith University, Australia
Tareq Rasul - Australian Institute of Business, Australia
Lisa Ruhanen - University of Queensland, Australia
Heike Schänzel - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Noel Scott - University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Shalini Singh - Brock University, Canada
Melanie Smith - BKF University of Applied Sciences, Hungary
Peter Smith - University of West London, UK
Wayne W. Smith - Ryerson University, Canada
Nikolaos Stylos - University of Bristol, UK
Dallen J. Timothy - Arizona State University, USA
Denis Tolkach - James Cook University, Australia
Amitabh Upadhya - American College of Dubai, UAE
Chris A. Vassiliadis - University of Macedonia, Greece
Geoffrey Wall - University of Waterloo, Canada
Clare Weeden - University of Brighton, UK
Craig Wight - Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Violetta Wilk- Edith Cowan University, Australia
Shih-Shuo Yeh - National Quemoy University, Taiwan
Wen-Long Zhuang- Hungkuang University, Taiwan
Abstracting and indexing
- CABI
- Clarivate
- CNKI
- Knowledge E
- Meta
- NHN
- OCLC
- Semantic Scolar
Elsevier Products:
- REAXYSCAR
- SCOPUS
EBSCO Products:
- Associates Programs Source Plus
- CAB Abstracts with Full Text
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete
- Hospitality & Tourism Index
- Vocational Studies Complete
Tourism Recreation Research is listed as an A journal in the ABDC list.
Open access
Tourism Recreation Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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