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Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management is a subfield of Business, Management and Accounting. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 23.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of the hospitality industry..

Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
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Which countries lead Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Spain, the United States and China rank highest in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (535 and 415 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain · #4 all time 26.2% top 10% · 366 works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 18.4% top 10% · 535 works
  3. 3 China · #7 all time 21.2% top 10% · 416 works
  4. 4 Italy · #5 all time 36.5% top 10% · 209 works
  5. 5 France · #6 all time 12.1% top 10% · 298 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 5 countries ranked in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 535 works
  2. 2 China 415 works
  3. 3 Spain 366 works
  4. 4 France 298 works
  5. 5 Italy 209 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 198 works
  7. 7 India 195 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 195 works
  9. 9 Portugal 160 works
  10. 10 Australia 141 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 19.7%China: 15.3%Spain: 13.5%France: 11.0%6 others listed: 40.5%20%largest
United States535 · 19.7%China415 · 15.3%Spain366 · 13.5%France298 · 11.0%6 others listed1,098 · 40.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Alicante publishes the most Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research, followed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Aveiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of AlicanteSpain 30 works
  2. 2 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 20 works
  3. 3 University of AveiroPortugal 17 works
  4. 4 University of Central FloridaUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 15 works
  6. 6 University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain 14 works
  7. 7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 14 works
  8. 8 University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 14 works
  9. 9 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 13 works
  10. 10 The University of AdelaideAustralia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management?

Among the most productive authors in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Kenneth J. Arrow, Marko Sarstedt and Paul Slovic rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Kenneth J. Arrow United States · #26 worldwide 5.4k citations · 176 works
  2. 2 Marko Sarstedt Germany · #145 worldwide 11k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 Paul Slovic United States · #421 worldwide 3.5k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Edwin A. Locke United States · #904 worldwide 3.5k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Mark Petticrew United Kingdom · #1,143 worldwide 3.1k citations · 89 works
  6. 6 Colin F. Camerer United States · #1,560 worldwide 3.6k citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Dimitrios Buhalis United Kingdom · #1,916 worldwide 2k citations · 152 works
  8. 8 Arnold Zellner United States · #2,464 worldwide 1.6k citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Domenic V. Cicchetti United States · #2,557 worldwide 2.4k citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Jörg Henseler Netherlands · #2,913 worldwide 7.6k citations · 66 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,548 highest-output authors in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management researchers

Where is Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research done?

The largest centres of Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Madrid (Spain) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Alicante.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 69 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 58 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 44 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 34 works
  5. 5 Lisbon Portugal 31 works
  6. 6 Alicante Spain 30 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 28 works
  8. 8 Adelaide Australia 27 works
  9. 9 Macao China 27 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong China 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AlicanteES · 29.9 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management than the world average.

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Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research by country

The best places for Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Alicante, Hochschule Geisenheim University and University of Aveiro score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 37.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Alicante: 30, 47.9%Hochschule Geisenheim University: 12, 37.9%University of Aveiro: 17, 32.6%University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro: 14, 36.5%Universidad de Extremadura: 9, 39.6%Macau University of Science and Technology: 10, 36.7%University of Central Florida: 16, 35.8%Kedge Business School: 9, 30.8%University of Córdoba: 11, 34.9%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 20, 41.4%University of AlicanteHochschule Geisenhei…University of Trás-o…University of Aveiro
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of AlicanteSpain 77.247.9%24.4×30 -7.9%
2 Hochschule Geisenheim UniversityGermany 70.037.9%226.7×12 +272.0%
3 University of AveiroPortugal 66.232.6%11.0×17 +100.4%
4 University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 65.836.5%28.5×14 +110.0%
5 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 65.239.6%9.8×9 +248.1%
6 Macau University of Science and TechnologyMacau 64.436.7%9.8×10 —
7 University of Central FloridaUnited States 60.735.8%9.3×16 +68.8%
8 Kedge Business SchoolFrance 60.530.8%63.8×9 +145.0%
9 University of CórdobaSpain 59.734.9%17.9×11 +62.2%
10 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 58.241.4%5.0×20 -19.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Wine Industry and Tourism and Hospitality and Tourism Education.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management include?