Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Information Systems
Tourism Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,056
11,981
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
tourism and global environmental change
climate change
sport and tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,990
8,018
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Hospitality management
tourism management
destination marketing
online community
technology management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,976
6,292
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
tourism
education
epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,804
5,684
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Consumer behavior
Advertising effectiveness
Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,666
6,349
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Alpine Ecology
Recreation Ecology
Sustainable Tourism
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,501
8,681
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
hotel & tourism
trading area
franchising
sustainability
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,419
6,960
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Tourism Studies
Urban Planning
Regional Geography of E & SE Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,304
7,383
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Natural area tourism
crisis management
transport
heritage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,296
6,461
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
forecasting
tourism modelling
tourism forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,159
11,237
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
sustainable tourism planning and management
ecotourism
community based and volunteer tourism
- leadership
stewardship & envi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,094
5,443
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Social Inclusion
Sustainability
Disability Studies
Sport Events Tourism Volunteers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,634
8,461
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
tourism
geotourism
geoparks
ecotourism
cruise ship tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,403
6,266
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Tourism
eTourism
e-Tourism
Complex networks
Network science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,339
8,112
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,235
4,445
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Airline Management
Service Management
Luxury Marketing
Psychology and Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,168
10,667
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
ageing
heritage
tourism
rural sociology
wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,041
3,631
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,926
4,527
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Tourism
Events
Hospitality
Recreation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,700
7,408
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
tourism
recreation
leisure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,692
3,485
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Race and ethnicity
Human dimensions of wildlife
Leisure constraints
Recreation specialization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,645
4,557
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
smart tourism
tourism marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,607
10,191
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism Experiences
Nature-Based Tourism
Volunteer Tourism
Recreation Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,599
5,543
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
tourism. hospitality
sustainability
Arctic study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,357
5,843
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
tourism
ecotourism
park management
nature-based tourism
environmental planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,344
3,628
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,247
5,059
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Iis Tussyadiah
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,056
11,981
0.796
Information Systems
Tourism Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,595
247
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
James Higham
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,990
8,018
0.535
tourism and global environmental change
climate change
sport and tourism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,687
25,303
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Youcheng Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,976
6,292
0.420
Hospitality management
tourism management
destination marketing
online community
technology management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,550
5,163
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
John Tribe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,804
5,684
0.384
tourism
education
epistemology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,282
25,913
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
John C Crotts
College of Charleston
Charleston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,666
6,349
0.433
Consumer behavior
Advertising effectiveness
Market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,221
2,784
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Catherine Pickering
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,501
8,681
0.599
Alpine Ecology
Recreation Ecology
Sustainable Tourism
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,678
713
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Yong Ki Lee
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,419
6,960
0.483
hotel & tourism
trading area
franchising
sustainability
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,347
26,659
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Alan A Lew
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,304
7,383
0.516
Tourism Studies
Urban Planning
Regional Geography of E & SE Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,395
2,839
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Bruce Prideaux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,296
6,461
0.452
Natural area tourism
crisis management
transport
heritage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,237
2,887
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
George Athanasopoulos
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,159
11,237
0.794
forecasting
tourism modelling
tourism forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,644
2,909
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Stephen Wearing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,094
5,443
0.386
sustainable tourism planning and management
ecotourism
community based and volunteer tourism
- leadership
stewardship & envi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,515
3,060
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Simon Darcy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,634
8,461
0.621
Social Inclusion
Sustainability
Disability Studies
Sport Events Tourism Volunteers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,988
3,128
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Ross Dowling
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,403
6,266
0.468
tourism
geotourism
geoparks
ecotourism
cruise ship tourism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,391
2,700
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Rodolfo Baggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,339
8,112
0.608
Tourism
eTourism
e-Tourism
Complex networks
Network science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,115
29,135
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jafar Jafari
University of Wisconsin Stout
Menomonie, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,235
4,445
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,551
840
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Sunghyup Hyun
Hanyang University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,168
10,667
0.810
Airline Management
Service Management
Luxury Marketing
Psychology and Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,465
6,078
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Claire Wallace
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,041
3,631
0.278
ageing
heritage
tourism
rural sociology
wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,230
29,902
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Richard Perdue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,926
4,527
0.350
Hospitality and Tourism Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,840
600
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Brian King
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,700
7,408
0.583
Tourism
Events
Hospitality
Recreation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,903
30,527
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Joseph O Leary
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,692
3,485
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,279
30,656
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
David Scott
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,645
4,557
0.360
Race and ethnicity
Human dimensions of wildlife
Leisure constraints
Recreation specialization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,546
903
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Chulmo Koo
Kyung Hee University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,607
10,191
0.808
smart tourism
tourism marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,591
30,769
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Kathleen L Andereck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,599
5,543
0.440
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism Experiences
Nature-Based Tourism
Volunteer Tourism
Recreation Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,340
31,402
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Joseph S Chen
Indiana University System
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,357
5,843
0.473
tourism. hospitality
sustainability
Arctic study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,442
3,375
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Paul Fj Eagles
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,344
3,628
0.294
tourism
ecotourism
park management
nature-based tourism
environmental planning