Journal of Travel Research

The mission of the Journal of Travel Research is to be the premier, peer-reviewed research journal focused on the business of travel and tourism development, management, marketing, economics and behavior. Given the multifaceted, multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder character of the tourism economy, this focus implies a concern for both the public and private sector spheres of interest as well as economic, socio-cultural, political, environmental, legal, technological, and demographic issues. Specific goals are to be international in scope with geographic diversity, to be multidisciplinary with diversity in research topics and methodologies, and to be germane to the needs of the travel and tourism industry and its stakeholders. All manuscripts published in the Journal of Travel Research are double-blind, peer-reviewed by accomplished scholars in the topical area. The standard for publication in the Journal of Travel Research is that a paper must make a substantive contribution, either theoretically or methodologically, to the travel and tourism research literature. Additionally, a paper should specify its contribution to pragmatic tourism management concerns and practice. Published manuscripts must be on research of the highest standards, on topics of major significance and widespread interest, and relevant to the progress of this important global sector.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Geography, Planning and Development	1999	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2000	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2001	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2002	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2003	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2004	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2005	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2006	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	1999	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2000	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2001	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2002	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2003	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2004	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2005	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2006	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2007	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2008	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2009	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2010	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2011	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2012	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2013	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2014	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2015	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2016	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2017	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2018	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2019	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2020	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2021	Q1
Transportation	1999	Q1
Transportation	2000	Q1
Transportation	2001	Q1
Transportation	2002	Q1
Transportation	2003	Q1
Transportation	2004	Q1
Transportation	2005	Q1
Transportation	2006	Q1
Transportation	2007	Q1
Transportation	2008	Q1
Transportation	2009	Q1
Transportation	2010	Q1
Transportation	2011	Q1
Transportation	2012	Q1
Transportation	2013	Q1
Transportation	2014	Q1
Transportation	2015	Q1
Transportation	2016	Q1
Transportation	2017	Q1
Transportation	2018	Q1
Transportation	2019	Q1
Transportation	2020	Q1
Transportation	2021	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.850
2000	1.037
2001	1.762
2002	1.754
2003	1.446
2004	1.898
2005	1.334
2006	2.427
2007	2.117
2008	1.913
2009	2.397
2010	2.687
2011	2.637
2012	2.152
2013	2.273
2014	3.302
2015	3.153
2016	3.188
2017	2.820
2018	3.176
2019	3.014
2020	3.403
2021	3.291

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	40
2000	46
2001	53
2002	45
2003	47
2004	46
2005	46
2006	50
2007	41
2008	44
2009	39
2010	40
2011	54
2012	61
2013	59
2014	58
2015	54
2016	77
2017	74
2018	75
2019	91
2020	93
2021	187

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.652
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.876
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.419
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.339
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.337
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.712
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.586
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	2.283
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.608
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	3.142
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	3.812
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.615
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.872
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.907
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.645
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	4.935
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	6.379
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	6.242
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	6.627
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	8.514
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	9.956
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	12.877
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.652
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.833
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.173
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.104
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.503
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.493
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	2.122
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.662
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.650
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.148
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	3.427
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.049
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.902
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.690
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.385
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.478
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	5.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	5.778
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	6.483
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	8.128
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	9.642
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	12.077
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.512
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.643
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.047
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.818
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.673
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.380
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.172
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.793
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.022
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.706
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.494
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.418
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.223
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.191
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.808
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.556
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	4.768
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	5.344
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	5.821
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	7.671
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	8.892
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	10.870

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	22
Self Cites	2000	12
Self Cites	2001	11
Self Cites	2002	24
Self Cites	2003	14
Self Cites	2004	57
Self Cites	2005	36
Self Cites	2006	52
Self Cites	2007	43
Self Cites	2008	41
Self Cites	2009	32
Self Cites	2010	46
Self Cites	2011	39
Self Cites	2012	47
Self Cites	2013	92
Self Cites	2014	115
Self Cites	2015	110
Self Cites	2016	174
Self Cites	2017	148
Self Cites	2018	136
Self Cites	2019	166
Self Cites	2020	199
Self Cites	2021	386
Total Cites	1999	90
Total Cites	2000	105
Total Cites	2001	169
Total Cites	2002	163
Total Cites	2003	159
Total Cites	2004	218
Total Cites	2005	206
Total Cites	2006	295
Total Cites	2007	378
Total Cites	2008	363
Total Cites	2009	425
Total Cites	2010	425
Total Cites	2011	375
Total Cites	2012	519
Total Cites	2013	572
Total Cites	2014	763
Total Cites	2015	797
Total Cites	2016	969
Total Cites	2017	1092
Total Cites	2018	1329
Total Cites	2019	1837
Total Cites	2020	2314
Total Cites	2021	3128

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.496
External Cites per document	2000	0.756
External Cites per document	2001	1.254
External Cites per document	2002	1.045
External Cites per document	2003	1.051
External Cites per document	2004	1.158
External Cites per document	2005	1.288
External Cites per document	2006	1.855
External Cites per document	2007	2.519
External Cites per document	2008	2.496
External Cites per document	2009	3.000
External Cites per document	2010	3.107
External Cites per document	2011	2.777
External Cites per document	2012	3.631
External Cites per document	2013	3.137
External Cites per document	2014	3.746
External Cites per document	2015	3.881
External Cites per document	2016	4.704
External Cites per document	2017	5.048
External Cites per document	2018	5.848
External Cites per document	2019	7.394
External Cites per document	2020	8.962
External Cites per document	2021	10.838
Cites per document	1999	0.652
Cites per document	2000	0.833
Cites per document	2001	1.300
Cites per document	2002	1.173
Cites per document	2003	1.104
Cites per document	2004	1.503
Cites per document	2005	1.493
Cites per document	2006	2.122
Cites per document	2007	2.662
Cites per document	2008	2.650
Cites per document	2009	3.148
Cites per document	2010	3.427
Cites per document	2011	3.049
Cites per document	2012	3.902
Cites per document	2013	3.690
Cites per document	2014	4.385
Cites per document	2015	4.478
Cites per document	2016	5.667
Cites per document	2017	5.778
Cites per document	2018	6.483
Cites per document	2019	8.128
Cites per document	2020	9.642
Cites per document	2021	12.077

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	12.50
2000	21.74
2001	9.43
2002	22.22
2003	25.53
2004	23.91
2005	28.26
2006	22.00
2007	34.15
2008	36.36
2009	28.21
2010	37.50
2011	37.04
2012	32.79
2013	25.42
2014	44.83
2015	50.00
2016	48.05
2017	58.11
2018	42.67
2019	49.45
2020	55.91
2021	58.82

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	1
Non-citable documents	2000	3
Non-citable documents	2001	4
Non-citable documents	2002	6
Non-citable documents	2003	6
Non-citable documents	2004	6
Non-citable documents	2005	6
Non-citable documents	2006	8
Non-citable documents	2007	9
Non-citable documents	2008	8
Non-citable documents	2009	4
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	2
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	6
Citable documents	1999	137
Citable documents	2000	123
Citable documents	2001	126
Citable documents	2002	133
Citable documents	2003	138
Citable documents	2004	139
Citable documents	2005	132
Citable documents	2006	131
Citable documents	2007	133
Citable documents	2008	129
Citable documents	2009	131
Citable documents	2010	122
Citable documents	2011	121
Citable documents	2012	130
Citable documents	2013	153
Citable documents	2014	173
Citable documents	2015	177
Citable documents	2016	169
Citable documents	2017	187
Citable documents	2018	204
Citable documents	2019	226
Citable documents	2020	236
Citable documents	2021	253

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	73
Uncited documents	2000	71
Uncited documents	2001	54
Uncited documents	2002	65
Uncited documents	2003	77
Uncited documents	2004	55
Uncited documents	2005	54
Uncited documents	2006	38
Uncited documents	2007	32
Uncited documents	2008	31
Uncited documents	2009	23
Uncited documents	2010	22
Uncited documents	2011	22
Uncited documents	2012	19
Uncited documents	2013	21
Uncited documents	2014	13
Uncited documents	2015	23
Uncited documents	2016	11
Uncited documents	2017	17
Uncited documents	2018	15
Uncited documents	2019	13
Uncited documents	2020	9
Uncited documents	2021	1
Cited documents	1999	65
Cited documents	2000	55
Cited documents	2001	76
Cited documents	2002	74
Cited documents	2003	67
Cited documents	2004	90
Cited documents	2005	84
Cited documents	2006	101
Cited documents	2007	110
Cited documents	2008	106
Cited documents	2009	112
Cited documents	2010	102
Cited documents	2011	101
Cited documents	2012	114
Cited documents	2013	134
Cited documents	2014	161
Cited documents	2015	155
Cited documents	2016	160
Cited documents	2017	172
Cited documents	2018	190
Cited documents	2019	213
Cited documents	2020	231
Cited documents	2021	258