Journal of Sustainable Tourism

The Journal of Sustainable Tourism is a leading tourism journal which advances critical understanding of the relationships between tourism and sustainable development. It publishes theoretical, conceptual and empirical research that explores one or more of the economic, social, cultural, political, organisational or environmental aspects of the subject. Critical views and perspectives are encouraged, as well as new ideas and approaches in relation to the theory and practice linking tourism and sustainability. Contributions can be from all disciplinary perspectives, with inter-disciplinary work especially welcome. Holistic and integrative work is encouraged. All geographical areas are included, as are all forms of tourism, both mass and niche market. Papers can be especially useful if they contribute new understanding and insights not just to the field of sustainable tourism but also to the wider social sciences or between the social and natural sciences. Many contributions include significant empirical evidence, but some innovate in the field by providing new perspectives, approaches and insights through critical reviews. The journal publishes Main Papers, Book Reviews, and occasional Opinion Pieces. Book reviews and Opinion Pieces are by invitation only. We also commission Special Issues – contact the editors if you have a proposal for a Special Issue or Opinion Piece. Peer Review Statement Quality is ensured by rigorous, anonymous peer evaluation of each main paper by three independent referees. The Editors, on behalf of the Editorial Board, make the final decision concerning publication. Submission is online through the journal’s website and ScholarOne submission system.

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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	Q2
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
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	1999	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2000	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2001	Q2
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2002	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2003	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2004	Q2
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
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2022	Q1
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management	2023	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	0.800
2000	0.784
2001	0.293
2002	0.730
2003	0.794
2004	0.661
2005	0.751
2006	0.724
2007	0.952
2008	1.139
2009	1.255
2010	1.465
2011	1.764
2012	2.702
2013	2.545
2014	2.238
2015	1.982
2016	1.741
2017	1.543
2018	1.365
2019	1.333
2020	1.734
2021	2.476
2022	2.966
2023	2.822

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	21
2000	33
2001	31
2002	34
2003	29
2004	28
2005	33
2006	44
2007	41
2008	60
2009	42
2010	55
2011	52
2012	60
2013	66
2014	64
2015	74
2016	95
2017	111
2018	118
2019	104
2020	142
2021	92
2022	147
2023	230

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	0.589
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.519
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.758
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.857
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.857
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.913
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.131
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.435
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.239
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.466
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.034
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.075
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.444
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	5.081
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	4.833
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	5.687
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	5.087
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.534
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.535
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.363
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	5.035
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	6.678
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	10.156
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	13.127
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	14.126
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.589
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.516
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.581
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.847
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.755
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.713
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.077
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.114
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.373
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.924
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.720
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.064
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	5.745
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	4.701
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.758
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.353
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.116
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.096
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	4.586
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	6.898
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	10.753
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	13.680
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	13.853
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.585
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.574
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.656
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.692
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.651
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.684
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.197
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.831
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.306
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.446
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.971
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.320
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	5.673
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.589
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.452
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.954
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.746
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.586
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.485
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	4.424
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	7.032
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	11.545
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	13.714
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	10.397

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	8
Self Cites	2000	13
Self Cites	2001	13
Self Cites	2002	18
Self Cites	2003	19
Self Cites	2004	17
Self Cites	2005	11
Self Cites	2006	11
Self Cites	2007	31
Self Cites	2008	45
Self Cites	2009	30
Self Cites	2010	52
Self Cites	2011	110
Self Cites	2012	151
Self Cites	2013	184
Self Cites	2014	108
Self Cites	2015	140
Self Cites	2016	203
Self Cites	2017	201
Self Cites	2018	161
Self Cites	2019	134
Self Cites	2020	245
Self Cites	2021	183
Self Cites	2022	310
Self Cites	2023	484
Total Cites	1999	33
Total Cites	2000	32
Total Cites	2001	43
Total Cites	2002	72
Total Cites	2003	74
Total Cites	2004	67
Total Cites	2005	98
Total Cites	2006	117
Total Cites	2007	222
Total Cites	2008	280
Total Cites	2009	279
Total Cites	2010	389
Total Cites	2011	481
Total Cites	2012	856
Total Cites	2013	785
Total Cites	2014	847
Total Cites	2015	798
Total Cites	2016	888
Total Cites	2017	959
Total Cites	2018	1147
Total Cites	2019	1486
Total Cites	2020	2297
Total Cites	2021	3914
Total Cites	2022	4624
Total Cites	2023	5278

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	0.446
External Cites per document	2000	0.306
External Cites per document	2001	0.405
External Cites per document	2002	0.635
External Cites per document	2003	0.561
External Cites per document	2004	0.532
External Cites per document	2005	0.956
External Cites per document	2006	1.178
External Cites per document	2007	1.819
External Cites per document	2008	1.992
External Cites per document	2009	1.717
External Cites per document	2010	2.357
External Cites per document	2011	2.363
External Cites per document	2012	4.732
External Cites per document	2013	3.599
External Cites per document	2014	4.152
External Cites per document	2015	3.463
External Cites per document	2016	3.358
External Cites per document	2017	3.253
External Cites per document	2018	3.521
External Cites per document	2019	4.173
External Cites per document	2020	6.162
External Cites per document	2021	10.250
External Cites per document	2022	12.763
External Cites per document	2023	12.583
Cites per document	1999	0.589
Cites per document	2000	0.516
Cites per document	2001	0.581
Cites per document	2002	0.847
Cites per document	2003	0.755
Cites per document	2004	0.713
Cites per document	2005	1.077
Cites per document	2006	1.300
Cites per document	2007	2.114
Cites per document	2008	2.373
Cites per document	2009	1.924
Cites per document	2010	2.720
Cites per document	2011	3.064
Cites per document	2012	5.745
Cites per document	2013	4.701
Cites per document	2014	4.758
Cites per document	2015	4.200
Cites per document	2016	4.353
Cites per document	2017	4.116
Cites per document	2018	4.096
Cites per document	2019	4.586
Cites per document	2020	6.898
Cites per document	2021	10.753
Cites per document	2022	13.680
Cites per document	2023	13.853

% 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	14.29
2000	15.15
2001	29.03
2002	23.53
2003	17.24
2004	10.71
2005	12.12
2006	9.09
2007	19.51
2008	31.67
2009	16.67
2010	23.64
2011	21.15
2012	25.00
2013	30.30
2014	34.38
2015	33.78
2016	37.89
2017	36.94
2018	45.76
2019	44.23
2020	48.59
2021	41.30
2022	51.02
2023	48.70

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	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	2
Non-citable documents	2005	3
Non-citable documents	2006	8
Non-citable documents	2007	11
Non-citable documents	2008	12
Non-citable documents	2009	11
Non-citable documents	2010	10
Non-citable documents	2011	9
Non-citable documents	2012	7
Non-citable documents	2013	4
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	3
Non-citable documents	2017	4
Non-citable documents	2018	9
Non-citable documents	2019	10
Non-citable documents	2020	10
Non-citable documents	2021	4
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	56
Citable documents	2000	62
Citable documents	2001	74
Citable documents	2002	85
Citable documents	2003	98
Citable documents	2004	92
Citable documents	2005	88
Citable documents	2006	82
Citable documents	2007	94
Citable documents	2008	106
Citable documents	2009	134
Citable documents	2010	133
Citable documents	2011	148
Citable documents	2012	142
Citable documents	2013	163
Citable documents	2014	174
Citable documents	2015	187
Citable documents	2016	201
Citable documents	2017	229
Citable documents	2018	271
Citable documents	2019	314
Citable documents	2020	323
Citable documents	2021	360
Citable documents	2022	335
Citable documents	2023	380

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	36
Uncited documents	2000	39
Uncited documents	2001	49
Uncited documents	2002	45
Uncited documents	2003	56
Uncited documents	2004	56
Uncited documents	2005	42
Uncited documents	2006	36
Uncited documents	2007	30
Uncited documents	2008	38
Uncited documents	2009	56
Uncited documents	2010	39
Uncited documents	2011	34
Uncited documents	2012	8
Uncited documents	2013	22
Uncited documents	2014	15
Uncited documents	2015	19
Uncited documents	2016	26
Uncited documents	2017	31
Uncited documents	2018	33
Uncited documents	2019	29
Uncited documents	2020	19
Uncited documents	2021	18
Uncited documents	2022	8
Uncited documents	2023	4
Cited documents	1999	20
Cited documents	2000	23
Cited documents	2001	25
Cited documents	2002	40
Cited documents	2003	42
Cited documents	2004	38
Cited documents	2005	49
Cited documents	2006	54
Cited documents	2007	75
Cited documents	2008	80
Cited documents	2009	89
Cited documents	2010	104
Cited documents	2011	123
Cited documents	2012	141
Cited documents	2013	145
Cited documents	2014	163
Cited documents	2015	171
Cited documents	2016	178
Cited documents	2017	202
Cited documents	2018	247
Cited documents	2019	295
Cited documents	2020	314
Cited documents	2021	346
Cited documents	2022	330
Cited documents	2023	377