Hospitality and Society

Aims & Scope

Hospitality & Society is published in partnership with the Council for Hospitality Management Education.

Hospitality & Society is an international multidisciplinary social sciences journal focusing upon hospitality and exploring its connections with wider social and cultural processes and structures.

The double-blind peer-reviewed journal welcomes submissions from various disciplines and aims to be an interactive forum expanding frontiers of knowledge and contributing to the literature on hospitality social science.

Articles that stimulate debate, discussion and exchange across disciplines are welcomed, as well as review essays or short topical pieces that are provocative and problematic in nature.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	1.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17695

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	62

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.271

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Theorizing hospitality

  Citation: 201

  Authors: Paul, Jennie Germann, Alison, Peter, Conrad

• CouchSurfing and network hospitality: 'It's not just about the furniture'

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Jennie Germann

• The tourism labour conundrum: agenda for new research in the geography of hospitality workers

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Kristina, Dimitri

• Technologies of hospitality: How planned encounters develop between strangers

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Paula

• Hospitality and organizations: Enchantment, entrenchment and reconfiguration

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Peter

• A systematic literature review on eWOM in the hotel industry: Current trends and suggestions for future research

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Iselin, Chris, Steven, Babak, Jiju

• Ethics, power and space: International hospitality beyond Derrida

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Dan

• Darker still: Present-day slavery in hospitality and tourism services

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Richard N. S.

• Hospitality in hospitals: The importance of caring about the patient

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Rosalind, Erwin, Valerie A.

• CouchSurfing and authenticity: Notes towards an understanding of an emerging phenomenon

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Vicky, Sean O’

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