Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education (JHTE) is designed to facilitate scholarly interchange among hospitality and tourism educators, industry practitioners and educators from related disciplines.

It aims to serve the needs of all levels of hospitality and tourism education through the presentation of issues and opinions pertinent to the field.

JHTE is a refereed, interdisciplinary quarterly journal of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE).

The journal regularly features: Papers on relevant academic issues, Creative and cutting-edge papers through which educators share unique instructional techniques or other innovative approaches in the classroom, Empirical papers on teaching and learning evaluation issues, Research notes or commentaries addressing current trends and developments related to hospitality and tourism education.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9827

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	345

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.591

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	35

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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.

• Essential Hospitality Management Competencies: The Importance of Soft Skills

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Lisa G., Allison R.

• Employability of Hospitality Graduates: Student and Industry Perspectives

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Yao-Fen, Chen-Tsang (Simon)

• Revisiting Competencies for Hospitality Management: Contemporary Views of the Stakeholders

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Evangelos

• Online Teaching and Learning Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Comparison of Teacher and Student Perceptions

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Sut Ieng, Amy Siu Ian

• Future of Hotel Education: Required Skills and Knowledge for Graduates of U.S. Hospitality Programs Beyond the Year 2000 - Part One

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Ardel A., Lea

• Is Tourism Education Meeting the Needs of the Tourism Industry? An Australian case study

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Jia, Helen, Jeremy

• Environmental Sustainability in the Hospitality Management Curriculum: Perspectives from Three Groups of Stakeholders

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Nelson, Cynthia, Raymond

• Industry Competencies and the Optimal Hospitality Management Curriculum: An Empirical Study

  Citation: 62

  Authors: George, Lan

• Sustainability in Hospitality and Tourism Education: Towards an Integrated Curriculum

  Citation: 61

  Authors: B. Bynum

• Industry's Expectations from Hospitality Schools: What has changed?

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Dogan, Imran, Nancy

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