Top institutions in tourism and hospitality research, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 10 tracked tourism and hospitality journals in each year from 2023 to 2025, by publication date and OpenAlex affiliations; a paper counts once for each institution (and country) among its authors. Built from the site's archive of every paper of these journals and rebuilt daily. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

From 2023 to 2025, Hong Kong Polytechnic University published the most papers in the 10 tracked tourism and hospitality journals (267), followed by Sun Yat-sen University (151) and Kyung Hee University (120).
In 2025 alone, Hong Kong Polytechnic University led with 97 papers.
Among countries, China took part in the most papers (1,107), ahead of United States and United Kingdom.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	75	95	97	267
2	Sun Yat-sen University	China	42	62	47	151
3	Kyung Hee University	South Korea	33	42	45	120
4	City University of Macau	Macao	24	28	57	109
5	University of Surrey	United Kingdom	31	44	34	109
6	Macau University of Science and Technology	Macao	15	38	52	105
7	University of Macau	Macao	29	39	31	99
8	Griffith University	Australia	26	35	24	85
9	University of Central Florida	United States	26	26	31	83
10	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	23	34	24	81
11	Nankai University	China	19	21	37	77
12	Hainan University	China	21	35	18	74
13	The University of Queensland	Australia	22	32	12	66
14	Pennsylvania State University	United States	20	26	18	64
15	Huaqiao University	China	22	23	17	62
16	Xiamen University	China	14	18	27	59
17	Edith Cowan University	Australia	16	19	22	57
18	Sejong University	South Korea	13	14	26	53
19	Sichuan University	China	11	15	24	50
20	Jinan University	China	11	22	15	48
21	Purdue University West Lafayette	United States	9	16	23	48
22	Temple University	United States	13	13	20	46
23	University of Houston	United States	8	17	21	46
24	Virginia Tech	United States	15	10	20	45
25	Florida State University	United States	7	13	19	39
26	Taylor's University	Malaysia	11	11	16	38
27	University of South Carolina	United States	11	6	20	37
28	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	China	11	9	16	36
29	Washington State University	United States	7	16	13	36
30	Arizona State University	United States	9	16	10	35
31	Macao University of Tourism	Macao	14	7	13	34
32	University of Florida	United States	9	16	9	34
33	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	9	9	15	33
34	Texas A&M University	United States	7	6	18	31
35	Shandong University	China	9	8	13	30
36	University of Algarve	Portugal	5	12	13	30
37	Zhejiang University	China	9	10	11	30
38	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	12	7	9	28
39	University of North Texas	United States	8	11	9	28
40	Curtin University	Australia	7	5	15	27
41	National Chiayi University	Taiwan	6	11	10	27
42	Eastern Mediterranean University	Cyprus	4	9	13	26
43	Oxford Brookes University	United Kingdom	5	11	10	26
44	South China Normal University	China	9	6	11	26
45	Central South University	China	6	7	12	25
46	Sunway University	Malaysia	3	6	16	25
47	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	8	6	11	25
48	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	United States	11	7	7	25
49	Hanyang University	South Korea	6	4	14	24
50	Universidad de Granada	Spain	5	12	6	23

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	China	280	396	431	1,107
2	United States	223	284	310	817
3	United Kingdom	129	176	155	460
4	Australia	101	135	128	364
5	Hong Kong	86	113	120	319
6	Macao	72	104	138	314
7	South Korea	77	75	97	249
8	Spain	61	86	74	221
9	Taiwan	35	42	40	117
10	Malaysia	32	29	52	113
11	France	34	32	36	102
12	South Africa	29	41	31	101
13	Turkey	29	26	39	94
14	Portugal	25	24	28	77
15	Italy	22	28	25	75
16	India	26	32	14	72
17	New Zealand	28	20	22	70
18	Thailand	16	18	24	58
19	Canada	15	16	23	54
20	Japan	14	23	17	54
21	Austria	17	16	19	52
22	Indonesia	29	16	7	52
23	Finland	13	12	26	51
24	Norway	16	20	15	51
25	Germany	12	16	21	49
26	Poland	9	19	19	47
27	Sweden	17	13	16	46
28	Switzerland	16	10	20	46
29	Netherlands	15	15	9	39
30	Vietnam	13	10	15	38

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Top institutions in tourism and hospitality research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/tourism-and-hospitality

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