---
title: "Top universities in tourism and hospitality research"
description: "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."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T07:48:13+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
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---

# 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.

By category: [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/finance.md) · [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/accounting.md) · [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/economics.md) · [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/management.md) · [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/marketing.md) · [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/information-systems.md) · [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/tourism-and-hospitality.md) · [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/operations-research.md) · [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/statistics.md) · [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/ai.md)

## 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 75 | 95 | 97 | 267 |
| 2 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | China | 42 | 62 | 47 | 151 |
| 3 | Kyung Hee University | South Korea | 33 | 42 | 45 | 120 |
| 4 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nankai-university.md) | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | China | 11 | 15 | 24 | 50 |
| 20 | [Jinan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jinan-university.md) | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | China | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 38 | [Harbin Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harbin-institute-of-technology.md) | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-south-university.md) | 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 |

## Cite this page

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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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Top institutions in tourism and hospitality research, 2023–2025},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/tourism-and-hospitality}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).