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1、ARTICLEINPRESSTourismManagement27(2006)1235–1252www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman$RatingtourismandhospitalityjournalsBobMcKercher,RobLaw,TerryLamSchoolofHotelandTourismManagement,TheHongKongPolytechnicUniversity,HungHom,Kowloon,HongKongSAR,ChinaReceived4May2005;accepted16June2005AbstractTh
2、ispaperreportsonthefindingsofaglobalstudyoftourismandhospitalityacademicsaskingthemtoratetheircollectiveliterature.Thestudyadoptedapeerassessmentmethod,usingasnowballsampletomaximizeresponserates.Overall,70tourismandhospitalityjournalswereassessed(40tourismand30hospitality)by314tourismand1
3、91hospitalityexperts.Thestudyrevealedthattourismandhospitalitycommunity,collectively,ratesitsjournalsinaclearhierarchybasedonacombinationofawarenessandperceivedqualityrating.r2005ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.Keywords:Rating;Journals;Quality;Tourism;Hospitality1.IntroductionEnglish-langua
4、gejournalsintourismandhospitalitywerepublished,todaymorethan70,andsomecommentatorsAcademicsare,increasingly,beingrequiredtopublishsuggestmorethan100,journalsservethisfieldofstudy.in‘‘quality’’journalstocomplywithinstitutionalorAsaconsequence,thehospitalityandtourismcommu-nation-wideresearc
5、hassessmentexercises,gainpromo-nityisplacedintheunenviablepositionwhereitmusttionorbegrantedtenure.Unlikeestablisheddisciplinescontinuallyinformhighereducationadministratorsthathavewidelyacceptedhierarchicalratingsofjournals,aboutthebreadthanddepthofitsacademicliterature.nosuchlistexistsi
6、ntourismandhospitality.UniversityAnumberofstudieshavetriedtorateorrankjournalsadministratorsandhighereducationfundingagenciesoverthepast15years,butasdiscussedelsewhere,theirhavetorelyontheirownhierarchicalliststofillthisvoid.utilityislimitedbysmallsamplesize,limitedscope,andApparently,thep
7、rocessisatbestarbitrary,oftenbiased,geographicspecificity.Thispaperseekstofilltheneedbyexclusiveandnotreflectiveofthedynamicnatureofpresentingtheresultsofaglobalstudyoftourismandtourismandhospitalitypublishingwherenewjournalshospitalityjournalsusingapeerassessmentmetho