Visitor Studies

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SCImago
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Impact factor
1.9
SJR
0.571
CiteScore
2.7
Categories
Communication
Museology
Education
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Business, Management and Accounting
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1988-1989, 1992-1993, 2007-2025
journal names
Visitor Studies
VISIT STUD
Publications
464
Citations
3 964
h-index
29
Publications
72
Citations
2 440
Top-3 citing journals
Visitor Studies
Visitor Studies (366 citations)
Curator
Curator (103 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (78 publications)
Australia (20 publications)
United Kingdom (15 publications)
USA (34 publications)
Australia (5 publications)
United Kingdom (5 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Visitor Studies
366 citations, 9.23%
Museum Management and Curatorship
117 citations, 2.95%
Curator
103 citations, 2.6%
Tourism Management
79 citations, 1.99%
Environmental Education Research
69 citations, 1.74%
Zoo Biology
69 citations, 1.74%
Sustainability
68 citations, 1.72%
International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement
65 citations, 1.64%
Science Education
64 citations, 1.61%
Journal of Museum Education
53 citations, 1.34%
Journal of Interpretation Research
51 citations, 1.29%
Frontiers in Psychology
48 citations, 1.21%
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
38 citations, 0.96%
PLoS ONE
31 citations, 0.78%
Research in Science Education
30 citations, 0.76%
Tourism Management Perspectives
29 citations, 0.73%
Journal of Heritage Tourism
29 citations, 0.73%
Animals
28 citations, 0.71%
Frontiers in Education
27 citations, 0.68%
Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
26 citations, 0.66%
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
25 citations, 0.63%
Zoos and Aquariums in the Public Mind
23 citations, 0.58%
Current Issues in Tourism
22 citations, 0.55%
Anthrozoos
22 citations, 0.55%
International Journal of Heritage Studies
21 citations, 0.53%
Tourism Recreation Research
20 citations, 0.5%
Conservation Biology
18 citations, 0.45%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
16 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
16 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
16 citations, 0.4%
International Journal of Science Education
15 citations, 0.38%
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
15 citations, 0.38%
Education Sciences
15 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Destination Marketing and Management
15 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Biological Education
15 citations, 0.38%
SAGE Open
14 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
14 citations, 0.35%
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
13 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Travel Research
13 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Tourism Research
13 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
13 citations, 0.33%
Ecopsychology
12 citations, 0.3%
Leisure Studies
12 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Ecotourism
12 citations, 0.3%
Heritage
12 citations, 0.3%
Studies in Science Education
11 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
11 citations, 0.28%
Empirical Studies of the Arts
11 citations, 0.28%
Buildings
11 citations, 0.28%
Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management
11 citations, 0.28%
Tourism and Hospitality Research
10 citations, 0.25%
Research in Science and Technological Education
10 citations, 0.25%
Anatolia
10 citations, 0.25%
Heliyon
10 citations, 0.25%
Environment and Behavior
10 citations, 0.25%
Applied Environmental Education and Communication
10 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing
9 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Environmental Education
9 citations, 0.23%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
9 citations, 0.23%
Cultural Trends
9 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Geoscience Education
9 citations, 0.23%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
9 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Vacation Marketing
9 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
8 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Tourism Cities
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Documentation
8 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Human Computer Studies
8 citations, 0.2%
New Directions for Evaluation
8 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Event and Festival Management
8 citations, 0.2%
Geoheritage
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Science Education and Technology
8 citations, 0.2%
People and Nature
8 citations, 0.2%
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development
7 citations, 0.18%
Electronics (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Beliefs and Values
7 citations, 0.18%
Public Understanding of Science
7 citations, 0.18%
Land
7 citations, 0.18%
Sleep
7 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Chemical Education
7 citations, 0.18%
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
7 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
7 citations, 0.18%
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
7 citations, 0.18%
International Zoo Yearbook
7 citations, 0.18%
Evaluation and Program Planning
7 citations, 0.18%
Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education
7 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism
6 citations, 0.15%
Tourism Review
6 citations, 0.15%
Cognition and Instruction
6 citations, 0.15%
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
6 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
6 citations, 0.15%
Tourism, Culture and Communication
6 citations, 0.15%
Educational Research Review
6 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
6 citations, 0.15%
Educational Studies
6 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Leisure Research
6 citations, 0.15%
Heritage and Society
6 citations, 0.15%
Educational Technology Research and Development
6 citations, 0.15%
Early Childhood Education Journal
5 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
5 citations, 0.13%
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Taylor & Francis
1266 citations, 31.94%
Wiley
413 citations, 10.42%
Elsevier
409 citations, 10.32%
Springer Nature
369 citations, 9.31%
MDPI
275 citations, 6.94%
SAGE
250 citations, 6.31%
Emerald
125 citations, 3.15%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
100 citations, 2.52%
Frontiers Media S.A.
97 citations, 2.45%
Cambridge University Press
41 citations, 1.03%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
40 citations, 1.01%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
33 citations, 0.83%
IGI Global
32 citations, 0.81%
Oxford University Press
21 citations, 0.53%
Cognizant, LLC
20 citations, 0.5%
Mary Ann Liebert
12 citations, 0.3%
Duke University Press
11 citations, 0.28%
Walter de Gruyter
10 citations, 0.25%
JMIR Publications
10 citations, 0.25%
Modestum Ltd
10 citations, 0.25%
American Psychological Association (APA)
9 citations, 0.23%
OpenEdition
9 citations, 0.23%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
8 citations, 0.2%
SciELO
8 citations, 0.2%
Consortium Erudit
8 citations, 0.2%
IOP Publishing
7 citations, 0.18%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
7 citations, 0.18%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
5 citations, 0.13%
Brill
5 citations, 0.13%
The Royal Society
5 citations, 0.13%
National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.
5 citations, 0.13%
Hindawi Limited
5 citations, 0.13%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.13%
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli Universitesi SBE Dergisi
5 citations, 0.13%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
4 citations, 0.1%
Ubiquity Press
4 citations, 0.1%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.1%
AOSIS
4 citations, 0.1%
National Documentation Centre (EKT)
4 citations, 0.1%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.08%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 citations, 0.08%
American Society for Microbiology
3 citations, 0.08%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.08%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Methodical Center
3 citations, 0.08%
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija
3 citations, 0.08%
Annual Reviews
3 citations, 0.08%
Portico
3 citations, 0.08%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3 citations, 0.08%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
2 citations, 0.05%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
2 citations, 0.05%
Entomological Society of America
2 citations, 0.05%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
2 citations, 0.05%
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
2 citations, 0.05%
National Recreation and Park Association
2 citations, 0.05%
Enviro Research Publishers
2 citations, 0.05%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.05%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.05%
Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
2 citations, 0.05%
MANAS Sosyal Arastirmalar Dergisi
2 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
National Association of Biology Teachers
1 citation, 0.03%
Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.03%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.03%
Microbiology Society
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.03%
American Physical Society (APS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
1 citation, 0.03%
Open Library of Humanities
1 citation, 0.03%
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Behaviormetric Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Oxford Brookes University
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute for Tourism & Croatian Tourist Board
1 citation, 0.03%
N T C Publications Ltd.
1 citation, 0.03%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists
1 citation, 0.03%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
1 citation, 0.03%
National Institute for Museums and Public Collections
1 citation, 0.03%
Alexandria University
1 citation, 0.03%
Ozgen Korkmaz
1 citation, 0.03%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.03%
Canadian Science Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Thomas Telford
1 citation, 0.03%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
1 citation, 0.03%
S. Karger AG
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.03%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1 citation, 0.03%
HORS Publishing House, LLC
1 citation, 0.03%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
1 citation, 0.03%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.03%
Ankara University - Faculty of Language and History-Geography
1 citation, 0.03%
Intellect
1 citation, 0.03%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.03%
UCL Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Franco Angeli
1 citation, 0.03%
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University of Queensland
9 publications, 1.94%
University College London
7 publications, 1.51%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.65%
University of Warwick
3 publications, 0.65%
University of Oxford
3 publications, 0.65%
University of Western Australia
3 publications, 0.65%
Oregon State University
3 publications, 0.65%
University of British Columbia
3 publications, 0.65%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.65%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.65%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.43%
Victoria University of Wellington
2 publications, 0.43%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.43%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 0.43%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.43%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.43%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.43%
University of Flensburg
2 publications, 0.43%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.43%
East Carolina University
2 publications, 0.43%
Western Kentucky University
2 publications, 0.43%
Jacksonville State University
2 publications, 0.43%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.22%
Cyprus University of Technology
1 publication, 0.22%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0.22%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.22%
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
1 publication, 0.22%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.22%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 0.22%
Central South University
1 publication, 0.22%
Mid Sweden University
1 publication, 0.22%
Blekinge Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.22%
David Yellin College of Education
1 publication, 0.22%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Oulu
1 publication, 0.22%
Aalborg University
1 publication, 0.22%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.22%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.22%
Steno Diabetes Center
1 publication, 0.22%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.22%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.22%
Massey University
1 publication, 0.22%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.22%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.22%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.22%
Macquarie University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of the Sunshine Coast
1 publication, 0.22%
Southern Cross University
1 publication, 0.22%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.22%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.22%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.22%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.22%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.22%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.22%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.22%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.22%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.22%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.22%
Illinois State University
1 publication, 0.22%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.22%
Northeastern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.22%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Cape Coast
1 publication, 0.22%
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1 publication, 0.22%
Hasselt University
1 publication, 0.22%
German Institute for Adult Education (Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning)
1 publication, 0.22%
Grand Valley State University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Minnesota Duluth
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.22%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.22%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.22%
Open University of Catalonia
1 publication, 0.22%
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
1 publication, 0.22%
Laurentian University
1 publication, 0.22%
Lakehead University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.22%
Kobe Gakuin University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.22%
Eastern Kentucky University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Rochester
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.22%
Binghamton University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Westminster
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Hertfordshire
1 publication, 0.22%
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
1 publication, 0.22%
ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
1 publication, 0.22%
Lesley University
1 publication, 0.22%
Kennesaw State University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Alaska Fairbanks
1 publication, 0.22%
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University of Queensland
4 publications, 5.56%
University of Western Australia
3 publications, 4.17%
University College London
2 publications, 2.78%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 2.78%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 2.78%
University of British Columbia
2 publications, 2.78%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 2.78%
Western Kentucky University
2 publications, 2.78%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 2.78%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 1.39%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 1.39%
Central South University
1 publication, 1.39%
David Yellin College of Education
1 publication, 1.39%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 1.39%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 1.39%
Cornell University
1 publication, 1.39%
Massey University
1 publication, 1.39%
Victoria University of Wellington
1 publication, 1.39%
University of the Sunshine Coast
1 publication, 1.39%
Stanford University
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 1.39%
Washington State University
1 publication, 1.39%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 1.39%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 1.39%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 1.39%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 1.39%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 1.39%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 1.39%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 1.39%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 1.39%
DePaul University
1 publication, 1.39%
Northeastern Illinois University
1 publication, 1.39%
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1 publication, 1.39%
Hasselt University
1 publication, 1.39%
Grand Valley State University
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 1.39%
Brown University
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Flensburg
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Florida
1 publication, 1.39%
Eastern Kentucky University
1 publication, 1.39%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Rochester
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Utah
1 publication, 1.39%
Binghamton University
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Alaska Fairbanks
1 publication, 1.39%
University of Pittsburgh
1 publication, 1.39%
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
1 publication, 1.39%
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USA, 78, 16.81%
USA
78 publications, 16.81%
Australia, 20, 4.31%
Australia
20 publications, 4.31%
United Kingdom, 15, 3.23%
United Kingdom
15 publications, 3.23%
Israel, 5, 1.08%
Israel
5 publications, 1.08%
Germany, 4, 0.86%
Germany
4 publications, 0.86%
Canada, 4, 0.86%
Canada
4 publications, 0.86%
New Zealand, 4, 0.86%
New Zealand
4 publications, 0.86%
Norway, 3, 0.65%
Norway
3 publications, 0.65%
China, 2, 0.43%
China
2 publications, 0.43%
Denmark, 2, 0.43%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.43%
Netherlands, 2, 0.43%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.43%
Portugal, 1, 0.22%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.22%
Austria, 1, 0.22%
Austria
1 publication, 0.22%
Belgium, 1, 0.22%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.22%
Brazil, 1, 0.22%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.22%
Ghana, 1, 0.22%
Ghana
1 publication, 0.22%
Spain, 1, 0.22%
Spain
1 publication, 0.22%
Qatar, 1, 0.22%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.22%
Cyprus, 1, 0.22%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.22%
Romania, 1, 0.22%
Romania
1 publication, 0.22%
Finland, 1, 0.22%
Finland
1 publication, 0.22%
Sweden, 1, 0.22%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.22%
South Africa, 1, 0.22%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.22%
Japan, 1, 0.22%
Japan
1 publication, 0.22%
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USA, 34, 47.22%
USA
34 publications, 47.22%
Australia, 5, 6.94%
Australia
5 publications, 6.94%
United Kingdom, 5, 6.94%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 6.94%
China, 2, 2.78%
China
2 publications, 2.78%
Israel, 2, 2.78%
Israel
2 publications, 2.78%
New Zealand, 2, 2.78%
New Zealand
2 publications, 2.78%
Germany, 1, 1.39%
Germany
1 publication, 1.39%
Austria, 1, 1.39%
Austria
1 publication, 1.39%
Belgium, 1, 1.39%
Belgium
1 publication, 1.39%
Brazil, 1, 1.39%
Brazil
1 publication, 1.39%
Canada, 1, 1.39%
Canada
1 publication, 1.39%
Norway, 1, 1.39%
Norway
1 publication, 1.39%
South Africa, 1, 1.39%
South Africa
1 publication, 1.39%
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