Most Frequent Contributors to the Hospitality Literature: A Ten-Year Update

Abstract

Academic research in the hospitality field has great importance for tenure and promotion. Consequently, the “publish or perish” pressure has not diminished in the past 25 years with the increased numbers of university programs and an increase in the number of doctoral-qualified faculty. This study updates one done in 1992 and analyzes the contributions of academics as published in the four general interest refereed hospitality journals: the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly; the International Journal of Hospitality Management; the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research and the Florida International University Hospitality Review. Only refereed articles and notes were used in the tabulations. Industry members, journal staffs, and editors were not included. The study ranked the academic contributors in each journal in order of total appearances and adjusted appearances. Adjusted appearances were used to distinguish between single-authored and multi-authored articles. A high correlation was found between the rankings of adjusted and non-adjusted appearances of the twenty top ranked authors. The top 15 universities in terms of adjusted appearances were also calculated.