Most Frequent Contributors to the Hospitality Literature

Abstract

Academic research in the hospitality field has great importance for tenure and promotion. Consequently, academic research has greatly increased in the last 16 years with the increase in hospitality programs. The majority of the research is published in the following four journals: The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, the International Journal of Hospitality Management, the Hospitality Research Journal 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 multiauthored articles. A high correlation was found between the rankings of adjusted and nonadjusted appearances of top-ranked authors. The top 15 universities in terms of adjusted appearances were also calculated.