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Top institutions in the United States for Sport, Leisure & Tourism

15 institutions · Sport, Leisure & Tourism · United States

Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Sport, Leisure & Tourism?

116 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Sport, Leisure & Tourism are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.2% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 51 countries in the subfield. 115 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Rosen College of Hospitality Management has the most (8), followed by Texas A&M University (7) and Arizona State University (5). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
116
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
115
99.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 51 countries in Sport, Leisure & Tourism
Highest-ranked
#855
Gursoy, Dogan
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Rosen College of Hospitality Management88#3Tasci, Asli D.A. #12,572
2Texas A&M University77#5Crompton, John L. #7,423
3Arizona State University55#7Kim, Jonghyeong #5,133
4Florida State University55#11Kim, Woo Gon #15,986
5University of South Carolina55#12Okumus, Bendegul #18,872
6University of Houston55#13Madera, Juan M. #27,374
7University of Florida55#14Gibson, Heather J. #38,025
8Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business44#16Xiang, Zheng #12,117
9Isenberg School of Management44#17Uysal, Muzaffer S. #14,737
10University of Nevada, Las Vegas44#18Baloglu, Seyhmus #20,027
11University of Central Florida33#23Okumus, Fevzi #8,113
12Purdue University33#25Lehto, Xinran You #12,854
13College of Health and Human Sciences33#28Jang, Soocheong (Shawn) #20,088
14Temple University33#32Funk, Daniel C. #24,817
15NC State University33#33Barbieri, Carla E. #56,400

The top 100 in Sport, Leisure & Tourism in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Gursoy, Dogan
    Washington State University Pullman
  2. 2
    Mattila, Anna S.
    Pennsylvania State University
  3. 3
    Kim, Minseong
    Louisiana State University in Shreveport
  4. 4
    Kim, Jonghyeong
    Arizona State University
  5. 5
    Timothy, Dallen J.
    Arizona State University
  6. 6
    Bilgihan, Anil
    College of Business
  7. 7
    Woosnam, Kyle Maurice
    University of Georgia
  8. 8
    Crompton, John L.
    Texas A&M University
  9. 9
    Okumus, Fevzi
    University of Central Florida
  10. 10
    Guttentag, Daniel A.
    College of Charleston
  11. 11
    Xiang, Zheng
    Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business
  12. 12
    Petrick, James F.
    Texas A&M University
  13. 13
    Tasci, Asli D.A.
    Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  14. 14
    Lehto, Xinran You
    Purdue University
  15. 15
    Köseoglu, Mehmet Ali
    Metropolitan State University
  16. 16
    Wei, Wei
    Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  17. 17
    Kim, Jungkeun
    Texas A&M University
  18. 18
    Uysal, Muzaffer S.
    Isenberg School of Management
  19. 19
    Chi, Christina G.
    Washington State University Pullman
  20. 20
    Pizam, Abraham
    University of Central Florida
  21. 21
    Leung, Xi Yu
    Kansas State University
  22. 22
    Kim, Woo Gon
    Florida State University
  23. 23
    Lew, Alan A.
    Northern Arizona University
  24. 24
    Jamal, Tazim
    Texas A&M University
  25. 25
    Okumus, Bendegul
    University of South Carolina
  26. 26
    Baloglu, Seyhmus
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  27. 27
    Jang, Soocheong (Shawn)
    College of Health and Human Sciences
  28. 28
    Assaf, A. George Georges
    Isenberg School of Management
  29. 29
    Nicolau, Juan Luis
    Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business
  30. 30
    Funk, Daniel C.
    Temple University
  31. 31
    So, Kevin Kam Fung
    Purdue University
  32. 32
    Madera, Juan M.
    University of Houston
  33. 33
    Oh, Haemoon
    University of South Carolina
  34. 34
    Zhang, Tingting
    Muma College of Business
  35. 35
    Back, Ki-joon
    University of Houston
  36. 36
    Bynum Boley, B. Bynum
    University of Georgia
  37. 37
    Yang, Yang
    Temple University
  38. 38
    McGehee, Nancy Gard
    Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business
  39. 39
    Dogru, Tarik
    Florida State University
  40. 40
    Morosan, Cristian
    University of Houston
  41. 41
    Fu, Xiaoxiao
    Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  42. 42
    Kim, Hyun-jeong Jeong “Jenny”
    Washington State University
  43. 43
    Cunningham, George B.
    Yale University
  44. 44
    Lynn, Michael
    Private Practice
  45. 45
    Hudson, Simon
    University of South Carolina
  46. 46
    Gibson, Heather J.
    University of Florida
  47. 47
    James, Jeffrey D.
    Florida State University
  48. 48
    Kim, Jungsun (Sunny)
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  49. 49
    Lee, Minwoo
    University of Houston
  50. 50
    Tosun, Cevat
    School of Engineering and Applied Science
  51. 51
    Boykoff, Jules M.
    Pacific University
  52. 52
    Pratt, Stephen
    University of Central Florida
  53. 53
    Croes, Robertico R.
    Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  54. 54
    Taheri, Babak
    Texas A&M University
  55. 55
    Seo, Soobin
    Carson College of Business
  56. 56
    Kaplanidou, Kyriaki (Kiki)
    University of Florida
  57. 57
    Pan, Bing
    Pennsylvania State University
  58. 58
    Lepp, Andrew
    Kent State University
  59. 59
    Jeong, Miyoung
    University of South Carolina
  60. 60
    McCullough, Brian P.
    Texas A&M University
  61. 61
    Chhabra, Deepak
    Arizona State University
  62. 62
    Stepchenkova, Svetlana O.
    University of Florida
  63. 63
    Mody, Makarand Amrish
    Boston University
  64. 64
    Chalip, Laurence
    George Mason University
  65. 65
    Gartner, William C.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  66. 66
    Iso-Ahola, Seppo E.
    University of Maryland School of Public Health
  67. 67
    Sönmez, Sevil F.
    University of Central Florida College of Business
  68. 68
    Lu, L.
    Temple University
  69. 69
    Barbieri, Carla E.
    NC State University
  70. 70
    Iwasaki, Yoshitaka
    San Jose State University
  71. 71
    Andereck, Kathleen L.
    Arizona State University
  72. 72
    Liu-Lastres, Bingjie
    Florida State University
  73. 73
    Mostafanezhad, Mary
    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  74. 74
    Torres, Edwin N.
    Saunders College of Business
  75. 75
    Qu, Hailin
    Oklahoma State University, Center for Hospitality and Tourism Research
  76. 76
    Chen, Joseph S.
    Indiana University Bloomington
  77. 77
    Yang, Wan
    California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  78. 78
    Sheldon, Pauline Joy
    University of Hawaii
  79. 79
    Nyaupane, Gyan P.
    Arizona State University
  80. 80
    Önder, Irem
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  81. 81
    Guchait, Priyanko
    University of Houston
  82. 82
    Singal, Manisha
    Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business
  83. 83
    Thapa, Brijesh
    Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University
  84. 84
    Rahman, Imran
    Auburn University
  85. 85
    Coakley, Jay J.
    University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  86. 86
    Chi, Oscar (Hengxuan)
    University of Florida
  87. 87
    Cobanoglu, Cihan
    Virscend University
  88. 88
    King, Brian E.M.
    Texas A&M University
  89. 89
    Cooky, Cheryl
    Purdue University
  90. 90
    King, Ceridwyn A.
    College of Health and Human Sciences
  91. 91
    Germann Molz, Jennie Germannn
    College of the Holy Cross
  92. 92
    Kwok, Linchi
    California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  93. 93
    Floyd, Myron F.
    NC State University
  94. 94
    Fesenmaier, Daniel R.
    Florida International University
  95. 95
    Wang, Youcheng Raymond
    Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  96. 96
    Wang, Yao Chin
    University of Florida
  97. 97
    Ozturk, Ahmet Bulent
    Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  98. 98
    Barber, Nelson A.
    Skyeview Hospitality Marketing Consultants
  99. 99
    Cai, Liping A.
    College of Health and Human Sciences
  100. 100
    Baker, Melissa A.
    Isenberg School of Management

116 listed scientists in Sport, Leisure & Tourism in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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