Hospitality Author and University Productivity in the 21st Century

Abstract

This study analyzes scholarly contributions in eight of the most familiar and distinguished hospitality journals from the period of 2001 to 2010 to establish a proxy for hospitality research productivity. The study ranked the authors of approximately 5,396 articles by frequency of publications incorporating the whole counting method, thereby identifying the most prolific scholars publishing in hospitality journals. The resulting productivity tiers included 129 authors and 18 ranking levels. In addition, this study provided ranking levels/tiers for university-level hospitality research productivity both in terms of total productivity and weighted productivity based on the number of faculty. This study established a benchmark in evaluating hospitality scholarship and productivity through faculty and program-level merit.