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External Academic and Scholarship Activities 

  • Since September 2022, Regional Editor of the Leisure Studies (SSCI-listed & A in ABDC)

  • In August 2022, officially applied for the position Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Leisure Research (SSCI-listed & A in ABDC) and currently under review.

  • 2015 to 2020: Vice-President of the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea (TOSOK) with 1,000 active members in tourism/hospitality/leisure academia in South Korea and beyond

  • Since 2015 to current: Founding Director of the Asia Pacific Research Institute of Health-Oriented Tourism (APRI-HOT) 

  • 2015 to 2020: Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Sciences (www.tandfonline.com/rijt published by Taylor & Francis) listed in the ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) journal ranking system

  • 2010 to 2012: Research note Editor in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management (SSCI-listed Q1 in JCR & A in ABDC)

 

  • Member of the editorial board in the leading academic journals:

                

Tourism Management 

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/tourism-management:

SSCI-listed with impact factor 12.87. The top academic journals in ‘Tourism & Hospitality’ discipline worldwide. Member since 2011.

Listed in tier A* in the ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) journal rankings

 

Journal of Travel Research 

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/asi/journal-of-travelresearch/journal200788:

SSCI-listed with impact factor 8.933. One of the top 3 academic journals in 

‘Tourism & Hospitality’ discipline worldwide. Member since 2011.

Listed in tier A* in the ABDC journal rankings

 

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/ijchm:

SSCI-listed with impact factor 9.321. Member Since 2015.

Listed in tier A in the ABDC journal rankings

 

Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/whmm20/current: 

SSCI-listed with impact factor 9.821. Member since 2010.

Listed in tier A in the ABDC journal rankings

 

International Journal of Tourism Research

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15221970:

SSCI-listed with impact factor 4.737. Member since 2020.

Listed in tier A in the ABDC journal rankings

 

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rapt20#.V5xkytKSw-A:

SSCI-listed with impact factor 4.074. Member since 2014.

Listed in tier A in the ABDC journal rankings

 

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management: SSCI-listed with impact factor 7.629. Member since 2019.

Listed in tier A in the ABDC journal rankings

 

Tourism Analysis

https://www.cognizantcommunication.com/journal- titles/tourism-analysis: Member since 2009. 

Listed in tier A in the ABDC journal rankings

 

Anatolia

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rana20/current

Member since 2015.

Listed in tier B in the ABDC journal rankings

 

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory 

https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/trc

Member since 2019. 

The Editor-in-Chief of this journal is Prof. Chris Ryan, who is the Founding Editor of Tourism Management, which is the most cited journal worldwide in tourism discipline. 

                   

Sustainability 

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability

SSCI-listed with impact factor 3.889. Member since 2017.

 

  • Reviewed more than 450 manuscripts submitted to leading academic journals in: 

 

SSCI-Listed top-tier Tourism & Hospitality journals worldwide: 

 

Annals of Tourism Research,

Tourism Management,

Journal of Travel Research,

Journal of Sustainable Tourism,

International Journal of Hospitality Management,

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing,

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management,

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly,

Current Issues in Tourism, 

Journal of Vacation Marketing,

International Journal of Tourism Research,

Tourism Economics,

Tourism Geographies,     

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research,

Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management,

Tourism Management Perspectives,

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management,

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sports, & Tourism Education,

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 

Journal of Business Review, 

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 

Service Industries Journal,

Sustainability, & Journal of Air Transport Management.

Other quality international Tourism & Hospitality journals: 

Tourism Analysis, 

Event Management, 

Anatolia,

Journal of Tourism Sciences (in Korean),

Journal of Heritage Tourism, 

International Journal of Tourism Sciences, 

Tourism Recreation Research, 

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events, 

Journal of Marketing Communications, &.

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Insights.

 

  • Member of the international professional associations:

 

                    CAUTHE (Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education), 

                    AEIST (Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism), 

                    APTA (Asia Pacific Tourism Association),

                    ATLAS (European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education),

                    TOSOK (Tourism Sciences Society of Korea, Vice-President),

                    TTRA (Travel and Tourism Research Association), &

                    TINA (Tourism Association of Northeast Asia). 

 

  • Since 2017: Founding Director & Chief Organizer of:

 

GLOSITH (Global Congress for Special Interest Tourism & Hospitality)

www.glosith.net  

 

ICOHOTH (International Congress of Health-Oriented Tourism & Hospitality)   

www.icohoth.org

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