Dr. Dogan Gursoy is Regents Professor and Taco Bell Distinguished Professor in Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University and the editor of Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management (SSCI IF: 11.9). He is a recipient of the University of Delaware's Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award, as well as the ICHRIE Lifetime Research Achievement Award. Dr. Gursoy is also one of the few hospitality and tourism scholars who received the top 1% Highly Cited Researcher Award and Recognition from Clarivate in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
As a leading hospitality and tourism scholar, Dr. Gursoy focuses on topics such as effects of artificial intelligence on consumer attitudes and behaviors, use of artificially intelligent devices in service delivery, sustainability, services management, tourist behavior, and hospitality and tourism marketing. Dr. Gursoy has published over 250 research publications in refereed journals and 12 books. The scientific impact of his publications is evident in the cumulative h-factor of 98 and over 43,000 citations (Google Scholar profile).
He is recognized and consistently ranked as one of the most prolific hospitality and tourism scholars worldwide. He is also ranked as the number 78 researcher in the United States in Business and Management category and the number 136 researcher worldwide in the same category.