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Research is the core of academic life. However, unlike its traditional structure, academia has become increasingly competitive due to the increasing expectation of publications through international rankings. Scholars put more effort into publishing, teaching, and other commitments. Over the years, the number of co-authored articles has also increased. Therefore, this study aims to empirically investigate the effects of journal selection on scholars' burnout and envy feelings and analyze its direct impacts on job and life satisfaction. Our results are based on the assessment of 291 questionnaire surveys collected among scholars studying tourism and affiliated with different countries. Results confirm the continuous publish-or-perish trend, and it discloses the unspoken agenda of academia by proving the inciting role of well-known journals over scholars studying tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The shopping experience may impact tourists' overall dis/satisfaction and, subsequently, the destination's local economy. To address this importance, the current study focused on six important criteria – environmental performance, geographical location, human resources, marketing, services and welfare recreational facilities – that also include twenty-four sub-criteria that had been identified and proposed after a comprehensive review of relevant literature. Combining fuzzy set theory and Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method, the causal relationship of each criterion and its sub-criteria and the key influencing factors for the quality of tourists' shopping mall satisfaction were identified. Also, the links between the main criteria and sub-criteria were uncovered, and their weights were determined. The results indicate that the 'marketing' criterion has had the most substantial influence on the quality of shopping mall satisfaction, while the additional variables include 'services', 'human resources', 'welfare recreational facilities', 'environmental performance' and 'geographical location'. The study provides a list of implications for both the literature and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]