Journal Title：Visitor Studies

Visitor Studies is an academic journal that focuses on the field of visitor studies. Although there is no universally accepted definition of visitor research, it is often described as encompassing a wide range of research surveys that are designed to better understand the behaviors, attitudes, interests, motivations, and learning of individuals who visit informal/freely chosen educational venues such as museums, parks, nature centers, zoos, and aquariums. Visitor research is sometimes called audience research.

The journal covers diverse research topics, including but not limited to the behavioral patterns of museum visitors, the behavior of family groups in science museums, exhibition design principles, and how to direct attention in natural history museums through modeling. The publication of the journal provides a platform for educators, researchers and museum professionals to explore and reflect on learning processes in informal educational Settings.

《訪客研究》是一本專注于訪問者研究領域的學術期刊。雖然對于訪問者研究沒有統一認可的定義，但它通常被描述為包括廣泛的研究調查，這些調查的目的是為了更好地理解訪問非正式/自由選擇教育場所（如博物館、公園、自然中心、動物園和水族館）的個人的行為、態度、興趣、動機和學習情況。訪問者研究有時也被稱為受眾研究。

該期刊涵蓋了多樣化的研究主題，包括但不限于博物館訪客的行為模式、家庭群體在科學博物館中的行為、展覽設計原則、以及如何通過建模引導自然歷史博物館中的注意力等。期刊的出版，為教育工作者、研究人員和博物館專業人員提供了一個深入探討和反思非正式教育環境中學習過程的平臺。

Visitor Studies由Taylor & Francis出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM全領域，平均審稿速度 ，影響因子指數1.6，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。