The rise and potential fall of some tourism, hospitality and events journals11 Surprisingly little research has been conducted on the birth and death of academic journals (Jamali et al., 2022). This research note analyses trends in the number of tourism, hospitality and events journals introduced and/or discontinued over the past 40 years. Data were derived from the author's own journal database that was updated in March 2022. - Bob McKercher (Elsevier, 2022)