Bibliometric analysis of bibliometric studies in the field of tourism and hospitality

Abstract

PurposeThis study aims to contribute to the relevant body of knowledge by examining the bibliometric studies related to tourism and hospitality indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database from a bibliometric perspective (evaluative and relational techniques).Design/methodology/approachThe WoS database was used to obtain studies to be reviewed. A total of 136 studies were analyzed and visualized in terms of evaluative and relational techniques, and a subject categorization was made.Findings“Tourism management” and “tourism and hospitality” are the two fields of research where bibliometric studies are carried out more frequently. Evaluative techniques were used in most studies while relational techniques, such as co-word, co-author, co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling, were performed less. Relational techniques indicate that the words “bibliometric analysis” and “tourism” are frequently used together in the studies examined; the most common authorship cooperation is between China and USA.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides an overview of bibliometric studies in tourism and hospitality literature. It expands the previous literature and shows study topics that are more focused by examining the abstracts and contents of articles published in journals in different WoS categories.Practical implicationsFindings related to evaluative and relational techniques can serve as useful information for researchers, who are new to the field.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the current knowledge accumulation by its lack of year, country, region and language limits.

A critical review of HR analytics: visualization and bibliometric analysis approach

“…Hence, it illustrates that diverse geographical regions are focusing on publications in similar research domains (Gu et al , 2021). Bibliographic coupling of countries happens when a document from two different countries cites the third document in their publications (Ülker et al , 2022). Table 2 illustrates the top contributing nations concerning HR analytics publications.…”

“…Further, co-authorship for authors examines the patterns of the selected publications to determine scientific collaboration through co-publication statistics (Ülker et al , 2022). Co-authorship analysis is essential, as it describes the productivity of an author by analyzing the most active, leading and influential author.…”

“…Further, Bibliographic coupling was employed to discover associated studies from the past, as there can be a similarity between citing articles (Ülker et al , 2022). Bibliographic coupling of authors occurs when two different authors cite the same article (Kessler, 1963).…”

“…It evaluates the existing published academic literature based on bibliographic data for instance the number of citations and publications, themes trends and co-authorship (Farrukh et al , 2021). Various studies have employed bibliometric analysis to analyze institutes and countries (Cancino et al , 2017; Farrukh et al , 2021; Qamar and Samad, 2021; Wijewickrema, 2022); leading journals (Wu et al , 2021; Farrukh et al , 2021; Qamar and Samad, 2021; Wijewickrema, 2022; Saha et al , 2020); most relevant keywords (Qamar and Samad, 2021; Mahadevan and Joshi, 2021; Ülker et al , 2022), etc.…”

“…This technique includes a methodical and reliable assessment process that is based on “quantitative analysis and statistical measurements” (Farrukh et al , 2022). Bibliometric analysis is more reliable than other literature evaluation methods, as it provides novel trends and themes in research (Ülker et al , 2022). This technique also involves co-citation network analysis which identifies the established areas of research.…”