Bibliometric Analysis of Tourism and Community Participation Research: A Comparison of Scopus and Web of Science Databases

Abstract

This study aims to provide a bibliometric analysis of tourism and community participation based on the Scopus and WOS databases. As studies on community participation have developed in the last decade, it is important to map and compare research progress on community participation. This study uses the two most popular databases to analyze and provide an overview of the scope of overlap and singularity databases and the popularity of documents and authors in the two databases. Data collection was carried out from May 23 to 25, 2022. Therefore, 457 and 350 documents from Scopus and WOS were compared using bibliometric analysis to determine growth, overlap, prolific and influential author, most cited document and keywords, as well as productivity of country and institutions. The data collected were analyzed using Excel and VOSViewers applications. The results showed that the growth trend of tourism and community participation research continues to increase in both databases. However, Scopus has a broader scope in tourism and community participation fields and more unique documents. Wall G and Tosun C are the most prolific and influential authors, while China is the most productive country. Developing countries significantly contribute to international publications related to tourism and community participation.