Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis of Mobile Technology in Tourism

Abstract

With the advent of the fifth-generation mobile communication technology era, mobile technology will further change tourism. However, studies on mobile technology in tourism from the perspective of bibliometrics and visualization are limited. This research aimed to systematically, comprehensively, and objectively analyze the current research status and potential future research directions in this field through a visual bibliometric analysis of mobile technology research in tourism. This study used CiteSpace software to analyze 803 related journal papers from the Web of Science Core Collection and provided insights into the research of mobile technology in tourism from the aspects of research trends, research areas, top journals, author/institution/country or region collaboration networks, research keywords, and research foundations. The study can help related personnel in academia and industry to fully understand the research of mobile technology in tourism and provides valuable references for related research fields on bibliometric and visualized analysis.

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“…To date, bibliometric analysis has been used in a wide array of fields, such as environmental science, forestry, management, tourism, and agriculture. For example, Chen [ 42 ] conducted a bibliometric analysis using the CiteSpace software with the aim of revealing the knowledge structure of the research concerning mobile technology in tourism.…”

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“…Palomoa et al (2017), presented how tourism research is making use of new data techniques like structural equation modeling, big data, and data mining over two decades. On the other hand, few studies determined the evolution of mobile technologies in the tourism industry over the years (Chen et al, 2020;Ortega-Fraile et al, 2018). We found studies related to social media in tourism and hospitality where researchers presented the social structure of collaborative networks (Mehraliyev et al, 2019) or systematic literature review (Nusair et al, 2019).…”

“…Many scientific articles related to digitalization in tourism have been published and disseminated over time. They are focusing on new data analysis techniques (Palomoa et al, 2017), mobile devices (Ortega-Fraile et al, 2018) social media (Mehraliyev et al, 2019), mobile technology (Chen et al, 2020), and innovation (Durán-Sánchez et al, 2019) in tourism.…”

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“…It provides unified and standardized literature, which can better visualize the collected data. Most scholars prefer the Web of Science database for bibliometric and visual analysis (Chen et al 2020 ; Radu et al 2021 ).…”