Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism

The publication of the Brundtland report in 1987 introduced the concept of sustainable development, placing “sustainability” as a unifying idea for all academic disciplines. Consequently, in the tourism sector, sustainable tourism emerged as a new approach to research in the field. Since then, the b...

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Autores: Serrano, Laura, Sianes Castaño, Antonio Manuel, Ariza Montes, José Antonio
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositório:Brújula
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Palavra-chave:Sustainable tourism
Bibliometric analysis
Tourism research
Conceptual structure
VOSviewer
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spelling Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable TourismSerrano, LauraSianes Castaño, Antonio ManuelAriza Montes, José AntonioSustainable tourismBibliometric analysisTourism researchConceptual structureVOSviewerThe publication of the Brundtland report in 1987 introduced the concept of sustainable development, placing “sustainability” as a unifying idea for all academic disciplines. Consequently, in the tourism sector, sustainable tourism emerged as a new approach to research in the field. Since then, the body of literature on sustainable tourism has only increased, as has the discussion around the conceptual structure of sustainable tourism among academics and professionals. The aim of the study is to complement this theoretical discussion with an inductive approach to the limits of the conceptual structure of sustainable tourism. To do so, we identify the main research topics in the field and their evolution in the past 32 years through bibliometric methods such as evaluative techniques, relational techniques, and visualization of bibliometric data techniques using the VOSviewer program. The results of the study reflect that the sustainable tourism has reached a complexity that is reflected in its current polyhedral content to function as a conceptual umbrella. In addition, it demonstrates that the bibliometric analysis is an adequate and useful methodology for academics and professionals involved in the academic debate around this field of knowledge.2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/4152reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/41522026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
title Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
spellingShingle Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
Serrano, Laura
Sustainable tourism
Bibliometric analysis
Tourism research
Conceptual structure
VOSviewer
title_short Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
title_full Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
title_fullStr Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
title_full_unstemmed Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
title_sort Using Bibliometric Methods to Shed Light on the Concept of Sustainable Tourism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Serrano, Laura
Sianes Castaño, Antonio Manuel
Ariza Montes, José Antonio
author Serrano, Laura
author_facet Serrano, Laura
Sianes Castaño, Antonio Manuel
Ariza Montes, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 Sianes Castaño, Antonio Manuel
Ariza Montes, José Antonio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sustainable tourism
Bibliometric analysis
Tourism research
Conceptual structure
VOSviewer
topic Sustainable tourism
Bibliometric analysis
Tourism research
Conceptual structure
VOSviewer
description The publication of the Brundtland report in 1987 introduced the concept of sustainable development, placing “sustainability” as a unifying idea for all academic disciplines. Consequently, in the tourism sector, sustainable tourism emerged as a new approach to research in the field. Since then, the body of literature on sustainable tourism has only increased, as has the discussion around the conceptual structure of sustainable tourism among academics and professionals. The aim of the study is to complement this theoretical discussion with an inductive approach to the limits of the conceptual structure of sustainable tourism. To do so, we identify the main research topics in the field and their evolution in the past 32 years through bibliometric methods such as evaluative techniques, relational techniques, and visualization of bibliometric data techniques using the VOSviewer program. The results of the study reflect that the sustainable tourism has reached a complexity that is reflected in its current polyhedral content to function as a conceptual umbrella. In addition, it demonstrates that the bibliometric analysis is an adequate and useful methodology for academics and professionals involved in the academic debate around this field of knowledge.
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