Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

A bibliometric analysis of knowledge development in smart tourism research

A bibliometric analysis of knowledge development in smart tourism research The purpose of this paper is to examine the production of smart tourism knowledge, thereby revealing the development of the concept through collaborative networks.Design/methodology/approachA bibliometric analysis, which enables visual mapping and observation of the domain, was conducted using journal articles retrieved during the period of 2000 to 2018.FindingsThe understanding of smart tourism is shaped and enhanced through collaborative network of researchers. As the domain develops, its reach expands across different networks as well as core themes.Research limitations/implicationsData for the study was generated from English-written journal articles that were produced from a database search of specific keywords associated with smart tourism.Practical implicationsFindings can prove useful to academic researchers and industry practitioners to aid their understanding of smart tourism research development, identify the underlying context and aid in coherent development of the concept.Originality/valueThe paper is one of the first articles to provide a greater understanding of smart tourism as a research topic by examining its evolution in an academic context through bibliometric analysis. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology Emerald Publishing

A bibliometric analysis of knowledge development in smart tourism research

Download PDF
24 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/a-bibliometric-analysis-of-knowledge-development-in-smart-tourism-I114xl0MWJ
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1757-9880
DOI
10.1108/jhtt-07-2018-0065
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the production of smart tourism knowledge, thereby revealing the development of the concept through collaborative networks.Design/methodology/approachA bibliometric analysis, which enables visual mapping and observation of the domain, was conducted using journal articles retrieved during the period of 2000 to 2018.FindingsThe understanding of smart tourism is shaped and enhanced through collaborative network of researchers. As the domain develops, its reach expands across different networks as well as core themes.Research limitations/implicationsData for the study was generated from English-written journal articles that were produced from a database search of specific keywords associated with smart tourism.Practical implicationsFindings can prove useful to academic researchers and industry practitioners to aid their understanding of smart tourism research development, identify the underlying context and aid in coherent development of the concept.Originality/valueThe paper is one of the first articles to provide a greater understanding of smart tourism as a research topic by examining its evolution in an academic context through bibliometric analysis.

Journal

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology – Emerald Publishing

Published: Nov 21, 2019

Keywords: Tourism; Review; Publications; Bibliometric analysis; Smart tourism

References

  • What you see is what you get? Enhancing methodological transparency in management research
    Aguinis, H.; Ramani, R.; Alabduljader, N.
  • Smart cities: definitions, dimensions, performance, and initiatives
    Albino, V.; Berardi, U.; Dangelico, R.
  • A bibliometric analysis of international impact of business incubators
    Albort-Morant, G.; Ribeiro- Soriano, D.
  • Smart archaeological tourism: contention, convenience and accessibility in the context of cloud-centric IoT
    Almobaideen, W.; Allan, M.; Saadeh, M.
  • Changes in the structures and directions of destination management and marketing research: a bibliometric mapping study, 2005-2016
    Avila-Robinson, A.; Wakabayashi, N.
  • Network science- a review focused on tourism
    Baggio, R.; Scott, N.; Cooper, C.
  • ICT solutions for the OR.C.HE.S.T.R.A. project: from personalized selection to enhanced fruition of cultural heritage data
    Barile, F.; Calandra, D.; Caso, A.; D’Auria, D.; Di Mauro, D.
  • Gephi: an open source software for exploring and manipulating networks
    Bastian, M.; Hermann, S.; Jacomy, M.
  • Themes and trends in australian and New Zealand tourism research: a social network analysis of citations in two leading journals (1994- 2007)
    Benckendorff, P.
  • A network analysis of tourism research
    Benckendorff, P.; Zehrer, A.
  • Career and collaboration patterns in tourism research
    Benckendorff, P.; Zehrer, A.
  • Smart tourism destinations: ecosystems for tourism destination competitiveness
    Boes, K.; Buhalis, D.; Inversini, A.
  • Finding network communities using modularity density
    Botta, F.; del Genio, C.
  • Ranking scientists and departments in a consistent manner
    Bouyssou, D.; Marchant, T.
  • Progress in information technology and tourism management: 20 years on and 10 years after the internet – the state of etourism research
    Buhalis, D.; Law, R.
  • The future eTourism intermediaries
    Buhalis, D.; Licata, M.
  • Intelligent travel planning: a multiagent planning system to solve web problems in the e-Tourism domain
    Camacho, D.; Borrajo, D.; Molina, J.
  • Smart tourism a study on systematic mapping
    Celdran-Bernabeu, M.; Mazon, J.; Ivars-Baidal, J.; Vera- Rebollo, J.
  • Web-based GIS in tourism information search: perceptions, tasks and trip attributes
    Chang, G.; Caneday, L.
  • CiteSpace II: detecting and visualizing emerging trends and transient patterns in scientific literature
    Chen, C.
  • A tri-method approach to a review of adventure tourism literature: bibliometric analysis, content analysis and a quantitative systematic literature review
    Cheng, M.; Edwards, D.; Darcy, S.; Redfern, K.
  • Social support and commitment within social networking site in tourism experience
    Chung, N.; Tyan, I.; Chung, H.
  • Past themes and future trends in medical tourism research: a co-word analysis
    De La Hoz-Correa, A.; Munoz- Leiva, F.; Bakucz, M.
  • Collaboration in an invisible college
    De Solla Price, D.J.; Beaver, D.
  • Knowledge transfer in smart tourism destinations: analysing the effects of a network structure
    Del Chiappa, G.; Baggio, R.
  • Publish (in English) or Perish: the effect on citation rate of using language other than English in scientific publications
    Di Bitetti, M.; Ferreras, J.
  • Progress in tourism planning and policy: a post-structural perspective on knowledge production
    Dredge, D.; Jamal, T.
  • A bibliometric analysis of born global firms
    Dzikowski, P.
  • The disciplinary dilemma of tourism studies
    Echtner, C.; Jamal, T.
  • The bibliometric analysis of scholarly production: how great is the impact?
    Ellegaard, O.; Wallin, J.
  • Green supply chain management: a review and bibliometric analysis
    Fahimnia, B.; Sarkis, J.; Davarzani, H.
  • Harmonise: a step toward an interoperable e-tourism marketplace
    Fodor, O.; Werthner, H.
  • Mapping the intellectual structure of research on human resources in the tourism and hospitality management scientific domain. Reviewing the field and shedding light on future directions
    Garcia-Lillo, F.; Claver-Cortes, E.; Ubeda-Garcia, M.; Marco-Lajara, B.; Zaragoza-Saez, P.
  • Tourism and sustainability: a blibliometric and visualization analysis
    Garrigos-Simon, F.; Narangajavana-Kaosiri, Y.; Lengua-Lengua, I.
  • Consequences of climate policy for international tourist arrivals in developing countries
    Gossling, S.; Peeters, P.; Scott, D.
  • Affiliate marketing in tourism: determinants of consumer trust
    Gregori, N.; Daniele, R.; Altinay, L.
  • Intelligent systems in tourism – a social science perspective
    Gretzel, U.
  • Smart tourism: foundations and developments
    Gretzel, U.; Sigala, M.; Xiang, Z.; Koo, C.
  • Conceptual foundations for understanding smart tourism ecosystems
    Gretzel, U.; Werthner, H.; Koo, C.; Lamsfus, C.
  • Publish or perish? Bibliometric analysis, journal ranking and the assessment of research quality in tourism
    Hall, C.M.
  • A near field communication adoption and its impact on expo visitors’ behavior
    Han, H.; Park, A.; Chung, N.; Lee, K.
  • An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output
    Hirsch, J.
  • The impact of the uses and gratifications of tourist attraction fan page
    Ho, K.; See-To, E.
  • Visual representation of knowledge networks: a social network analysis of hospitality research domain
    Hu, C.; Racherla, P.
  • Smart destinations and the evolution of ICTs: a new scenario for destination management
    Ivars- Baidal, J.; Celdran-Bernabeu, M.; Mazon, J.; Perles- Ivars, A.
  • When digital government matters for tourism: a stakeholder analysis
    Kalbaska, N.; Janowski, T.; Estevez, E.; Cantoni, L.
  • Special issue on smart, connected hospitality and tourism
    Koo, C.; Ricci, F.; Cobanoglu, C.; Okumus, F.
  • Bibliometric studies in tourism
    Koseoglu, M.; Rahimi, R.; Okumus, F.; Liu, J.
  • Authorship trends, collaboration patterns, and co-authorship networks in lodging studies (1990-2016)
    Koseoglu, M.; Okumus, F.; Putra, E.; Yildiz, M.; Dogan, I.
  • Coauthorship networks of invisible colleges and institutionalized communities
    Kretschmer, H.
  • Conceptualizing context in an intelligent mobile environment in travel and tourism
    Lamsfus, C.; Xiang, Z.; Alzua-Sorzabal, A.; Martín, D.; Cantoni, L.; Xiang, Z. (eds)
  • Information technology applications in hospitality and tourism: a review of publications from 2005 to 2007
    Law, R.; Leung, R.; Buhalis, D.
  • Tourists’ happiness: are there smart tourism technology effects?
    Lee, H.; Lee, J.; Chung, N.; Koo, C.
  • The concept of smart tourism in the context of tourism information services
    Li, Y.; Hu, C.; Huang, C.; Duan, L.
  • A novel English/Chinese information retrieval approach in hotel website searching
    Li, K.; Law, R.
  • What is the state of hospitality and tourism research-2018?
    McKercher, B.
  • The fortaleza (NE Brazil) waterfront: port versus coastal management
    Maia, L.; Jimenez, J.; Serra, J.; Morais, J.; Sanchez-Arcilla, A.
  • Applying the counseling-learning approach to a tourism-related massive open online course
    Marchiori, E.; Cantoni, L.
  • Special issues – sustainability
  • A bibliometric analysis of dialogue and digital dialogic research: mapping the knowledge construction and invisible colleges in public relations research
    Morehouse, J.; Saffer, A.
  • Progress in information technology and tourism management: 30 years on and 20 years after the internet-revisiting buhalis and law’s landmark study about eTourism
    Navio-Marco, J.; Ruiz-Gomez, L.M.; Sevilla-Sevilla, C.
  • Social network analysis: a powerful strategy, also for the information sciences
    Otte, E.; Rousseau, R.
  • Public relations as a maturing discipline: an update on research networks
    Pasadeos, Y.; Berger, B.; Renfro, B.
  • Influential authors and works of the public relations scholarly literature: a network of recent research
    Pasadeos, Y.; Renfro, B.; Hanily, M.
  • The evolution of eTourism research
    Pourfakhimi, S.; Ying, T.
  • Social network theory and analysis: a complementary lens for inquiry
    Quatman, C.; Chelladurai, P.
  • Mapping smart tourism research in China: a semantic and social network analysis using citespace. Service systems and service management (ICSSSM)
    Qui, Z.; Qiang, W.; Jin-Xing, H.; Yan, Y.
  • A social network perspective of tourism research collaborations
    Racherla, P.; Hu, C.
  • Exploring the role of innovative technologies in building a knowledge-based destination
    Racherla, P.; Hu, C.; Hyun, M.
  • The smart city as a common place for tourists and residents: a structural analysis of the determinants of urban attractiveness
    Romao, J.; Kourtit, K.; Neuts, B.; Nijkamp, P.
  • New technologies in tourism: from multi-disciplinary to anti-disciplinary advances and trajectories
    Sigala, M.
  • Understanding the web maturity of Polish DMOs
    Stoklosa, L.; Marchiori, E.; Cantoni, L.
  • Sustainable tourism development: how do destination stakeholders perceive sustainable urban tourism?
    Timur, S.; Getz, D.
  • Negotiating the rapidly changing research, publishing and career landscape
    Tung, V.; McKercher, B.
  • 2nd UNWTO world conference on smart destinations
  • Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping
    Van Eck, N.; Waltman, L.
  • China’s ‘smart tourism destination’ initiative: a taste of the service-dominant logic
    Wang, D.; Li, X.; Li, Y.
  • A network analysis of the academic publications on tourism
    Ward, S.; Pelaez-Verdet, A.
  • Future research issues in IT and Tourism
    Werthner, H.; Alzua-Sorzabal, A.; Cantoni, L.; Dickinger, A.; Gretzel, U.; Jannach, D.; Neidhardt, J.; Pröll, B.; Ricci, F.; Scaglione, M.; Stangl, B.; Stock, O.; Zanker, M.
  • eTourism in China: a review of the Chinese-language literature
    Zhone, L.; Leung, D.; Law, R.; Wu, B.
  • Keywords co-occurrence mapping knowledge domain research base on the theory of big data in oil and gas industry
    Zhu, L.; Liu, X.; He, S.; Shi, J.; Pang, M.
  • The structure and evolution of business-to-business marketing: a citation and co-citation analysis
    Backhaus, K.; Lugger, K.; Koch, M.
  • Bibliometric cartography of information retrieval research by using co-word analysis
    Ding, Y.; Chowdhury, G.; Foo, S.
  • European capital of smart tourism
  • Smart tourism technologies in travel planning: the role of exploration and exploitation
    Huang, C.D.; Goo, J.; Nam, K.; Yoo, C.W.
  • Smart city and smart tourism: a case of Dubai
    Khan, M.; Woo, M.; Nam, K.; Chathoth, P.K.
  • Bibliometrics of social media research: a co-citation and co-word analysis
    Leung, X.; Sun, J.; Bai, B.
  • Fifty years of the European journal of marketing: a bibliometric analysis
    Martines-Lopez, F.; Merigo, J.; Valenzuela-Fernandez, L.; Nicolas, C.
  • Framework of smart tourism research and related progress in China
    Tu, Q.; Liu, A.
  • Tourism networks unravelled; a review of the literature on networks in tourism management studies
    Van der Zee, E.; Vanneste, D.
  • Improving travel decision support satisfaction with smart tourism technologies: a framework of tourist elaboration likelihood and self-efficacy
    Yoo, C.; Goo, J.; Huang, C.D.; Nam, K.; Woo, M.