Author, as appears in the article.: Muritala BA; Sánchez-Rebull MV; Hernández-Lara AB

Department: Gestió d'Empreses

URV's Author/s: Hernandez Lara, Ana Beatriz / Muritala, Babajide Abubakr / Sánchez Rebull, María Victoria

Keywords: Vosviewer Ucinet Thematic evolution Science maps Online reviews Literature review Conceptual structure Co-word analysis Citation analysis Bibliometric analysis

Abstract: © MDPI AG. All rights reserved. This paper reviews the literature on online reviews in tourism and hospitality, and presents the current state of research in the area. A bibliometric approach was used to analyze 632 journal articles on online reviews in tourism and hospitality from 2005 to 2019 from the Scopus Database. This study identifies the most prolific journals, foundational works, and major research themes in the research area. In addition, we analyzed some dimensions of their network structure and the thematic evolution of the research area. The bibliometric method is quantitative and objective, and we carry out an analysis of the area based on citations and keywords. Researchers and business managers can gain useful insights on the current state of the art in this area. There have been only a few literature reviews tracking the growth in this research area, and even fewer using bibliometric methods or science maps. Therefore, this work provides an updated review of this fast-growing area with a bibliometric approach to highlight the recent developments with the aid of science maps, and shows the thematic network structure and evolution with an innovative visualization.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: anabeatriz.hernandez@urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat babajideabubakr.muritala@estudiants.urv.cat babajideabubakr.muritala@estudiants.urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-8110-9328 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104 0000-0003-0443-4482 0000-0003-0443-4482

Record's date: 2023-08-05

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/23/9977

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Sustainability. 12 (23): 1-18

APA: Muritala BA; Sánchez-Rebull MV; Hernández-Lara AB (2020). A bibliometric analysis of online reviews research in tourism and hospitality. Sustainability, 12(23), 1-18. DOI: 10.3390/su12239977

Article's DOI: 10.3390/su12239977

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications