Scientific collaboration and thematic analysis of the tourism industry in the context of COVID-19: a bibliometric approach

Autor segons l'article: Yang, Luqi; Li, Xiaoni; Hernandez-Lara, Ana-Beatriz

Departament: Gestió d'Empreses

Autor/s de la URV: Hernandez Lara, Ana Beatriz / Li, Xiaoni / Yang, Luqi

Paraules clau: Tourism industry; Thematic analysis; Sustainable transformation; Social network analysis; Scientific collaboration; Research potentials; Knowledge map; Covid-19

Resum: PurposeThe main purpose of this research paper is to generate a holistic bibliometric study of the tourism industry and COVID-19 fields, to further investigate the current interests and trends emerging from scientific collaboration and thematic analysis and to identify research gaps that indicate future research directions. Design/methodology/approachThis study conducts several analyses, which include the co-authorship and social network analysis, co-citation and keyword co-occurrence knowledge structures. The authors generate a knowledge map of the leading articles and link them with previous literature to elucidate the debates and consensus in research on COVID-19 and tourism. FindingsResearch interests concentrate in the USA, China, Europe and the Oceania areas, so more cross-continental collaborations are expected among them and with other regions. Popular topics are tourism sustainable transformation, crisis management and multidisciplinary fields like tourism, hospitality, information technology and environmental sciences. This paper also identifies underexplored topics for future investigation on the social, environmental, cultural and governance dimensions of sustainable tourism. Research limitations/implicationsThis paper contributes to guiding tourism researchers in identifying and finding publication references and future collaborations. Moreover, the investigation of knowledge structures could be beneficial for scholars hoping to broaden the current understanding of this field and discover potential for future tourism research, especially in the global pandemic and other severe health crises. Originality/valueThis study enriches the existing literature in the fields of tourism and the pandemic and highlights current interests and research trends exploring scientific collaboration, thematic analysis and knowledge mapping.

Àrees temàtiques: Tourism, leisure and hospitality management; Management; Interdisciplinar; Human geography and urban studies; Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism; Geografía; General o multidisciplinar; Economia; Ciencias sociales; Business and management; Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo; Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: luqi.yang@estudiants.urv.cat; xiaoni.li@urv.cat; anabeatriz.hernandez@urv.cat

Data d'alta del registre: 2025-01-28

Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enllaç font original: https://www.emerald.com/ijchm/article/36/2/543/1237057/Scientific-collaboration-and-thematic-analysis-of

Referència a l'article segons font original: International Journal Of Contemporary Hospitality Management. 36 (2): 543-563

Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Yang, Luqi; Li, Xiaoni; Hernandez-Lara, Ana-Beatriz (2024). Scientific collaboration and thematic analysis of the tourism industry in the context of COVID-19: a bibliometric approach. International Journal Of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 36(2), 543-563. DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-03-2022-0303

URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

DOI de l'article: 10.1108/IJCHM-03-2022-0303

Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Any de publicació de la revista: 2024

Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications