Vega-Muñoz A. , ARJONA FUENTES, JUAN MANUEL, ARIZA MONTES, JOSÉ ANTONIO, Han H. , Law R.
No
Int. J. Hosp. Manage.
Article
Científica
9.237
2.321
01/02/2020
000528562500015
2-s2.0-85070490735
This article aims to provide a critical view of the global scientific production involved in cruise tourism study. Global references in this field were identified and emphasised for managing existing data to establish ‘bridges’ among researchers. Scientometric analysis was conducted on publications about cruise tourism in mainstream journals integrated into Web of Science. This methodology enabled us to identify current topics, relevant journals, authors, institutions, profitable countries, ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ collaborative colleges and the research areas considered as the epicentre of the cruise tourism debate. A significant contribution of this work is the use of indicators at the three levels of scientometric complexity, i.e. scientific activity, impact and relational character. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Cruise tourism; Scientometrics; Shipping industry; Social network analysis; Tourism industry