Hotspots and trends of flamenco dance research: A CiteSpace analysis

Abstract

Flamenco dance, which is increasingly internationalized and globalized, has a huge market demand all over the world and it has been popular and valued by researchers nowadays. Thus, hotspots and trends research is essential to provide information for industrial development and further development lines. Based on 130 articles published from 1982 to 2021 (database updated on 4 December 2021) about flamenco dance in Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection, this research by using CiteSpaceV software explored the research hotspots and trends of the flamenco dance from the time horizon, collaborate network incorporates authors, institutions, regions, and keywords. Result: The number of publications shows an upward trend with fluctuations Since 2008. 9 main research groups are formed. The University of Seville is the most prolific institution and the Saint Anthony Catholic University of Murcia ranks the highest centrality. Spain is the highest yield region. The hotspots included cultural aspects, which include identity and art in Andalusia, as well as biomechanical and physical aspects, including body, anthropometry, and physical activity focusing on dancers. The trend of this field will be physical and psychological aspects. Conclusion: future research may focus on the body and psychological aspects.

Traditional dances in Spain. Bibliometric study based on high impact search engines

“…Some studies related to the topic at hand have been carried out recently, most notably Zhang et al (2022) and Pastor and Morales (2021). The first one carries out an analysis of the literature published on flamenco in primary search engines (Web of Science and Scopus) between 1982 and 2021.…”