Science Mapping of the Knowledge Base on Tourism Innovation

Abstract

In order to shed light on the trends and performance of the contributions in the field of tourism innovation, a comparative bibliometric analysis of production in this area, indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases is carried out in this research. We opted for a document tracking strategy through a search of terms, in which 211 and 264 articles were identified in WoS and Scopus, respectively. Based on the analysis of the selected articles, it is concluded that it is an emerging and fragmented field of knowledge with more than two thirds of its production concentrated in the last five years. Other results indicate that there is a great concentration of articles within the subject areas of business, management and accounting (Scopus), and social science (WoS), highlighting Hjalager, A, M. as the most prolific researcher and tourism management as the journal that publishes the highest number of papers. Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark hold the top positions in the ranking of countries by number of articles and authors affiliated with one of their centers. In the area of tourism innovation, Scopus has better coverage due to collecting a greater number of articles and receiving a greater number of citations.

Determinants of the Propensity for Innovation among Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry

“…A fundamental aspect in the study of the development of the tourism industry is the analysis of tourism entrepreneurs. Although entrepreneurship and innovation are central to the success and development of the tourism industry, there is scant literature on innovative entrepreneurship within the sector [22] and insufficient research on tourism innovation [23,24]. The literature on entrepreneurship in the tourism sector [25][26][27] has analysed such topics as tourism entrepreneurship [28][29][30], sustainable tourism entrepreneurship [31][32][33][34][35], innovation in restaurants [36,37] and the relationship between tourism entrepreneurship and innovation [38], but the factors that motivate the more or less innovative behaviour of the entrepreneur in tourism have not yet been studied, hence innovative behaviour remains subject to debate.…”

Exploring the Conceptual Structure of the Research on Innovation in Hotels through Co-Word Analysis

“…The Scopus database, similar to Jiang et al (2019), Agapito (2020), and Santos et al (2020), was selected as the data repository from which to search for and extract papers. In the field of tourism innovation, Scopus has better coverage due to collecting a greater number of papers and receiving a greater number of citations (Durán-Sánchez et al 2019).…”

“…In a broader scope, in recent years, tourism innovation has become an emerging research topic in the field of tourism (Hjalager 2010;Narduzzo and Volo 2018). In fact, the scientific literature on innovation in tourism is recent (Durán-Sánchez et al 2019), and thus, the same is true regarding innovation in hotels, as can be seen in Figure 2.…”

“…More recently, scholars have used bibliometric methods to study innovation in tourism firms (e.g., Durán-Sánchez et al 2019). We add to the existing studies by focusing on the particular case of innovation in hotels, using a co-word analysis (conceptual structure).…”

Evolución Y Análisis Bibliométrico De La Revista Cuadernos De Turismo (1998-2019)

“…Los centrados en la disciplina evalúan la investigación en el campo del turismo en su conjunto, poniendo énfasis en una o varias dimensiones. Por ejemplo, Park et al (2016) exploraron la distribución de frecuencias de las áreas temáticas investigadas en turismo, a través del análisis de los artículos publicados en 31 revistas turísticas, en el periodo 2002-2011. Los estudios centrados en un tema analizan la evolución de un determinado tópico en el conjunto de la disciplina turística; el turismo comunitario (Álvarez-García et al, 2018), el turismo enológico (Durán-Sánchez et al, 2017), la innovación turística (Durán-Sánchez et al, 2019), el smart tourism (Celdrán-Bernabeu et al, 2018) o la Geografía del turismo (Pinassi y Ercolani, 2015).…”