Linkages between Climate Change and Coastal Tourism: A Bibliometric Analysis

作者：Vyddiyaratnam Pathmanandakumar, Sheeba Nettukandy Chenoli, Hong Ching Goh · 发表于：Sustainability · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3390/su131910830 · 被引用次数：28 · 研究领域：Coastal and Marine Management、Cruise Tourism Development and Management、Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Tourism and climate are inextricably linked to several interactions. In recent years, there has been a greater focus on the linkages between climate change and coastal tourism. This study aims to provide an overview of the literature on climate change and coastal tourism, identify core areas of interest and important sources and authors, and examine the thematic evolution of the field. A bibliometric analysis of 92 documents related to climate change and coastal tourism published in the Web of Science Core Collection database was carried out. The analysis provides information on the most cited papers, most leading authors, the most productive countries, and the most leading institutions in this field. The study utilized the Visualization of Similarities Viewer program (VOS) to map author keyword co-occurrences, co-citations, and bibliographic coupling. The study showed that, with some fluctuations since 2008, the number of publications in this field had increased significantly. The most influential authors and most productive institutions are from the United States of America, England, Canada, and other European countries. The findings of this study will assist researchers conducting climate change and coastal tourism-related studies to understand which papers, academics, organizations, countries, and journals have a dominant influence on climate change and coastal tourism research.