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What do sustainable tourism researchers value?

An analysis of citations from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism (1999-2008). What do sustainable tourism researchers value?. BEST-EN THINK TANK IX, 2009. Research Questions. Which authors and publications have influenced sustainable tourism researchers?

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What do sustainable tourism researchers value?

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  1. An analysis of citations from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism (1999-2008) What do sustainable tourism researchers value? BEST-EN THINK TANK IX, 2009

  2. Research Questions • Which authors and publications have influenced sustainable tourism researchers? • What are the relationships and networks among influential cited works in sustainable tourism research? • What schools of thought are presented among co-citation networks?

  3. Bibliometric Analysis

  4. Citation & Co-citation Analysis Butler, R. W. (1980). The concept of a tourist area cycle of evolution: implications for management of resources The Canadian Geographer, 24(1), 5-12. Casillas, J., & Acedo, F. (2007). Evolution of the intellectual structure of family business literature: A bibliometric study of FBR. Family Business Review, 20(2), 141-162. Ceballos-Lascuráin, H. (1996). Tourism, ecotourism, and protected areas: IUCN Cambridge. Crawford-Welch, S., & McCleary, K. W. (1992). An identification of the subject areas and research techniques used in five hospitality-related journals. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 11(2), 155-167. Dann, G., Nash, D., & Pearce, P. (1988). Methodology In Tourism Research, Annals of Tourism Research (Vol. 15, pp. 1).

  5. Data Sources & Analysis • 311 Journal of Sustainable Tourism papers published between 1999-2008 • Extracted from Scopus  converted to WoS ISI format • Analysis conducted with Sitkis, UCINET & Netdraw • 10,938 citations • 8,668 works • 5,028 publications • 4,920 different lead authors • 98.5% published after 1970

  6. Results Most frequently cited journals

  7. Results Weaver (1998) Gunn (1979) Hammitt & Cole (1998) MacCannell (1976) Butler (1999) Honey (1999) Bramwell & Lane (1993) Ceballos Lascuráin (1996) Middleton & Hawkins (1998) Butler (1991) Fennell (1999) Hunter (1995) Mowforth & Munt (1998) Mathieson & Wall 1982 Urry (1990) WCED (1987) Boo (1990) Hunter (1997) Inskeep (1991) Hall (1994) Butler (1980) Sharpley (2000) Swarbrooke (1999) Krippendorf (1987) Murphy (1985)

  8. Results Emerging works of influence

  9. Summary • Sustainable tourism research strongly influenced by geographers, particularly from the United Kingdom and Europe, Australia & Canada • A large number of books, but more journal articles among emerging works • Ecological Sustainability & Ecotourism highly valued • Social, cultural, political and economic components of sustainability under-represented • Ongoing fascination with defining and conceptualising sustainable tourism - preoccupation with the theoretical and conceptual aspects of sustainable tourism • Contributions which examine the practical implementation of sustainable tourism are dramatically under-represented

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