Exploring the Intellectual Structure of Contemporary Tourism Studies

探索近期觀光旅遊研究的智慧架構

周玲媛(Lin-Yuan Chou) ； 曾信超(Hsing-Chau Tseng)

《品質學報》 17卷2期 (2010/04) Pp. 159-178

摘要

本研究之目的爲探索當代觀光旅遊研究文獻之知識樹以書目計量方法和社會網路分析技術來呈現其智慧結構。資料收集以1997年至2008年間發表在SSCI期刊有關觀光議題的研究文獻爲對象，總計分析了2,601篇論文及68,037筆論文內引述之參考文獻。研究結果顯示出過去12年間觀光旅遊研究領域最具影響力的學者和文獻以及兩者間的相關性；並進一步討論當代觀光旅遊研究領域的知識樹之智慧結構及其發展變化，以作爲觀光旅遊領域未來研究之參考。

關鍵字

智慧結構 ； 書目計量學 ； 社會網路分析 ； 知識樹

並列摘要

Tourism research is a fast growing field throughout the last decade. This study examines the intellectual structure of tourism research by applying bibliometric tools and social network analysis. Citation analysis of 68,037 citations from 2,601 published works found in SSCI and SCI database from 1997 to 2008 revealed the most influential authors and publications in tourism literature. Further author co-citation analysis mapped the author proximities and the network of knowledge within this field. The time period under study was divided into 2 separated time frames to observe a possible evolution of research interests in the past 12 years. The most influential publications were found to be the Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and Journal of Travel Research. As for the authors, Urry, Cohen, MacCannell, and Butler were among the highest cited and hence the most contributive authors in the tourism field. Four subfields were found in the first 6-year time frame and three were found in the later 6-year. It was observed that studies on social aspects and authenticity of tourism had declined in popularity while a new focus on tourism demand forecasting was formed. The results presented provide a valuable tool for researchers and readers to access tourism literature, and acts as an exemplary model for future researches.

並列關鍵字

intellectual structure ； bibliometric technique ； social network analysis ； knowledge tree

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