Title: A bibliometric study of regional competitiveness and tourism innovation

Authors: Sérgio Jesus Teixeira; João José De Matos Ferreira

Addresses: Faculty of Social Sciences, Tourism Project, and NECE – Research Unit for Business Sciences, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal ' Department of Management and Economics, NECE – Research Unit for Business Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

Abstract: This study's objective essentially strives to provide a mapping of the scientific publications and the intellectual knowledge therein contained while conveying past research trends and identifying potential future lines of research in the fields of regional competitiveness and tourism innovation. This correspondingly deploys a systematic literature review in keeping with the bibliometric approach. This analysis encapsulates the number of articles published and their annual number of citations for the period between 1900 and 2016 as registered by the Web of Science database. Results show how the intellectual structure on regional competitiveness and tourism innovation evolves over time. The main contribution of this study arises out of identifying the main research trends in this field and the respective shortcomings and specific needs for future scientific research.

Keywords: regional competitiveness; bibliometric studies; tourism innovation; systematic review.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTP.2018.094483

International Journal of Tourism Policy, 2018 Vol.8 No.3, pp.214 - 243

Received: 25 Nov 2017
Accepted: 11 May 2018
Published online: 03 Sep 2018 *

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