Global dissemination of scholarly tourism outputs from 1960 to 2018: Evidence from Korea

Global dissemination of scholarly tourism outputs from 1960 to 2018: Evidence from Korea

This study aims to examine the status quo of the research activities of Korean scholars using a longitudinal and vast journal article data source. To carry out research objectives, this study adopted BibExcel, Gephi, and VOSviewer network analysis software packages. Among meaningful findings, a few scholars showed dominant publication achievements. The most active research schools amounted to two or three. Researchers showed a high tendency of co-working with scholars in the U.S. and Hong Kong. Although top scholarsf performance is highly recognized in international tourism and hospitality academies, fatal weaknesses, such as overriding dependence on top star scholars, we厂e found. As a result, results of this study demonstrate a desperate need of facilitating knowledge creation and transfer through co-learning or collaboration with other researchers in domestic and overseas educational institutions.