Research Trends in Geotourism: A Bibliometric Analysis Using the Scopus Database 2018

Geodiversity has elements of exceptional scientific value that are considered to represent geoheritage, or geological heritage. One way to conserve and promote the knowledge of these elements is through the initiatives of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geoparks, which, over a decade ago, began to notably highlight a new sustainable tourism alternative called geotourism, or geological tourism, that promotes the protection of the unique geological resources of territory and, at the same time, provides social, economic, and environmental benefits. This study aims to investigate the scientific information related to geotourism in the Scopus database through a bibliometric analysis, using the VOSviewer software, for the evaluation of the structure, conceptual evolution, and trends of geotourism following related publications. The research comprises four study phases: (i) search criteria of the research field; (ii) search and selection of documents; (iii) software and data extraction; and (iv) analysis of results and trends. The results present geotourism as a scientific discipline that is in a phase of exponential research growth and exhibits its scientific productivity from 1984 to 2019, where three main periods are differentiated: introduction, theoretical development, and diversification of information. The most active research area is geomorphological heritage, which is very far from the emerging line of research of engineering geology in geotourism. However, growing exploration during the last six years has generated the development of various geoscientific branches promoted by geotourism that, currently, present their research area trends such as geosites, geoheritages, and geoparks.

Autores	Fabiano, Bruno (54790593300); Guastaferro, Mariangela (57221091243); Pettinato, Margherita (56694938500); Pasman, Hans J. (7003939527)
Título	Towards strengthening resilience of organizations by risk management tools: A scientometric perspective on COVID-19 experience in a healthcare and industrial setting
Año	2024
DOI	10.1002/cjce.25196
Fuente	https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85184201403&doi=10.1002%2fcjce.25196&partnerID=40&md5=7b1f6c44ed3c8ae243f0140f72ef5e7d
Afiliaciones	Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department (DICCA)—Genoa University, Genoa, Italy; TEES Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX, United States
Tipo de acceso abierto	All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access
Referencia	Scopus
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