Primera generación de autores con difusión internacional en la investigación turística española

Abstract

Spanish researchers have shown an increasing interest in the bibliometric analysis of tourism research. However, as of yet a sufficiently comprehensive authorship analysis on Spanish tourism research has not been performed. This study analyses the international scientific output of scholars in Spain. The search was performed using the Scopus database from 2002 to 2013. It established a ranking of 79 Spanish authors who have published six or more papers in international scientific journals. The average number of Spanish co-authors per paper is high with respect to international authors. Also, a clear gender inequality is observed, with male authors dominating. The areas of Economy and Marketing stand out for the total number of papers produced in them, as do the universities of Islas Baleares and Alicante for their output.