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ABSTRACT
In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Journal of Heritage Tourism (JHT) in 2020, this article offers a comprehensive overview of the journal from 2006 to 2019. The prime objective of this study is to identify the leading trends that have influenced the journal and the prominent themes published in the journal using a bibliometric approach. This study uses an extensive range of bibliometric tools, including keyword co-occurrence analysis, citation evolution structure, articles citing JHT, most cited articles, most prominent authors, institutions and countries publishing in JHT. The study uses the Scopus database to extract the bibliographic data of the journal. Additionally, graphical visualization of the bibliographic data is presented employing VOSviewer and Gephi software. Findings indicate that JHT has consistently published new developments in heritage tourism research. Major themes discussed in the journal includes cultural heritage, heritage management, Indigenous tourism, sustainable development, religious tourism, dark tourism, sustainable tourism and intangible heritage. US-based authors have contributed most to the journal, but this figure is changing rapidly. JHT has positioned itself as one of the most influential journals in the indexed area of tourism studies by publishing consistently unique and intellectually stimulating research.
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Notes on contributors
Satish Kumar is Associate Professor in the Department of Management Studies, Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India. He has authored 45 articles in the leading outlets, including Journal of Business Research, Small Business Economics, Global Business Finance, Public Management Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Financial Review, Review of Financial Economics. His research interest includes corporate finance, bibliometric analysis, systematic literature review, and survey research. He can be reached at [email protected]
Riya Sureka is Research Scholar in the Department of Management Studies, Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India. She has published papers in Journal of Promotion Management, Management Review Quarterly, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Her research interest includes small business financing, capital structure, and bibliometric analysis. She can be reached at [email protected]
Ashutosh Vashishtha is Associate Professor, School of Business-Faculty of Management in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, India. He has published papers in the Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Journal of Risk Finance, International Review of Economics and Computational Intelligence Applications in Modeling and Control. His research includes Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Systemic literature review. He can be reached at [email protected]