Contributions for the construction of the scientific knowledge in tourism: a bibliometric analysis of articles published in the ENANPAD between 1997 and 2006

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Maria José Barbosa de
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Pimentel Filho, Giberto, Faria, Simone de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Encontros Bibli
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2008v13nesp2p57
• topic: Turismo; Pesquisa em turismo; Estudo bibliométrico; Tourism; Tourism research; Bibliometric studies

Academic production presented in scientific events represents important database for studying, and information technology using bibliometrics contributes to research about the evolution of these production, so bibliometric studies are useful tools for the assessment of production of a group of researchers about a specific topic in any given period of time. With the aim of analyzing scientific production in tourism area, published by the annals of EnANPAD – Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Administração (Meeting of the National Association of Research and Post Graduates in Administration), between 1997 through to 2006, a bibliometric study was carried out, in a descriptive-exploratory manner, identifying 67 articles about tourism and hospitality presented in the event, on that period, and expressive evolution was verified in quantity of works presented annually, growing from 3 articles in 1997 to a number of 18 in 2006. Research shown also that authors that were publishing on the said event, and the institutions to which they belong and topics related to tourism that are raising the interest of academic community.